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Airlines Monopolizing Market Won't Enhance Travelers' Experience
In Congress, I served as the ranking member of the U.S. House antitrust subcommittee. I led efforts to ensure that businesses played by the rules. I believed then, as I do now, that free-market enterprise must put consumers first.
To Endure, Religious Liberty Must Transcend Church Walls
Religious liberty is not only about protecting worship inside church walls. It's also about preserving the freedom to bring moral conviction, spiritual identity, and deeply held beliefs into the life of the nation.
Uncomplicated SAVE Act Not About Trust, It's About Proof
What 2020 exposed was not just a disputed outcome, but a system that tens of millions of Americans no longer trust.
Fatherhood Can't Be Outsourced
Fathers, your role is irreplaceable, you are called to lead, not with domination, but with devotion. To love your wife. To invest in your children. To stand for what is right. To help those in need. To live in such a way that your life becomes a testimony your children can't ignore.
Let's Kill Cancer Before It Kills Us
The gift to humanity of ending the scourge of cancer would be one of the most valuable and equitable policy agendas imaginable, providing everyone across the nation and globally not just with better health but much higher living standards.
RINOs Undermining Trump, Let's Check Our Egos at the Door
Don't lose sight of what's important. Let's get back to work registering new voters and making sure all of President Trump's supporters get out and vote in November..
Jews and Christians Must Unite Like Never Before
The story of the West is, in many ways, a shared story. It's a story rooted in the belief that man is made in God's image, redemption is possible, repentance is necessary, and human beings are called to something higher. It's up to us, ultimately, to take that message seriously.
Disguised Campaign Ad Justifies Defunding PBS
No one voted for Republicans for more liberty, for a strong defense, for border control or against abortion. Idealism is annihilated. This is why taxpayer money for PBS programming has always been unjust, taking taxpayer money from Republicans to smash them.
We May Finally Break the Chains of Birthright Citizenship?
The citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, which liberals claim grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States regardless of the circumstances, has worked against U.S. interests for decades.
There are Plenty of Religious Underpinnings to Our Founding
There was a religious component to the push for independence in America that we would do well to remember in our highly secular age.
Are Antidiscrimination 'Laws' Unconstitutional?
Racism remains a serious problem, but empowering government officials to punish the alleged motives for actions that are otherwise completely legal is a step too far.
Insisting It's Winning Won't Get MAGA to Midterm Finish Line
Even some Trump supporters are beginning to acknowledge what data is showing. The current path points toward Democratic gains. Once that happens, the presidency itself enters a precarious phase. The Florida result matters. It's a signal. A warning.
Why I'll Take Rude and Truthful Every Time
In a perfect world, our politicians would be both polite and truthful. But we don't live in a perfect world. And if our choice is between someone who is rude and truthful or smooth and deceitful, I'll take rude and truthful every time.
Congress Must Reclaim Power to Declare War
I support the goal of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. A nuclear-armed Iran would pose a grave threat to the United States, Israel, and the stability of the Mideast.
Wake-Up Call for America: Fla. Says No to Social Engineering
The Sunshine State has spent years focusing on economic growth, individual opportunity, and solid governance. Other states and even big corporations hold tight to bureaucracies that split Americans into identity groups. Florida chose a different road.
By Bryan E. Leib with Bob Rubin
Trump Confronts the War, Controls Markets
With oil prices highly sensitive and Mideast tensions always one escalation away from disruption, the U.S. economy would typically be under severe strain. Under almost any other president, we likely would have already felt impact. Instead, markets are holding.
Brazen Democratic-Socialists Leave Destruction in Their Wake
Mayor Mamdani and his DSA comrades have spent time since he took office on Jan. 1, 2026 promoting their radical causes as New York City's finances are deteriorating. The major debt rating agency, Moody’s, has downgraded the city's credit rating to "negative,"
Media Personalities Ensure Antisemitic Vitriol Thrives
Even a brief review of presidential decisions, from Eisenhower through Bush to Biden, should suffice to repudiate any allegations that America is in the iron grip of some diabolical Judaic cult, compelling it to sacrifice U.S. interests (and lives) for those of Israel.
Genius Moves by Trump Prompt Iran to Negotiate Meaningfully
Over the next several days, watch for increased Israeli airstrikes on the regime's security apparatus.
Jackson Controversial, but Undeserving of Disrespectful Codas
Regardless of his political views or personal opinions about him, Jackson did not deserve the disrespectful treatment he received at his Memorial services from former Democratic Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Healthcare Costs Are Soaring, Accountability Can Lower Them
Too many providers bill without complete medical records, inflate reimbursements by "up-coding" services to a higher level of severity than warranted, submit duplicate charges or lean on opaque facility fees that add hundreds or thousands of dollars for services.
