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  • The shot that will be heard round the halls of Congress

    America’s great middle class – once the envy of the world – has steadily shrunk over the past 50 years. The special interests who fund incumbents are looking out for everybody but us. And so we get higher taxes, lower incomes, and bigger government. The same dynamic has also played out in the political sphere, with a larger and more bureaucratic government weakening personal liberty.
  • Biden’s net-zero agenda spells trouble on the farm and at the supermarket
    Blissfully oblivious to what’s happening across the pond, the Biden administration is doubling down on its own version of Net-Zero emissions, and the American public may be in for some nasty surprises.
  • Biden’s approval rating poses dilemma for Dems
    President Biden clearly doesn’t want to quit the 2024 presidential race. And he shouldn’t do so now. With Super Tuesday, March 5, coming on fast, other potential Democratic candidates wouldn’t have time to organize campaigns. But a good idea has been floated by conservative columnist Ross Douthat and liberal Ezra Klein that Biden could withdraw before the Democratic National Convention and let the delegates pick the party’s ticket in Chicago in late August.
  • Biden administration reverses course on new, pending LNG export permits
    Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden pledged to provide Europe with additional U.S. LNG volumes to help end European dependence on Russian energy. Last month, however, the Biden administration reversed course and announced a pause on new and pending LNG export permits, drawing widespread criticism.
  • Ukraine can no longer win
    As the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of the country to its west nears and the latest aid package for Ukraine stalls in Congress, we must be clear-eyed about the future: there is no path for Ukraine to win this war. American support will not change this reality.
  • Fixes needed for new FAFSA
    More than 17 million students annually complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to get crucial information about financial support eligibility from schools. This is a critical component for undergraduates in selecting where they will study.  
  • Why so many 'thou shalt nots?'
    Does it seem to you that God is always saying “No” or “Don’t do that” or “Thou shalt not?”  
  • Biden’s TikTok flip-flop
    Despite security concerns, President Joe Biden fearlessly took to TikTok to promote his 2024 presidential campaign. Some registered shock at the president using the app that the Chinese company ByteDance owns.
  • Rep. Mark Green announces retirement from Congress; joins Reps. Luetkemeyer, Wenstrup in not seeking re-election
    Rep. Dr. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, has announced he will not run for re-election.
  • Biden’s self-made border crisis
    In January of 2021, President Biden assumed the presidency with an aggressive immigration agenda. In just his first 100 days in office, he took 94 executive actions, including removing Title 42 and Remain in Mexico, halting border wall construction, and reinstating Catch-and-Release, in an attempt to make it easier for immigrants to illegally enter and stay in our nation.
  • Democrats destroying democracy to ‘save democracy’
    Democrats want to strip Trump of his assets and send him to jail to die like Navalny; that’s how ruthless they have become. Why? Donald Trump represents a democratic threat to Democrats – their power, their narratives, their culture, and their coalition.
  • Yawn: Another Presidents Day, another liberal ranking of U.S. presidents
    The tipoff was that Republicans rank Reagan the fifth-greatest president, but the Gipper only came up 16th in the survey. It was a math question one didn’t need a Ph.D. to solve — a 9th grader could do it: The survey had 154 respondents — so what percentage had to be Democrats or independents to bring a guy from fifth place to 16th? Off the top of my head, I guessed 90%. It was close. Justin Vaughn gave me the numbers: Of the 154, there were only 15 Republicans.
  • A sermon on the Transfiguration
    If you look at the things happening in your life only from the outside world, you won't get a clear picture. Your understanding will be incomplete or even blurred. This lack of clear vision could cause you to doubt God's love and care. 
  • Biden’s war on domestic energy intensifies
    President Biden's environmental extremism means our allies will become more reliant on our adversaries. For context, 87% of US LNG exports went primarily to U.S. allies in Europe and Asia. The Biden administration blunting America’s ability to participate on the world energy stage creates a vacuum that will undoubtedly be filled by the other major natural gas exporting countries—Russia, Qatar, and Iran—who are certainly not friends of the U.S.
  • History and education in those Highland County hills of yore, Part 17    
    Ladies and gentlemen, for nearly four decades, the Rev. Joseph McDowell Mathews was a pioneer of Highland County education. From beginning a school for boys in the late 1820s, to founding the Oakland Female Seminary in the 1830s, to being the head of the Hillsboro Female College, he was a well-known educator in Highland County despite being struggling with ill health for much of his life.
  • Ukraine aid inaction now will cost U.S. more later
    As an individual deeply connected to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, I’ve found it increasingly challenging to witness the collective amnesia that seems to have settled over America regarding Russia’s war in Ukraine. The initial shock of the 2022 invasion has faded, replaced by the ebb and flow of other news stories.
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