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Eliminating Electoral College destroys voting rights

Eliminating Electoral College destroys voting rights

Eliminating Electoral College destroys voting rights

News Staff
Monday, April 22, 2024
The structure of the American government was designed by the Founders to prevent raw majoritarianism: the three branches of government and their checks and balances, the allocation of power between the state and federal governments, constitutional limits on the federal government’s power, the...
Pro-life issues and the 2024 election

Pro-life issues and the 2024 election

Pro-life issues and the 2024 election

News Staff
Monday, April 15, 2024
The ancient Chinese military theorist Sun Tzu taught that a battle is won before it is fought because it is won by choosing the terrain on which it will be fought. If former President Donald Trump and other Republicans on the ballot this fall want to win, they must choose the proper terrain.
Chuck Schumer’s $79 million week

Chuck Schumer’s $79 million week

Chuck Schumer’s $79 million week

News Staff
Monday, April 15, 2024
Back on May 30, 2023, after then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy cut a deal with President Joe Biden to suspend any limit on the federal debt through all of 2024, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised the deal as an act of “responsible” government.
Stop voting for good intentions

Stop voting for good intentions

Stop voting for good intentions

News Staff
Monday, April 15, 2024
California’s $20/hour minimum wage for fast food workers went into effect this month, and the early results are negative. Companies affected by the law are laying off workers, putting off needed capital improvements and raising prices.
Christianity plays crucial role in society

Christianity plays crucial role in society

Christianity plays crucial role in society

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
As I often do over the Easter holiday, I watched a film that has the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ central to the story. This year, it was “Risen,” a film about a Roman soldier named Clavius (played by Joseph Fiennes), an attaché to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea.
It’s time to restore fading families

It’s time to restore fading families

It’s time to restore fading families

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Utah, Idaho and Wyoming all share common borders and something else that matters more. According to data the Census Bureau gathered in 2020, these were three of the four states that had the highest percentages of households headed by married couples of the opposite sex.
Get offline and go touch some grass

Get offline and go touch some grass

Get offline and go touch some grass

News Staff
Monday, April 1, 2024
The shocking and horrific Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, triggered by the Singaporeanflagged cargo ship Dali striking it during the wee hours of Tuesday morning, has functioned as something of a Rorschach test.
How many mountain lions is too many?

How many mountain lions is too many?

How many mountain lions is too many?

News Staff
Monday, April 1, 2024
Isaw it by accident.I was sitting in the kitchen at my family’s ranch in the high foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains -- not far from Yosemite National Park. I got up to refill my water glass and looked out the window behind the kitchen sink.
What’s wrong with America’s ‘elites’?

What’s wrong with America’s ‘elites’?

What’s wrong with America’s ‘elites’?

News Staff
Monday, April 1, 2024
It is becoming increasingly clear that some of America’s most serious problems can be traced back to our colleges and universities -- or at least the ones educating the country’s most powerful people.
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