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Events in Canada have captured our attention, and Americans need to understand why. Our interest in affairs in our northern neighbor is not just neighborly: what happened in Canada was in fact a template for the personal-freedoms” target=”_blank”>suppression of freedom<.   Video Last week, Canadian justin-trudeau” target=”_blank”>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau< It’s worth understanding just why Canada’s…

Dear Young People, I’ve been keeping an eye on this country of ours ever since I was president, almost eight score years ago, and jotting down notes about what I’ve seen. I like to put them in my stovepipe hat and carry them around up there for safekeeping, but since today is President’s Day, it’s…

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick” –Proverbs 13:12 We’ve all felt that gut-wrenching sensation when something we desperately hoped for escapes from our grasp. We ask ourselves what we could have done differently; we ask God why He allowed it to happen. “Am I being punished?” and “Did I miss some type of warning?” are…

“Try again. Fail again. Fail better” – Samuel Beckett  Most books and essays about mental-health are triumphant tales of success meant to inspire those still suffering under its baffling compulsions. It’s a kind of sincere testimony that promises you can do this. This isn’t that.   I can’t promise that anyone will be all right because I…

While most Americans were still asleep Monday morning, Finnish member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen and Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola entered a courtroom in Helsinki, Finland. They are on trial for their faith” target=”_blank”>faith< The absurd, anti-Christian hostility inherent in this case cannot be overstated. A prosecutor began the trial in January by reading unrelated Bible…

If there’s anything we learned from the 10 years our family served in Congress it’s that politicians in Washington can’t save America. Families will. And strong marriages are the foundation of great families.    Name the social ill, and you can probably trace it back to broken homes and America’s crisis in fatherhood. Investing time and thought…

I was taken by Ben Domenech’s recent column in the Transom (a newsletter I read for its insightful comments). Domenech describes the driving force trying to reshape and remake America into a subservient socialism” target=”_blank”>Big Government Socialist system<, the most popular podcast host in America:  Video “The approach was very obviously an activation of the…

Sometimes I detect my favorite fragrance wafting from the kitchen: strawberry cake. I follow the smell like a bird dog follows a trail until I’m standing over the just-baked, just-iced pan of pure pleasure. Yet I’ve learned to still my fork until Denalyn gives clearance. “Who is it for?” I ask. She might break my…

If the elections were held today, chances are the senate would take the House and Senate. Midterms are generally a referendum on the sitting president, who most polls have approval ratings sinking in the low 40’s.    But Republicans have an opportunity to do more than just win the majority. They have the opportunity to begin to…

elections, is set to be a pivotal one for the American experiment.   With President Biden’s agenda stalled, midterm elections approaching after potentially transformational redistricting, turmoil on the conflicts, and the backdrop of a continuing pandemic, there are an enormous number of issues that Americans want Washington to prioritize.   For Republicans especially, 2022 holds many opportunities…