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    Opinions 10 July 2025

    Winning doesn't stop here

    The One Big Beautiful Bill is the result that the majority of the American people voted for. It is a transformational step toward restoring American greatness – one rooted in common sense, fiscal responsibility, and an unshakeable confidence to build, prosper, and innovate. This bill is a huge win for the American people. However, winning doesn’t stop here.
  • Opinions 9 July 2025
    Elon Musk tackles the two-party system
    Elon Musk’s July 5 announcement that he’s starting a new political party could be consequential, but only if the world’s richest man maintains a sustained interest in the effort.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 9 July 2025
    Enjoy having enemies?
    I realize that a life without any enemies whatsoever is a bit unrealistic. But a life where you decide to try to not hold grudges or create enemies – that’s not unrealistic. That’s goal-worthy. 
  • Opinions 9 July 2025
    Trump's Iran strike parallels JFK's Soviet missile crisis
    The actions of President Trump stand in parallel to Kennedy. The world faced a clear nuclear threat from an uncontrollable adversary and Trump drew a red line that he then backed up with bold but limited military action to remove that threat rather than hesitate. And to conclude the threat, both leaders turned not to escalation but to negotiation.
  • Opinions 8 July 2025
    Did Louisiana just become America’s first energy sanctuary state?
    Other states should take note. The future isn’t in chasing unicorns. It’s in putting common sense and the American worker back at the center of energy policy.
  • Opinions Jim Thompson 8 July 2025
    On the Moraine Part XIX
    The fall of 1962 was a time of great turmoil for our family. I know I was feeling my own turmoil, just starting to the 7th grade in Troy at a school where I had never been.  
  • Opinions Fr. Mike Paraniuk 8 July 2025
    A sermon on Luke 10:25-37
    The seeds of God's Kingdom are inside your heart. Every act of love and mercy you do from your heart makes those seeds grow into a beautiful tree to show the Kingdom of God is already here, in your midst.
  • Opinions 7 July 2025
    Ending the imperial Judiciary
    On Friday, the Supreme Court delivered a powerful message: The job of the Judiciary is to apply the Constitution and laws enacted by the people’s representatives, not to implement a judge’s political agenda.
  • Opinions 7 July 2025
    Protecting citizens from scams
    Loss to payment scams is, unfortunately, on the rise as criminals devise increasingly creative and convincing ways to trick Americans out of their hard-earned money.
  • Opinions Christine Tailer 6 July 2025
    Three peas in a pod
    They are all of one court, the little king, the tall philosopher, and their silly court jester, three peas in the same, ever so special, creek valley pod.
  • Opinions 5 July 2025
    We must renew patriotic education
    True love for this country has become rarer today, and in fact, radical hatred has become more common. If Thomas Jefferson were writing a letter to the President of Harvard today, we can only imagine what he would say.
  • Opinions Jim Thompson 5 July 2025
    Career choices
    Looking at a 16-year-old, such as my oldest grandson, I am at a loss as to what to suggest as a career choice (not that he has asked me).  
  • Opinions 4 July 2025
    Celebrating our independence – and a twist of fate
    If George Washington had been awarded an officer's rank in the British Army – as he was a man of honor and steadfast dedication to authority – the fight by the Colonials against England 10 years later may have turned out quite differently.
  • Opinions 4 July 2025
    Civics and America's 250th birthday
    As we mark Independence Day in 2025, we are just a year out from the nation’s 250th birthday – a quarter millennium since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America.
  • Opinions 4 July 2025
    Four reasons why this 4th of July is better
    This year, there’s a little more freedom on the menu. After years of being shackled by a radical green agenda, 2025 is shaping up to be the year we finally hit the brakes and throw it in reverse.
  • Opinions 3 July 2025
    Freedom isn’t free
    This Friday is the Fourth of July – the day when the Declaration of Independence was signed and the United States of America officially became an independent and sovereign nation.
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