Under current law, Medicare only covers preventative services Congress has explicitly authorized or the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force has recommended. This results in routine screening being reimbursed for limited types of cancer and significant barriers to early cancer screening for many other types of cancer. 

Some of you will look at this headline and think I am talking about Republicans. Some will look at it and think I am talking about Democrats. You are both correct. The pandemic in the world today is lying.

Next week, Americans across the country will gather around their dining tables with family and loved ones to pause, reflect, and give thanks. As I prepare to do the same, I’ve been thinking deeply about the blessings in my own life.

The Citizen Ballot Protection Act protects the integrity of American elections by amending the National Voter Registration Act to make clear that a state may impose a proof of citizenship requirement to register to vote in a federal election.

Now that the government has reopened after the unnecessary, harmful shutdown, my colleagues and I can return to normal legislative activity including supporting a resolution designating November 22 as National Adoption Day.

If the political parties continue to break down the norms in their quest for power, they will find that they win a lot of battles but lose the war for the American republic. This was exemplified in the wholly pointless Democrat-inspired shutdown for nearly 50 days that created massive doubt in the voters’ minds of both parties.

November is National Native American Heritage Month. A tradition officially started by George H.W. Bush back in 1990, this month serves as a time to celebrate our nation’s first Americans and their abundant history, culture, languages, and traditions.

America owes military families for their sacrifices of moving around the nation (and world), going through long separation from military family members, and living with the daily anxiety of catastrophic news. Beyond what we owe for altruistic reasons, honoring military families is in our national interest.

According to the Federal Reserve, nationwide electricity prices rose 31.6% from January 2021 to January 2025, compared with underlying inflation of 21.4% in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Thus, electricity prices rose 48% more than other goods and services.

Since permanently moving to the farms when I was 12 and limiting our travels to basically farm to farm and then to Hillsboro, I viewed the world as very large. To me, Cincinnati was the other side of the world.

To date, the Supreme Court has reversed or stayed about 30 lower court injunctions blocking the administration, and appeals courts have reversed or stayed another dozen. Even Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson imposed an administrative stay on a district court decision requiring the immediate resumption of SNAP (food stamp) payments.

The story of the Good Thief amazes me. It amazes me he had faith in Jesus though he never saw Jesus work healing miracles or raise Lazarus from the dead or teach how God forgives sinners. 

Southern Ohio Professor (and retired police chief and criminal investigator) Scott Reinbolt, J.D., was kind enough to share a copy of his 2025 book, "Adrift: A Citizen's Guide to American Policing," this past weekend. At 150 or so pages, it's a relatively quick read, and I enjoyed it. 

You remember Reagan Democrats, don’t you? They were the working-class Democrats who saw something decent and hopeful in Ronald Reagan’s message and crossed party lines to vote for him – maybe the first Republican they had ever voted for. Something similar could be going on now, except in the opposite direction, as Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania puts distance between himself and the progressive elements of the Democrat Party.

It was chilly when I stepped outside to do the morning chores. It was really more than chilly. It was freezing, only 20 degrees, but I was bundled warm in my winter chore clothes.