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VICTOR JOECKS

VICTOR JOECKS

The government has failed at fatherhood

The government spent decades trying to make fathers unnecessary. The failure of that experiment put society on the longterm path to collapse.Father’s Day was Sunday. It’s much less popular than Mother’s Day for a sad reason. Fewer fathers are involved in their children’s lives.
How Democrats can stop alienating young men

How Democrats can stop alienating young men

How Democrats can stop alienating young men

Last November, Donald Trump soundly defeated Kamala Harris among young men 18 to 29 years old, racking up about 56% of their votes, according to the Associated Press.
Rand Paul is right about the debt

Rand Paul is right about the debt

Rand Paul is right about the debt

Let’s talk about the deficit.” That is what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said on the Senate floor on Monday, June 2.“For years, Republicans screamed about fiscal responsibility.

Placing flags at cemetery

For the last 20-plus years, I have been responsible for flags on veterans’ graves at Rock Church Cemetery near Rumley. I wish to thank all of those who help me in this endeavor.
GOP’s Medicaid reforms are reasonable

GOP’s Medicaid reforms are reasonable

GOP’s Medicaid reforms are reasonable

Republicans need to explain the Medicaid reforms in President Donald Trump’s big, beautiful bill, not run away from them.Early Thursday morning, May 22, House Republicans passed their version of Trump’s big, beautiful bill.

Bullying in our small town

There was a time when bullies were few and far between. Now it seems the opposite is true.My oldest child was bullied so bad during her school days from kindergarten to high school, the bullies changed her personality.
JOSH HAMMER

JOSH HAMMER

The evils of left-wing political violence

Actions, we know, have consequences.And a committed Marxist’s coldblooded murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night was the inevitable consequence of a conscientious, years-long campaign to dehumanize Jews and otherize all supporters of the world’s only Jewish state.