Truth and virtue are the foundations of liberty. Free people are in peril when they forget the basics that made them free. Ignorance and apathy invite the opposite – lies, fraud,  and corruption.  People sell their votes while greed and envy feed the nanny state. A political cartoon once said, “I’VE BEEN IN OFFICE 20 ... Read more

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By Sam Thernstrom, Paul Saunders, Todd Abrajano As America’s electric grid faces an unprecedented strain, nuclear power has never been more promising nor more important. Nuclear energy provides clean, reliable power that is vital to our economy and national security. American companies are pioneering some of the most promising advanced reactor designs in the world, ... Read more

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This week, on the Elsa Kurt Show, what if the question holding you back isn’t “Why me?” but “Why not me?” We sit down with Dr. Ed Newton, lead pastor of Community Bible Church and author of Why Not You, to unpack a life-changing shift in identity and calling. Ed opens up about battling rejection, ... Read more

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I am not sure whether the oath taken at the stroke of midnight, whether it was done underground, or whether a Quran was used instead of a traditional Bible, is the most symbolic of the devastating era dawning on New York City. New York City woke on Friday under the Socialist control of Zohar Mamdani, ... Read more

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December 2025 marks the centennial of Pope Pius XI’s 1925 encyclical Quas Primas, which established the feast of Christ the King. Today, this feast is often commemorated by your average, milquetoast clergyman through calls to metaphorically embrace Jesus Christ as king and to have him “reign in our hearts.” That sort of thing has its place, ... Read more

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In a free society, the government would respect that an individual’s health-related choices are his own business. There would be no local, state, or national government “health departments” intervening in these matters. All of that would be left to individuals to decide. Government health departments in America have become appendages of entities such as pharmaceutical ... Read more

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If Donald Trump identifies them as detrimental to America, you can almost guarantee that the Left will be out in force supporting them. Rapists, child molesters, murderers who violate our border are entitled to due process when they should be quickly deported. Somali thieves who scammed Americans out of billions of dollars to fund lavish ... Read more

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Some people hate Cloudflare. Our hosting company uses it, and for the most part, it is transparent, working quickly in the background to do what it does. We also have firewalls at multiple levels to protect the digital assets. GraniteGrok “experiences something like seven million attacks a day or more. Some days you can double ... Read more

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If you haven’t heard about this recent news uncovered by Nick Shirley and David, you need to. You can watch the full video documentary by clicking on the photo below. It’s been watched by more than 38 million people, which is dwarfed by the amount of capital from American taxpayers being fraudulently taken by fake ... Read more

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A. J. is joined by David Jones, a Maine businessman running for governor in the Republican primary. He discusses how his grandchildren spurred his desire to run and where he stands on issues, like education, housing, and energy.  We’ve got loads of podcasts – Check them all out here! Speakers’ opinions are their own and ... Read more

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You can pay more if you want to. We’ve got stores hereabouts that’ll take 4-5 dollars a dozen for eggs, but they always did that. The Biden printing press inflation/spending machine drove the cost of everything up. Who was it that lost their mind when they found out a pound of butter was over seven ... Read more

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St. Joseph Hospital is a Catholic hospital in Nashua, New Hampshire, that was founded in 1908. In 1996, St. Joseph Hospital became part of Covenant Health Systems, a non-profit Catholic health care system. In 2018, John Jurczyk was appointed as president of St. Joseph Hospital. In August 2021, St. Joseph Hospital posted a video on YouTube, “St. ... Read more

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Editor: The author has asked to remain anonymous. In New Hampshire, family courts have outwardly been a two-decade battleground  between parents and the legislature—those striving to restore due process and accountability, while others are committed to continuing an irretrievably broken system. Unsurprisingly, meaningful corrective provisions for due process, appeals, and redress options are notably absent in ... Read more

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Overnight, the US military escorted Federal law enforcement into Caracas, Venezuela, to arrest Nicolás Maduro. By all accounts, the effort (mission) was flawless. As to the constitutionality, there will be questions. Maduro has had an arrest warrant out for years, so using the military to protect law enforcement, to collect him, in a foreign nation, ... Read more

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Let’s call a spade a spade and recognize SB406 for what it is, an urban blue senator’s effort to flip a neighboring red district.  However, its selling points to the Senate Finance Committee when Rosenwald (a member) introduces it to her peers at the January 13 hearing will be all about removing the Daniel Webster ... Read more

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It is not lost on anyone anymore that when Democrats use the word affordable in front of any other word, it means subsidized money laundering into Democrat campaigns. And not to kick a dead donkey, but I’ve been more than clear about how and why Democrats don’t have a clue how to do it any ... Read more

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Happy New Year to all! Note – my idea, professional cartoonist. And I have another cartoon in mind, coming soonish.

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In his December 2025 commentary for The Daily Signal, “Leaders Fail When the Threat of Radical Islam Is Ignored,” Victor Davis Hanson does not merely contribute to the 24-hour news cycle; he pens a digital memento mori for a fading civilization. To review this piece from the perspective of a cultural archaeologist is to see ... Read more

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Some years ago, a letter was circulated pointing out the waste, abuse, and ludicrousness of federal programs. There were various versions, but here is a condensed one: Subject: Application to Enter the “Not Raising Hogs” Industry Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to express my keen interest in joining the highly esteemed and, I understand, ... Read more

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If EVs are your thing, then by all means, just not with my money, and you need to be honest about how not that green they are. The same applies to wind and solar. I’m not against them, though you might get that impression from the hundreds of pieces I’ve written reporting on how bad ... Read more

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