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Grading the second Trump presidency

News Staff
Monday, July 28, 2025
Over the course of four years’ banishment to America’s political wilderness while subjected to both a would-be assassin’s bullets and the unprecedented spectacle of criminal prosecution by his political opponents, Donald Trump seems to have intuited a key life lesson: Time is of the essence.
Victor joecks

Victor joecks

Playing with fire: in defense of controlled burns

News Staff
Monday, July 28, 2025
The devastating loss of Grand Canyon Lodge isn’t a reason to put new restrictions on good fire. The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park is a marvel. A few summers ago, a friend and I took our sons there and drank in the remarkable views.
Log off social media, and return to things that matter

Log off social media, and return to things that matter

Log off social media, and return to things that matter

Josh Hammer
Monday, July 21, 2025
Alot of people online have been very, very upset over the Trump Department of Justice’s two-fold conclusion that Jeffrey Epstein’s death in jail in 2019 was a suicide and that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had no “incriminating ‘client list’” among its Epstein files.
The coming collapse of academia

The coming collapse of academia

The coming collapse of academia

Laura Hollis
Monday, July 21, 2025
There is plenty of news about higher education these days, and not much of it is good. By way of example, Siena Heights University, a small Catholic college in Adrian, Michigan, just announced it will be closing at the end of the next academic year, after 105 years.
Why Mexicans are protesting mass immigration in their own country

Why Mexicans are protesting mass immigration in their own country

Why Mexicans are protesting mass immigration in their own country

Victor Joecks
Monday, July 21, 2025
Many Mexicans have similar complaints about American immigrants as Americans do about Mexican immigrants.Earlier this month, a major city saw a xenophobic protest against immigrants. Those gathered hurled ethnic slurs at the foreigners. Someone spray-painted “not your home” on a wall.
Constitution doesn’t require funding abortions

Constitution doesn’t require funding abortions

Constitution doesn’t require funding abortions

Terence P. Jeffrey
Monday, July 14, 2025
When the Founders wrote the Constitution, they gave Congress control over federal spending. But Planned Parenthood is now suing the federal government in denial of this fact -- claiming the Constitution requires the federal government to give money to organizations that are abortion providers.
A reminder of what’s so great about America

A reminder of what’s so great about America

A reminder of what’s so great about America

Victor Joecks
Monday, July 14, 2025
In honor of America’s recent 249th birthday, let’s take a moment to celebrate some of the most incredible things about her.We are a nation of settlers. This is the country where ancestors risked -- and often lost -- their lives in pursuit of religious freedom and opportunity.
There is no limited government without individual virtue

There is no limited government without individual virtue

There is no limited government without individual virtue

Laura Hollis
Monday, July 14, 2025
As we begin the countdown to the 250th anniversary of the formation of this nation, we should be thinking about the circumstances that made the foundation of the United States of America possible, what has undergirded the prosperity and relative peace we have enjoyed for almost two and a half...
The end of patriotism in our country?

The end of patriotism in our country?

The end of patriotism in our country?

Ben Shapiro
Monday, July 7, 2025
EDITOR ’S NOTE : Laura Hollis is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Ben Shapiro.America has a major problem: nearly half of Americans — 42% — don’t believe in America.
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