Category: Etcetera

One of the comforts of growing older is knowing that some things will never change. Sports fans will always argue over the designated hitter rule and over who was the best heavyweight boxer of all-time (Muhammad Ali). Movie fans will never agree which Godfather movie was better, the first or the second (the first.) And … Continue reading Joseph Goebbels’ Own Words Show He Loved Socialism and Saw It as ‘the Future’

The GOP’s omnibus betrayal is complete. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and 17 other Republicans joined Democrats as the Senate passed a $1.85 trillion monstrosity of a spending bill Thursday that does a whole lot more than just waste money. The vote was 68-29. The bill moves to the House of Representatives, where the lame-duck, majority-Democrat ghost of … Continue reading The Consequences of Senate Republicans’ Omnibus Surrender

Republicans in Congress missed a huge opportunity to begin putting our country’s fiscal house in order. Inflation caused by runaway government spending and money printing was the top issue on the minds of voters in the November midterm elections. The Left’s reckless pursuit of these disastrous policies has been a boon for fiscally conservative politicians bold enough … Continue reading Congress Guts Budget Rules and Misses Chance to Cut Spending

I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the Government. Every dollar that we carelessly waste means that their life will be so much the more … Continue reading A President Who Warned Americans What Extravagant Federal Spending Would Do to Character

Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) and ten of his House Republican colleagues demanded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reverse its decision to deny small refineries relief from the crony Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandate. A recent Government Accountability Office report found EPA based its decision to deny small refineries relief from the RFS on flawed, inaccurate, and unverified … Continue reading Chip Roy demands EPA reverse ‘flawed, inaccurate’ decision denying small refineries relief from crony mandate

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act. This legislation is also sponsored by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chris Coons (D-DE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).“The withdrawal from Afghanistan was a dark day in American history,” said Sen. Moran. “The rushed and chaotic evacuation from … Continue reading Senators and veterans join up to help resettle Afghan refugees

The Justice Department has been targeting pro-life activists through the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act as a response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, according to Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. Gupta delivered remarks at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division’s 65th Anniversary earlier this month. The associate attorney general described the overturn of Roe v. … Continue reading DOJ Official Admits Targeting Pro-Lifers Is Response to Overturn of Roe

The American founders who drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence grounded their case for separating from Great Britain on a philosophy of government derived from the writings of John Locke: especially from Lockean notions of legitimate government vs. illegitimate government, i.e. tyranny. In his Two Treatises of Government, Locke wrote: “Political power, then, I … Continue reading The Three Traits of Tyranny

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led a bipartisan letter with 25 of her Senate colleagues to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) expressing concern over Mexico’s efforts to ban U.S. genetically engineered corn. In 2020, Mexican President Lopez Obrador issued a presidential decree … Continue reading Fischer Leads Letter Against Mexico’s Proposed Ban on Genetically Engineered Corn

After mass public shootings in Colorado and Virginia last month, President Joe Biden appeared to call for a ban on all semiautomatic firearms. Biden told reporters: “The idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick. It’s just sick. It has no, no social redeeming value. Zero. None. Not a single, solitary rationale for it except … Continue reading 12 More Examples of Defensive Gun Use Show ‘Redeeming Social Value’ of Firearms