Political Commentary & Opinion

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed a divisive executive order that could ultimately lead to the end of women’s sports as we know them.  The “Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation” says, “Children should be able to learn without worrying about…

For nearly two decades, Americans United for Life has published its annual Life List, ranking states based on how life-affirming their laws and policies are. Americans United for Life, where I work, ranks states from No. 1 (Arkansas) to No. 50 (Vermont). We don’t include the District of Columbia in the rankings because it isn’t…

On this day 76 years ago, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp, where Nazi forces murdered more than 1.1 million people, the vast majority of them Jews. Greeted by starving prisoners rejoicing at their arrival, piles of corpses, and unthinkable living conditions, the unknowing Soviet troops were horrified by what they saw. As more…

Dr. Anthony Fauci just announced the Biden administration’s commitment to “advance gender equality at home and around the world.” This is underscored by President Joe Biden’s executive order allowing biological males to compete in girls and women’s sports and removing justification for female spaces in schools. We are watching the deliberate deconstruction of biological distinctions…

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a new rules package that explicitly strikes “gendered language” from the official House rules. The rules prohibit the use of terms that designate the gender of familial relationships— father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, and so on—and replace them with gender-neutral terms. Commentator Tammy Bruce, a radio and Fox…

The floor of the United States Capitol was stained with blood earlier this month when a violent mob forced its way inside while both chambers of Congress were in session to certify the results of the presidential election. In the ensuing clash between rioters and police, an officer shot and killed Ashli Babbitt, an Air…

Veggie burgers are not made from cows. They are also nutritionally different than burgers made from cows. And yet, some in the meat industry are trying to assert Americans can’t grasp these and similar obvious points. As if Americans don’t understand that there’s a difference between meat from animals and plant-based alternatives to meat. This…

Amid a flurry of activity and controversy with the incoming Biden administration, there was still a major victory for religious freedom and conscience protection last week. On Jan. 19, a federal court, citing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, upheld conscience protections for physicians and struck down the transgender mandate that ordered doctors to perform transgender…

Joe Biden says he’ll “advance racial equity” by making “bold investments” in “Affordable Housing,” aiding “businesses owned by Black and Brown people,” establishing an “Equity Commission,” etc. Gosh, that’ll do it. Others demand reparations for slavery, more social programs, and defunding the police. Yet, economist Thomas Sowell says, “I haven’t been able to find a…

One of President Joe Biden’s very first executive actions was to disband the 1776 Commission and remove the commission’s report from the White House website.  Mike Gonzalez, a Heritage Foundation senior fellow and member of President Donald Trump’s Advisory 1776 Commission, joins the show to explain the purpose of the new report and why Biden…

President Joe Biden has signaled his willingness to revive the flawed 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Doing so would reward a hostile dictatorship that has repeatedly reneged on its nonproliferation obligations and pocketed past concessions without moderating its aggressive foreign policy. The U.S. cannot afford to return to the…

The newly formed President’s Advisory 1776 Commission just released its report. The group was chaired by Churchill historian and Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn. The vice chair was Carol M. Swain, a retired professor of political science. (Full disclosure: I was a member of the commission.) The unanimously approved conclusions focused on the Declaration…

Editor’s note: This article was updated March 24 using new information about the “stimulus” package passed two weeks earlier by the House of Representatives. The U.S. government is not exactly an exemplar of fiscal responsibility. The national debt has topped $28 trillion and continues to climb every day.  The government added another $1.9 trillion to…

As President Joe Biden takes office and begins implementation of controversial measures like the Equality Act, it’s clear one of the most important cultural arenas of 2021 will be ensuring fair play for female athletes at all levels of sports.  Fox 9 KMSP, a Minneapolis news source, reported, “Gender Justice, a Minnesota-based nonprofit that advocates…

In 1980, singer Neil Diamond recorded a song that celebrated American immigration, first in the early 1900s and then more recently. The song included this chorus: “On the boats and on the planes “They’re coming to America “Never looking back again “They’re coming to America.” The song makes no distinction between the legal and orderly…