Democrats Have Buyer's Remorse Over Gas Prices They Wanted
Democrats and their left-leaning media kin fail to decry escalated gasoline costs resulting from their own anti-drilling energy policies premised upon a delusional climate emergency.
Do Globalists Get It? Wealth Alone Won't Save Energy, Food
The real battleground: not defined solely by conventional warfare, but by the stability of the systems sustaining life. Energy, food, and transport form the foundation. Disrupt them, and the effects are universal. In such a scenario, wealth alone offers little protection. This is the real war.
Congressional Affordability Fix Must Hold Hospitals Accountable
As hospitals consolidate local markets, swallow up formerly independent clinics, and charge higher hospital rates, patients and payers alike find themselves facing higher bills.
Let's Set, and Keep Record Straight on DHS Contracting Claims
As DHS confronts complex and evolving challenges, the focus should remain on facts, performance, and accountability, not on claims that fail to withstand scrutiny.
Why TrumpRx Is Prescription America Needs
We can return to a system where families struggle, patients ration care, and bureaucratic complexity drives up costs, or we can embrace a model that prioritizes transparency, competition, and consumer empowerment.
Tolerating Antisemitism, Terrorism Won't Buy Reprieve, Safety
Some of America's leading Jewish figures are wrapped in an illusion that tolerance for antisemites will buy the community they are tasked to defend safety and reprieve.
Dems Lose to Trump's Ingenuity, War with Law Enforcement
Democrats should cut their losses. Thanks to President Trump's ingenuity and perseverance, they've already lost their war with law enforcement.
Options Narrow to Save Social Security, Pain May Be Felt Soon
The danger is not only the existence of the Social Security shortfall, but the delay in addressing it. Ignoring a crisis doesn't prevent it; it ensures that the eventual crisis will be more painful. A candid national conversation grounded in facts, is essential
Baltimore Eatery Walks the Walk on Decency, Patriotism
Baltimore is part of the Rust Belt. Anyone you meet is likely not more than two connections away from someone who's worked with their hands for a living.
Copying Europe's Airline Regulations Won't Fly
Adopting Europe-flavored regulations in D.C. won’t bring you closer to Rome or Paris, but it will promise a world of inflated ticket prices that will have you thinking twice of taking that trip.
Even with Mental, Physical Challenges You Can Thrive
Living one's best life in the midst of physical or mental challenges requires a certain mindset as well as a skillset. Selective disclosure to trusted friends, faculty, coworkers, and partners allows people living with invisible conditions to be comfortable and content.
We're Witness to An Understated, Underestimated Iran Threat
The conflict has revealed a more resilient structure. Under sustained pressure, and loss of key leadership, Iran has demonstrated an ability to maintain military resistance. What we now witness suggests not that the original threat was overstated, but that it may have been underestimated.
Never Forget, Putin's War Is on Ukraine's Children Also
We need to see through the Kremlin's distortions and focus on freeing more Ukrainian children. More than 19,000 more children are waiting for their rescue.
Calif. Scaring Away Tax Base It's Dangerously Dependent On
The wealth tax will not save the hospitals. It will not fix Medi-Cal. It will accelerate the departure of a taxpayer base California is already dangerously dependent on.
Democrats Must Learn: Violent Words Can Matter - Forever
Our party leaders need to call out violent rhetoric often. Town halls, press conferences, debates all need to be held, during which we continually highlight unacceptable language by named Democratic Party officials.
Does Gov't Hate, Fear Speech of Its Critics?
Chilling is government behavior toward speech that is intended to give the speaker pause or fear such that the speaker has second thoughts about speaking. Chilling is prohibited by the First Amendment and has been repudiated by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Interest Wanes in Hollywood's Lecturing, Insufferable Fools
Today, Hollywood delivers movies that preach, depress and appeal to a small segment of Americans. Most Americans do not want to see movies that promote leftist causes and demonize our country's traditions.
Khan No Longer in D.C., but Not Sparing Nation Her Wrath
Lina Khan is a proponent of replacing the consumer welfare standard to antitrust law with "social welfare." Upheld by the Supreme Court, consumer welfare means the government has to prove a company was engaged in anti-competitive activities harmful to consumers.
Grade 'Equity' Measures Nothing, Destroys Education
Universities were once devoted to truth and intellectual discipline. If they continue down the current path, they risk becoming expensive places where young adults accumulate debt while receiving grades that mean roughly what participation trophies mean at Little League.
