April 22 was Earth Day 2024, an annual exercise in self-applause that always is too much fun because of the inanities, hypocrisies, mendacities and sheer stupidity of the Earth Day slogans, arguments, propaganda and exhortations.

I will not stand by while the Biden Administration continues to show weakness on the world stage. I will continue working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to advance comprehensive policies to prioritize the security of the U.S. and our allies.

Economists agree that a tax increase on American businesses will be passed on to working families in the form of higher prices and lower wages.

From canceling pipelines to banning LNG exports, the Biden Administration believes that caving to whims of climate activists and billionaire donors will make the world a better place. This couldn’t be any farther from the truth.

Since the founding of our nation over two centuries ago, the House of Representatives has sent impeachment articles to the Senate 21 times. The Senate scheduled a trial for every single case, unless the officer resigned prior to the trial. Every case, that is, until last week. 

Before my First Communion in 1957, I asked my parents if I could do something that surprised them. I wanted Mom and Dad to walk me to the Communion Rail, which was expected. But then I asked the unexpected. "Can I have Uncle Joe walk us, too?" 

Welcome to the global intifada, yet another disastrous result of the Biden administration’s porous border and feckless foreign policy.

While Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo and some colleagues have raised objections about provisions of the bill that would expand the Child Tax Credit, Crapo and other GOP senators need to keep sight of the significance of this measure in a larger fight.

The Highland County Homeless Shelter has been proudly serving the community for 20 years. We continue to strive to expand our programs and offerings to the community. We write to ask you to support our organization in 2024 with a monetary donation to our annual fundraising campaign. 

“You assume risk when you take this job. We don’t back away from risk. I’m going to do the right thing,” Speaker Johnson says as storm clouds – literal ones, not just the political variety – roll in. Financing a land war wasn’t “some minor measure on tax policy. It instead has “implications for the entire world.” After all, the speaker continues, “What is popular isn’t always right; what’s right isn’t always popular.”

The amendment would legalize border chaos by allowing up to 5,000 illegal entries per day, potentially 1.85 million illegal aliens annually, before border closure is required. The border closure guidelines are time-limited, however, and the untrustworthy Biden and Mayorkas have the discretion to determine how and when to use the authority provided. 

I have always loved birds. When I was a city child, pigeons were really the only birds I knew. I loved to watch them gather on the park paths, but mostly I remember how special it was to visit them at the rooftop home of the pigeon man.

The world has exploited the Biden Administration’s weakness for over three years now. It’s time to draw a line in the sand and, if crossed, respond with the full force of the most powerful nation on earth.

It has gotten more sophisticated and more nuanced, but in today’s world, the abuse of women continues as it has forever in the past.

Add California Governor Gavin Newsom’s name to the list of prominent elected officials who blatantly lied about their personal histories.