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  • If voters don’t care about saving Social Security, politicians won't either

    Despite all of the data presented annually to Washington, the issue of Social Security reform remains nearly invisible. Democrats are collectively $10 trillion apart on what benefits the program should provide. Essentially, they aren’t talking about a solution. They are trying to figure-out what problem must be solved.
  • Speaker: Border security top priority for Congress in 2024
    Rep. Mike Johnson called on the president to end the Obama-era catch-and-release policy it reinstated after the Trump administration abolished it, and to turn back or detain all illegal foreign nationals apprehended between ports of entry.
  • Like it or not, 2024 is the Year of Trump
    To put it plainly, the poll shows Trump leading by 34 percentage points, a lead which is virtually unheard of in a contested primary. It is highly unlikely that Trump will lose, and if his lead remains anywhere near 34 points on Caucus Day – and he runs the table in New Hampshire eight days later – then the race is effectively over.
  • A sermon for the Epiphany Matthew 2:1-12
    This wise man taught me that even when our sky is at its darkest, there is a star called faith that leads us to the Christ. Keep the faith.
  • Too-high inflation and declining credit ratings warrant action, not celebration
    The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) November figures for the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a common measure of inflation, showed a 12-month rise in prices of 3.1 percent. This rate is still far too high, holding above the target inflation rate of 2 percent, and it continues to negatively ripple through our economy.
  • Waste of the Day: Planned Parenthood, other abortion providers got $2 billion from taxpayers
    Here's a breakdown of federal funding to Planned Parenthood: reimbursements from Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP Reimbursements ($1.5 billion), federal funding in grants and cooperative agreements ($148.5 million), and loans forgiven in the Paycheck Protection Program ($90.4 million).
  • New year, same focus
    As we look at making cuts, I’ll work to ensure we aren’t giving anyone a free pass to leech off their neighbors’ taxes. Americans should be productive members of society, and we must instill values of hard work in younger generations, as they’ll soon lead the nation. 
  • A year of accomplishments
    As we return to work for the second session of the 118th Congress, I hope the Senate will come to the table and try to move some of these critical legislative items for the American people. In the interim, House Republicans remain committed to continue working to pass legislation to secure the southern border, fight inflation, reject Bidenomics and much more.
  • IOC leaders must make difficult decisions
    The situation today transcends logistics or politics; it's about upholding the unifying spirit of sport, a spirit grievously undermined in the tragic 1972 Munich Olympics. The IOC must now rise to the occasion, honoring its commitment to athletes’ safety and the sanctity of fair play.
  • Glorious mud
    There has hardly been any sunshine of late and not only has the sky been gloomy and gray, it has rained – a lot. I feel as though every time I venture outside I am playing an endless game of hopscotch. I carefully navigate from one dryish patch of less muddy ground to another.
  • Environmentalist in the checkout lane
    My environmental friends, the ones who are still talking to me after similar discussions to this above, ask me what it will take for me to believe in global warming (now called climate change, since the rise seems to be in doubt among even the staunches acolytes). My answer? When the full third week in February in Cleveland averages a daytime temperature of 85 F, I am fully on board.
  • Ohio Legislature must override DeWine veto on HB 68
    Gov. DeWine betrayed Ohio’s children, women and families by vetoing H.B. 68, the Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation Act, legislation designed to protect parents and children from the pressure and administration of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and identity-driven surgeries for minors. 
  • Congress has not looted Social Security
    In 69 of the 86 years since Social Security was created, the system has enjoyed a positive cash flow. This has resulted in the system building up a cushion over the years, which currently totals to about $2.7 trillion. So, where is that money? The answer is that it is invested in U.S. bonds. Those bonds earn interest which help defray the cost of the program and in the 17 years that it ran a negative cash flow, it cashed bonds to make up the difference.
  • Hillsdale’s mission and the politics of freedom
    America’s Founders set out to build a government entirely upon the will of the great body of the people. This had never been done before. And they set out to accomplish this across a great continent—George Washington’s army was strikingly called the Continental Army—despite the prevailing idea at the time that popular governments could only work in small areas. They succeeded in doing both these things, and the way they succeeded is contained in the American Constitution, the longest living and the greatest constitution ever written.
  • China would benefit from proposed IP giveaway
    Protecting intellectual property is about more than enabling innovation. U.S. jobs and our economic and national security are at stake. It's time for the White House to protect American innovation by firmly rejecting the proposed IP waiver at the WTO.
  • Leprosy, polio, malaria, TB, measles and massive unscreened illegals
    Recently, some of these forgotten but still formidable infectious diseases have begun to reappear in the U.S. For two years running, polio has been detected in some New York water samples, and this fall, leprosy re-emerged in Florida, where cases of malaria have also been recorded.
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