Here are some of the top 5 news stories you may not have heard covered in the mainstream press or are of great interest to us, from the week starting August 6, 2012.

1.) Obama says we need to do some “soul searching” as a nation in regards to gun violence. Four more years of Obama and I’m positive we will find our gun rights in jeopardy.

Obama “Soul Searching” on Gun Violence

2.) I could foresee with the explosion of the Internet and email that the Post Office would one day be non-existent or exist in another form. Unfortunately for the Post Office, they have failed to adapt and it is looking more and more like one day, they will not exist.

Post Office Reports $5.2 billion Financial Loss

3.) Unapologetically Right recently interviewed Rev. C.L. Bryant about his new documentary Runaway Slave. Here’s another great article from Faith editor at The Blaze, Billy Hallowell, featuring the great Rev. Bryant.

Rev. C.L. Bryant on Conservatism and Race

4.) On August 7th, an Obama Super PAC released an ad accusing Romney of being responsible for the death of Joe Soptic’s wife. Oddly, the White House has been somewhat silent on the issue, dodging questions and saying very little one way or the other about the ad. Perhaps a little condemnation towards the group for creating a clearly false ad would be in order?

Romney Killed My Wife White House Response

5.) The Mars Rover Curiosity made a successful landing on Mars August 5, 2012 and has since sent back images of the planets service. Today NASA released the first panoramic images of the martian surface. Space, the final frontier!

Mars Rover Images