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  • Odds and ends: Whataboutisms, judges, and Pope v. Trump

    As I've long written in four decades of newspaper work: All politics would be a lot cleaner if each party would police its own house. If that were to ever happen – instead of each party playing whataboutism – we'd have better public servants. For some reason, it reminds me of the Ohio General Assembly Code of Ethics.
  • A sermon on the Road to Emmaus, Luke 24:13-35
    Why did Jesus use the breaking of bread to reveal Himself? Because Jesus uses the breaking of bread as a symbol of His Body being broken on the cross to give you the abundance of life.
  • Tippy, Chapter 15
    The plan was that I would climb the tree she had selected and wait. She would go to the edge of town and watch for a boat and car that fit our needs. The car could really be anything but the boat must not have a cover on it so I could get in and be lower than the sides.
  • Newly declassified docs reveal bias of impeachment 'whistleblower'
    "Michael Atkinson is a key anti-Trump conspirator who played a central role in transforming the ‘whistleblower' complaint into the impeachment proceedings,” said Bill Marshall, a senior investigator for Judicial Watch, the conservative government watchdog group that is suing the Justice Department for Atkinson’s internal communications related to the first Trump impeachment.
  • GOP chairman considers re-election support for Fetterman if he switches parties
    Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Greg Rothman told The Center Square he’s spoken with several people interested in running for U.S. Senate in two years’ time, though supporting incumbent Democrat John Fetterman isn’t off the table either – as long as he switches parties.
  • Why the GOP’s Hispanic reset can happen and why it matters now
    The Republican Party’s growing support among Hispanic voters is no accident. It reflects a deeper alignment on the issues that matter most. Hispanics are not interested in pandering or identity politics.
  • Lifting families, businesses through tax cuts
    Letting Americans keep more of their own money is common sense. I am proud to support policies with that aim, and I look forward to hearing more about the difference they are making across our great state in the weeks and months ahead.
  • The Elky
    When Greg mentioned that he really needed a 1966 El Camino, I smiled and jokingly told him that I agreed. I knew that he needed one just about as much as I needed four beautiful red tractors. I did, however, add the provision that it was only OK with me as long as the El Camino was red to match my tractors.  ... I should have known.
  • NATO: No action, talk only – the alliance that forgot how to fight
    There is a phrase that circulates quietly among senior military officials within NATO itself — not in press releases, not in summit communiqués, but in the corridors where people speak honestly. They call the alliance “No Action, Talk Only.” I have heard this personally from sources inside the organization. NATO. No Action, Talk Only. It is, as acronyms go, devastatingly accurate.
  • Working Families Tax Cuts are delivering for Americans
    Tax Day is nearly here. This tax season, the Working Families Tax Cuts are delivering for Americans and putting more money in your pocket.  
  • Unsung heroes
    In 1986, President Reagan’s Department of Defense declared April as the Month of the Military Child. Now, every April, I try and make it a point to draw attention to the over 1.6 million children of our brave men and women in uniform.
  • The carbon bureaucracy nobody voted for
    The United States has every right to develop and adopt transparent, scientifically grounded emissions reporting standards through its own democratic processes. What it should refuse is the laundering of activist policy preferences through international standards bodies designed to make those preferences look technical and inevitable.
  • As we end this week, are we better than last?
    Artemis II was kicked off around 2017 and carries a tab of $4 billion. The California high-speed rail project was kicked off around 1996, has not laid one foot of track yet, and is now estimated to cost $126 billion. Obviously, if they have not laid any track, they have not carried any passengers.
  • Welfare loophole that lets millionaires get food stamps
    Rob Undersander is a millionaire. He also received taxpayer-funded food stamps. His story illustrates an absurd – and intentional – loophole in America’s welfare system that taxpayers need closed immediately.
  • The case against public-sector unions
    America’s public-sector unions have a problem they can’t explain away: Workers are leaving.
  • Elephants only sleep two hours a night
    Alas, elephants' amazingly efficient sleep schedule is likely unique to them, not something humans could adopt through scientific means.
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