President Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Billy Long as the next commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service marks a pivotal moment for America’s taxpayers, especially small business owners.

As we work toward finalizing our budget for the upcoming year, it is important to acknowledge that, while the budget itself will be smaller compared to the previous year, our total expenses will appear significantly higher – by more than $5 million. This increase is primarily due to a state grant we are receiving, which requires us to account for the full value of the grant funds.

I know Dr. Bhattacharya well. I am confident that he will not only help us restore trust in public health as director of NIH but will demonstrate how the principle of subsidiarity can be help America rebuild trust in other areas of our democracy where it is deficient today.

We have become a land of excuses with an ever-smaller portion of the population carrying the load for all. This is going to stop one of three ways.

Many people find this particular holiday season to be full of heartache, or a nameless void. They can feel a myriad of unwelcome emotions that threaten to overwhelm and sink them into a black hole.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., joined "Fox and Friends" to discuss the short-term continuing resolution which avoids a costly government shutdown and a Christmas omnibus and ensures President Trump and Congressional Republicans will have full control of the reins of government in early 2025. 

A RealClearInvestigations analysis found that Pelosi’s profits spiked from a variety of holdings that won significant government rescue funds – which amounted to $28 million, a total more than previously known. For their family’s stake in the Auberge du Soleil, the Pelosis received more income in 2021, when bailout funds channeled to the resort, than any other time over the last 10 years.

Every parent knows that the best way to maintain discipline is to mete out consequences for inappropriate behavior. Too bad Joe Biden never learned that lesson. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have given a blanket pardon to his son Hunter “for those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024.”

With the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, we see the two greatest women in God's plan to save His humans. They are great because God chose them to give birth to the two greatest men who would do God's will to save us: Jesus and John the Baptist.

If 100% of bisexuals, transgenders, and pansexuals used non-standard pronouns (they do not) and all are offended if the remaining 94.6% of us do not publicly proclaim our pronouns in our signature cards and profiles (also untrue), then the pronoun kerfuffle risks offending 5.4% of Americans. From 10 to 20 times more Americans are offended by this babble.

Murder is never justified – or justifiable. The twisted response to Thompson’s assassination illuminates a deepening sickness across the country, a cauldron of cultural forces that threaten our body politic more than a single assassin’s bullets.

How does Secretary Mayorkas who infamously told us for years that our southern border was secure and closed – when it was and is not – now insult our intelligence that "we haven’t seen anything unusual?" This is usual? 

While plastic and glass should probably be crushed and buried in a landfill, aluminum, tin, and paper – especially cardboard – should absolutely be recycled.

It was then that I realized what she was thinking. We might not care, but she did. She knew, without any doubt, that it was her job was to keep an eye on this white stuff and protect our creek valley world.

Ladies and gentlemen, don’t look now, but Christmas is less than a fortnight away. So on that note, how’s the Christmas shopping coming?