As the nation continues its precipitous decline under the weight of the deceitful and destructive policies of the uber-Left, something important is happening slowly and incrementally, but definitely -- in our most impactful cultural institutions, including the media, the entertainment industry, Silicon Valley, academia and the medical profession.

The Mother of All Bombs was dropped on the Bidens and the nation May 9-10, 2023, that, if true or even partially true, should have resulted in the immediate resignation of Joe Biden as president. It came from three places of the world: Ukraine, China and Romania.

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A few weeks ago on the news, I heard about the famous Suspension Bridge in Waco, Texas that has been restored and is now in use. That reminded me of the old Chestnut Street Bridge in Lampasas.

The past five weeks has seen a flurry of media activity, clearly coordinated, against the right-of-center U.S. Supreme Court. First, the outlet ProPublica began publishing a series of pieces “exposing” the well-known fact of Justice Clarence Thomas’ long-running friendship with billionaire real estate tycoon Harlan Crow, and alleging ethical improprieties pertaining to the justice’s purported failure to disclose certain information.

Unless they live in border states, most Americans seem oblivious to the immigration crisis in the country. While we’ve always had people crossing the border illegally, the Biden administration’s lax policies on immigration have permitted the daily dribble of migrant crossings to become a tsunami.

During President Barack Obama’s first term, there was a massive spike in the annual deficits run by the federal government. In fiscal 2008, before Obama was elected, the annual federal deficit was $458.55 billion, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget.

We cannot equate animals with humans. As much as we love our dogs -- a love that is genuine and deep -- we know we can get another dog, but we can never get another human being after the loss of a child or loved one.

Last year was a tough one. We were in a drought.

It starts in China, runs through Mexico and ends in mortuaries all across America. This is the fentanyl trail -- that, so far, our government has failed to block. In 2003, according to the National Institutes of Health, 1,400 Americans died by overdosing on what that agency calls “synthetic opioids other than methadone (primarily fentanyl).” By 2008, President George W. Bush’s last full year in office, that death count had climbed to 2,306. By 2016, President Barack Obama’s last full year, it had climbed to 19,413. By 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full year, it had climbed to 56,516. In 2021, President Joe Biden’s first year in office, it climbed again to 70,601. In the first half of 2022, fatal fentanyl overdoses continued to rise in the United States. “The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl-related substances) may have resulted in almost 73,000 overdose deaths between July 2021 and June 2022,” the Congressional Research Service stated in a report it published on Dec. 8, 2022.