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As we reflect on the past year, there’s not much to give us hope or optimism for the future. The infectious-disease, affecting so many aspects of our daily lives. Global strife threatens our national security. Economic pressures weigh heavily on families. Political conflict turns friends and neighbors into ideological enemies. …

“The consequences for … popular democracy could be dire.” Those ominous words from Eric Levitz in the New York Magazine are enough to chill one to the bone after a year of alleged insurrections and plans for a conservative coup. Indeed, the magazine itself has disclosed a Republican strategy to kill …

Author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell has said, “You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” I believe this is totally true. I have seen in my own life the amazing benefit of …

Many today are concerned about the rising generation’s exposure to a cultural virus, that is being “woke”—and rightly so. But I’m one from that generation who has been inoculated against it. My Christian upbringing, my time in a education” target=”_blank”>public charter school< aren’t on such solid ground, however.  ‘WOKE’ NYC SCHOOL CURRICULUM PROMPTS DAD …

Not long beforeoccasions I spent the morning at a remarkable residence called the Ignacio House, named after St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. Shepherded by Father Zach Presutti, himself an “S.J.” — a member of the Society of Jesus, AKA the Jesuits — the bright, clean, welcoming house …

The start of a new year means millions of Americans will begin to write down their goals and aspirations for the upcoming year. Unfortunately, the majority of people never accomplish those resolutions – with two-thirds abandoning them within the first month. Yet, interestingly enough, the majority of people will still …

The first and last goal for the Republican Conference in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022 should be to win back the majority and save America from President Joe Biden and Speaker nancy-pelosi” target=”_blank”>Nancy Pelosi< must be solely focused on doing everything it takes to accomplish this mission and …

The word I like to use for our immigration laws is “atrophied.” 1990 was the last time congress” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>Congress < and an interconnected world.  HOW THE MIGRANT CRISIS ESCALATED IN 2021 The immigration provisions in Biden’s Build Back Better bill are a step in the right direction.  Although for …

  All around us, there are signs of a growing mismatch between worker skills and what employers are seeking in an economy reshaped by the pandemic.  A November survey by the National Federation of Independent Business showed that 29% of owners reported labor quality as their top business problem, a 48-year-high.  …

CHICAGO – One of the toughest challenges Pastor Corey Brooks deals with on the South Side of chicago” target=”_blank”>Chicago< of the “post-war generation” grew up with a mother and father who were married to each other. That number has fallen today to approximately 68%. The Department of Education reports that 39% …