GUARD Act Isn't Helping Veterans, Lawmakers Know It
If lawmakers are serious about helping veterans, they should stop reviving legislation that has already failed and start working together on solutions that actually expand access to help.
Iran's Record Justifies Military Action Against It
International law recognizes the right to self-defense, even though preventive wars remain controversial. But the question remains: must we wait for another tragedy on the scale of 9/11 before acting to defend the security of the United States and its allies?
Our Relationship With, Understanding of Military Is Broken
You may or may not like who the current president of the United States is, but your obsessions should not turn something that is both normal and a show of gratefulness for our soldiers into an outrage just to satisfy your unhappiness.
FDA Infighting Won't Make America Well
America deserves a functional FDA, not a dysfunctional political circus. When bureaucrats wage war against one another, the casualties are American families. And MAHA will never accept that.
Analysis, Debate Won't Win in Iran
The dogma of a diplomacy-first-and-always fails to recognize its expiration date and is tantamount to a doctrine of appeasement-at-any cost. Paralysis by analysis renders us to the hospice of has-beens.
War May Delay Regime Change, Current Regime Has No Way Out
The real turning point in Iran will not come from the skies above the country, but from the millions of Iranians who have repeatedly risen against the regime and are determined to change it from within.
Fethullah Gulen No Longer With Us, But His Influence Endures
Gulen was born in April 1941 in Turkey and rose to prominence as an imam and teacher in the jihadist Sufi neo-Ottoman tradition, closely aligned with the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Iran's Northern Strike Could Open Caucasus To Chinese Influence
The geopolitical contest for the Caucasus is intensifying. Iran's actions have created new uncertainty, but they have also clarified the strategic importance of the region's emerging trade corridors. China sees both the risks and the opportunities.
Mr. President, Don't Get Stuck in Iran
A massive military arsenal is no match for our enemy's fanaticism. Military superiority could lead Trump to over-confidence and his administration to ruin. The solution is for Trump to abandon regime change as his goal and focus on denying Iran the ability to spread terror.
Capitol Police Deserve More Than a Plaque
The Capitol Police are heroes, not villains. They deserve more than a plaque in a temporary location, installed in secret at 4 in the morning.
Studios' Costly Woke Agendas Chase Elusive Prestige, Trophies
"The Bride!" is no isolated agenda-ridden film. It's the latest in a string of politically-charged missteps that have alienated mainstream viewers and consequently tanked at the box office.
McLaughlin: Strong Majority Backs Trump in Stopping Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
A majority of American voters support the use of U.S. military force to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. An even larger majority believes that once the United States has taken action, it should see the effort through and eliminate the threat permanently.
Iran's Global Danger Justifies War Against It
Often times, we live in a bubble. I understand that there are valid reasons to object to the U.S.-Israel attack against Iran. But ultimately, it's a narrow global perspective. Put another way, those who think this attack is wrong are wrong.
Majority Trump-Appointee Board Means TVA in Good Hands
Electricity demand is exploding, especially in rural America. Under the direction of this new Trump board, the entity is once again capable of navigating the power and transmission needs of the valley.
'Peace Through Strength' on Iran Ends 45-Year Stalemate
"Operation Epic Fury" is not Iraq 2.0. It's an attempt to lay closure to a 47-year stalemate . . .  before it becomes something far worse. Sometimes the choice is between prolonged instability and decisive prevention.
Democrats Could Care Less About Borders, Ballot Box
In this nation's capital, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,  has taken an adamant stand against the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, aka the SAVE America Act.
Strait of Hormuz an Aluminum Chokepoint, West Is Unprepared
The Strait of Hormuz is not merely an energy chokepoint. It's an aluminum chokepoint. And until policymakers act accordingly, the global economy will remain one escalation away from a metal shock few have adequately prepared to absorb.
Mamdani's Policies Only About Publicity for Him
If Mamdani truly cared about people in need, the poor, homeless, hungry, mentally ill, etc., he would establish programs to help them rather than showboating an impossible, unnecessary policy solely to garner publicity for himself.
Trump Won the War and Soon the Peace
The world has witnessed the near-total destruction of Iran's military infrastructure and the dismantling of its nuclear ambitions. Iran's naval power, missile systems, communications networks, and much of its air-defense have been devastated.
Bureaucracy's Rot Runs Amok at FDA
The agencies charged with protecting public health, particularly those housed under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are increasingly paralyzed by internal dysfunction, political infighting, and a culture that rewards delay over decision-making.
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