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Kevin McCarthy drama underscores impotence of the Republican elites

Kevin McCarthy drama underscores impotence of the Republican elites

Kevin McCarthy drama underscores impotence of the Republican elites

After Republicans clinched their narrower-than-expected new House majority in November’s midterm elections, the only relevant questions for Congress-watchers seemed to pertain to what Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-California) impending House speakership would look like.

An open letter to U.S. Senator John Cornyn

Senator Cornyn: You were one of the RINOs who voted for the $1.7 trillion funding bill. Our country now has a debt of about $31 trillion, which we cannot pay. To put a trillion into perspective, 1 trillion seconds is about 34,000 years. You and people like you are committing economic treason.
joshua arnold

joshua arnold

Nation driven to prayer for NFL player Damar Hamlin

American sports fans and others experienced a rare moment of unity on Tuesday, unanimously calling for prayer for 24-year-old Damar Hamlin. Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, collapsed on-field from cardiac arrest after making a tackle during a Monday night game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

TxDOT should put the brakes on proposed traffic relief route

The Texas Department of Transportation has offered two presentations in Lampasas to provide information on a proposal to build a “relief route” that would redirect highway traffic around the city and away from the commercial district. A third session may be offered in the spring.
Training for the Rose Bowl -- in 1922

Training for the Rose Bowl -- in 1922

Training for the Rose Bowl -- in 1922

The train was on its way west to Los Angeles when it stopped in the small Arizona town of Williams and detached a special car it had been carrying. Twenty-two young men got out and headed north. This was the 1922 Penn State football team.
	Has removing oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve helped prices at all?

Has removing oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve helped prices at all?

Has removing oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve helped prices at all?

Since taking office, President Joe Biden has released more than 251 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over about a 12-month period, at a pace of 1.45 million barrels a day on average, according to data compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Secular conservatives not likely to have conservative children

Secular conservatives not likely to have conservative children

Secular conservatives not likely to have conservative children

Secular conservatives have done great work on behalf of America, liberty and conservatism in general. But they will not likely have conservative grandchildren and many will not have conservative children. I know this because I speak with hundreds of conservatives a year in person and on the radio.
The transgender trajectory

The transgender trajectory

The transgender trajectory

The children gathered that day for the first time in their first-grade classroom. At the top of the agenda: learn how to do simple problems in addition and subtraction.