Ahh ... okay, Christine ... I understand. Yes, I see now that I made "national issues" a category, only posts tagged as "national issues" show up -- which is what I want.
I'm not new to programming. I was primarily into asp.net and SEO, but now I'm switching 3 of my blogs over to Wordpress, because it's so powerful, user-friendly, and there is so much more support.
Thank you for your help, and again, thanks for taking the time to respond to my issue!
Jason