For all those at HDH and Bethesda North who took great care of me, I am truly appreciative. Many thanks, also, for the prayers sent my way by Fr. Mike Paraniuk and many others. And to Mike Gruber, like my son-in-law, Stephen Forsha, four years ago, you most likely saved my life.

“The data clearly show that concealed carry permit holders are among the safest and most responsible users of firearms,” David Mustard, a distinguished professor at the University of Georgia who researches extensively on crime, told RCI. Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith confirmed that this is his experience with Constitutional Carry: “The data is clear: The vast majority of concealed carriers are among our most responsible residents, not the problem.”

Learn before it happens to you. Heed the warnings your body and your emotions are sending you.

The American Dream does not promise that every citizen will become wealthy. It promises only that every citizen has the freedom to try. The moment we abandon that principle – the moment we divide Americans permanently into oppressors and victims, exploiters and exploited – we cease to be a republic of citizens and become a nation of competing grievances.

When "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling was published in 1901, it described a shadow contest between the British and Russian empires across Central Asia. The geography of that struggle has shifted, but its logic has not. Today, the Great Game runs through Iran and the Strait of Hormuz — and the risk is not that the United States misunderstands Iran’s capabilities, but that it misunderstands the game itself.

Electricity is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Smart legislation should replace dumb legislation based on a horribly flawed vision of the 21st century. It’s time for state legislators to step up and do what Congress has failed to do: pass affordable, reliable, and clean energy legislation. 

The contest for the Americas will be decided in part by which story the region’s publics find believable. China has heavily invested and is buying volume—placement, subscribers, infrastructure that doubles as advertising—but it is not buying trust. The United States holds the higher value asset: credibility rooted in a free press and an open society.

I was underwater and gasping for air. I had been asleep on the banks of the Miami River and must have rolled over into the water. Unfortunately, at that point a boat came close and pushed me underwater. Not only did I need air, but I also need to avoid the boat’s propeller.  

God offers Holy Communion to spiritually strengthen His children on the difficult journey to Heaven. The greatest joy of my life has been to serve the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus for 45 years.

The California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has reported a “troubling increase” in the number of cases where government officials spend taxpayer dollars to illegally campaign for or against local ballot measures.

Thank you to the city police, county sheriff’s officers in Idaho, Idaho State Police, officers across the nation and law enforcement families for your courage and professionalism. Your dedication to the rule of law and public safety is the foundation of our communities.

As chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, I will continue working to expand markets for U.S. agriculture and manufacturing, push back against unfair treatment of American producers and businesses, and ensure trade agreements work for the people who depend on them every day.  

There is a large flat stone in the side yard of a small home in Georgetown, Ohio. The stone is estimated to weigh about two tons. Georgetown, according to the last census, has a population of about 4,500. It is a small town by any standards, and has always been a small town, but within its borders lies this very large stone.

“It’s unacceptable. If you’re tired, or you don’t have the proper person behind the wheel, get out of the business or just don’t be behind the wheel of a vehicle. People’s lives are at stake.”

As conservatives seek to counter the hard-left turn taken by the Democratic Party, it will not be enough to simply point out the grim failures of Marxist-inspired philosophies everywhere they have been tried. If the soul-crushing and deadly record of Soviet and Chinese communism, of Castro’s regime in Cuba, and Chavismo in Venezuela, haven’t convinced true believers that ideology belongs in the ash heap of history by now, it probably won’t happen anytime soon.