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  • Populism: A sheep in wolf’s clothing

    If populism is earnestly compared and contrasted with democracy, then it immediately becomes evident that populism and democracy are actually overwhelmingly similar and happily share various foundational principles and values.
  • Chiang Kai-Shek and FDR: China's destiny
    Today, President Xi and his Communists, utilizing the generalissimo’s old claims and maps, continue to build on Chiang’s blueprint of imperial expansion at the expense of China’s neighbors. 
  • Ethics can’t be compartmentalized
    Musk is obviously brilliant. You don’t become the richest person in the world by being dumb. His company SpaceX has run circles around the publicly funded NASA. As far as stealing your data from Social Security, he points out he already had it when he was with PayPal.  
  • Voter rolls like they oughta be
    These rolls are bloated with ineligible voters, only periodically updated, and opaque to the public. What if our bank records were like that? How long would that last before we’d spill out into the streets? There’s one state official who’s trying to change that. He’s Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who announced recently he’d make available to the public daily snapshots of the voter rolls to keep up with additions and subtractions to the list. That’s a great reform.
  • Trump's tariffs: history has lessons to be followed
    Trump should use his tariff authority judiciously, including the use of exemptions to help American companies battle back and, ultimately, invest more in the U.S. and create new manufacturing career opportunities in the process. The same way the threat of tariffs gives the president leverage with world leaders; the use of targeted tariff exemptions can do the same to help American businesses grow strong again. 
  • Why the argument for birthright citizenship is not the slam dunk many say it is
    Legal experts on both sides of the debate agree that the issue likely will be resolved by the Supreme Court. It’s a case raising momentous questions about the meaning of citizenship in a nation founded by immigrants, hinging largely on the legal interpretation of a few words in a Civil War-era amendment to the Constitution.
  • Work requirements would improve Medicaid — and the lives of those on it
    Medicaid is supposed to be an investment in our country’s health and well-being. So why doesn’t the program encourage more Americans to enter the workforce and improve their physical, mental, and financial health?
  • The recipient of the flying shoe
    You are a caregiver. That very much overstressed, overworked and underappreciated person who along with probably many others, holds the anonymous title of WORLD’S MOST PATIENT PERSON.
  • Latino voters are optimistic
    A 2024 Pew Research poll found that 45% of Latinos expressed confidence in Trump’s more stringent immigration approach, compared to 39% who supported President Biden’s more relaxed policy. Latino-majority areas impacted by immigration – such as San Bernardino County and Riverside County in Southern California, and Starr County and Maverick County in Texas – voted red for the first time this presidential election.
  • Message on a bottle, Part 3
    It was written when the McKeehan, Hiestand Grocery Co. of Hillsboro was closing its doors, “It will be with regret that the people of Hillsboro and Highland County will learn that this company with such a long and honored career of service is going to discontinue business. It has been a great asset to the community.”
  • In dealing with China, Trump may have a trick up his sleeve
    There are, however, things that Trump and his team can do, and in some cases are already doing, that can turn the tables on Beijing. With the departure of the geopolitically inept Biden administration, Washington can now harness its considerable geological assets to the disadvantage of its rival in the Far East.
  • A sermon on Luke 6:27-38
    Today Jesus is asking you, "Are you my disciple? If you agree to follow me, this is what you must do. What Jesus asks you to do is difficult. But if you do them, your reward will be great in Heaven.
  • On the Moraine, Part II
    I am not sure exactly when my parents decided to buy a farm. I must have been 4 or 5. I remember us driving around in Highland and Adams counties looking at farms. There was one I remember called the Opp farm in northern Adams County. Something happened that we never bought it. I have no idea what that was.
  • Restoring pressure against Iran
    The Islamic Republic of Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. They’ve spent decades funding terror attacks all over the world. Iranian proxies have launched thousands of missiles at Israel. In fact, Iran itself launched the largest ballistic missile attack in history against Israel last year. 
  • Henry
    In time, my parents sold their city house and moved away and I no longer returned to the pet shop, but I know in my heart that if I stopped by today, Henry would remember me. I believe that turtles, like elephants, never forget. 
  • The renaissance of U.S. energy dominance
    President Trump’s Executive Orders are first steps toward renewing American energy dominance and were officially signed by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.
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