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The credit card statement contained an unfamiliar charge. I called the fraud department which canceled the payment and immediately sent me a new card. If only the federal government responded with similar alacrity.

Instead, the reaction from the exposure and rooting out of fraud – mostly from Democrats – has been shouting profanities and ...Read more

President Trump has ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies to save money. It costs almost four cents to make one and as the president seeks to reduce federal spending, the penny is a good, if largely symbolic, target. The nickel is even more expensive. It costs nearly 14 cents to make. One doesn’t have to have studied ...Read more

It’s a bit early for spring cleaning but that’s what President Trump and his faithful companion Elon Musk appear to be doing.

When I was a child, every spring my mother would open closets and check the attic and basement for clothes and other items that could be discarded or given to charity. Sometimes it was difficult to part with them, ...Read more

It’s not true as has been reported that Democrats don’t have a “coherent message” and are wallowing in confusion. They DO have a message. Unfortunately for them, it’s the same one that caused the party to lose the White House, the Senate and the House in ...Read more

When White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced last week that the briefing room is now open to reporters for “new media,” including podcasters and websites, she was acknowledging the power and reach of these outlets, which was demonstrated in the last election when President Trump made himself available to outlets that were ...Read more

One of the things that frustrates so many people about Washington is its dysfunction. We are paying more and getting less. Another day older and deeper in debt as an old song goes. The cost, bureaucracy and government’s failure to produce many results despite the promises of politicians feeds the cynicism many feel about the capital.

That may...Read more

When President Trump threatened to slap tariffs on Colombia if President Gustavo Petro did not accept criminal migrants deported from the U.S., he did not get the initial response he expected. Instead of immediately caving to Trump, Petro countered with plans for his own tariffs on U.S. goods coming into Colombia, then issued a fiery statement ...Read more

Pardons were flying all over Washington on Monday like a flock of birds, or airplanes during peak hours at Reagan airport.

Joe Biden was first, issuing “pre-emptive” pardons to five members of his family, including his brother. Republicans have accused the Biden family of ill-gotten gains by “selling” the Biden brand and making millions...Read more

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Who remembers Donald Trump’s first inaugural address? Probably not very many, unless they have Googled it, as I did. That’s likely because after the speech Trump became fixated on the size of the crowd, which he repeatedly claimed was larger than ...Read more

When a politician says “don’t politicize” a significant event like the fires that have swept Los Angeles County, it’s a good bet they are attempting to divert attention and shield themselves from the consequences of their inaction.

Such is the case with California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who seem to be ...Read more

Among the many laws that took effect at the beginning of this new year is one in New Jersey that will astound and should anger people with children in the state’s public schools. It’s called Act 1669 and it ...Read more

President-elect Trump and nominees for his upcoming administration often speak about cutting spending in order to reduce the debt. Some of the targets are familiar, but one that is never mentioned is the amount of money that could be saved by releasing, or not incarcerating in the first place, nonviolent offenders.

According to The Sentencing ...Read more

When Jimmy Carter began attending the First Baptist Church in Washington after becoming president, I thought it a unique opportunity to better understand his faith. He taught a Sunday School class as he had done for years in his native Plains, Georgia, and I joined it.

Carter was an excellent teacher. He knew the Scriptures well and on one ...Read more

Political and other prognosticators are busy as usual predicting the future. Never mind calculating how wrong they have been in the past, our desire to know what’s coming sometimes overcomes sound thinking, ignorance of history and an understanding of human nature.

Recall the number of times climate alarmists predicted we would either freeze ...Read more

As if his 1,500 pardons weren’t enough to cause outrage, President Biden has gone further. Near the expiration of his failed presidency, Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole, just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump has ...Read more

When Washington politicians speak of a Christmas tree this time of year, they are not referring to an actual tree. It means they’ve loaded up a bill with another kind of “green,” the kind that’s decorated with money.

The “bipartisan” bill passed just before midnight last Friday, minutes before a government “shutdown” ...Read more

In past years I have suggested going beyond Christmas and other holiday gifts that will soon be forgotten, returned or worn out, in favor of one that will last for generations to come.

Last year I wrote about the Children’s Scholarship Fund, which provides private school tuition for poor and middle-class children in failing public schools. ...Read more

The soon-to-expire Biden administration is behaving as if an invading foreign power is about to take over and the house must be burned down to keep the “invaders” from succeeding.

In the past few weeks, the cynicism meter has ticked up several notches because of the decisions made by the outgoing president and others in his administration. ...Read more

Before this time of the month was hijacked by the secular progressives as “the holidays” in deference to everyone – except the ones who have a real reason for the season – it was called Christmas.

Associated with Christmas, including sentiments on cards we once sent to friends and family before the postage rates and cost of cards became...Read more