Early this morning, after a grueling overnight session, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a critical piece of the GOP’s broader tax legislation: a health care provision that includes sweeping reforms to Medicaid. The plan proposes to slash federal Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade—part of a larger…
Selling the Soil: Should America Trade Her Public Lands for Profit?
House Republicans have introduced a new proposal tucked into a broader energy package—one that would authorize the sale of over 350,000 acres of public land in Nevada and Utah. On its face, the idea sounds simple enough: use underutilized federal land to alleviate housing shortages, boost local economies, and fund public works. The estimated revenue…
Trump’s Second Term: 100 Days In — Triumph, Turbulence, or Trouble?
Well, bless your heart if you thought Trump's second term was going to be boring. It’s been just over 100 days since President Trump retook the reins of government, and whether you love him, tolerate him, or hate him, you can’t deny this: he came out of the gate like a bull on a mission.…
Should Uncle Sam Play Matchmaker and Midwife? A Christian Conservative Take on Marriage, Babies, and Big Government
You know we’ve hit an odd chapter in American history when the government is basically saying, “Get hitched, make babies, and here’s five grand to sweeten the deal.” That’s not a parody headline — it's real policy brainstorming coming out of the White House. According to recent reports, the administration is entertaining proposals to address…
Truth Over Tribe: Why I’m Not on the Red or Blue Team
I’ve noticed something lately. Every time I voice disagreement with something President Trump or his administration did, some folks automatically assume I must be “anti-Trump.” As if the only two options are blind loyalty or total opposition. So let me set the record straight: I’m not “anti-Trump,” and I’m not “pro-Trump.” I’m not marching under…
When Rhetoric Replaces Righteousness: A Christian Conservative Response to Pam Bondi’s MS-13 Claim
Pam Bondi, former Florida Attorney General and longtime Republican fixture, has claimed that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was not only in the U.S. illegally, but was tied to the brutal MS-13 gang. Sounds terrifying, right? The kind of thing that makes you double-check your locks and thank God you live in a red state. But here's…
Should Christians Engage in Politics?
Politics. That one word can turn a perfectly peaceful Sunday lunch into a debate club, make church small groups nervously sip their coffee, and transform your once-wholesome Facebook feed into a minefield of memes, arguments, and Scripture taken way out of context. It’s a battlefield—not just of ideas, but of worldviews, emotions, and deeply held…
Tragedy in New Orleans: A Call for Compassion, Community, and Action
On New Year's Day 2025, a tragic event unfolded in New Orleans' French Quarter when a truck, driven by 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, plowed into a crowd of revelers, resulting in 15 fatalities and injuring dozens more. Jabbar, who had served 13 years in the Army with a deployment to Afghanistan, was killed…
A Fresh Start: New Year, Same God
Ah, New Year's Day—where we collectively hit life's big ol' "reset" button. Or at least we try. Gym memberships spike, planners fill up with ambitious goals, and we tell ourselves this year will be different. By Valentine's Day, though, many resolutions end up looking like forgotten leftovers in the back of the fridge: stale, sad,…
Justice, Mercy, and Fiery Rhetoric: A Christian Conservative Take on Trump’s Rebuke of Clemency
Well, folks, it seems President-elect Donald Trump decided to make waves on Truth Social yesterday with a message that was, shall we say, anything but festive. In response to President Joe Biden’s decision to commute the sentences of 37 federal death-row inmates to life without parole, Trump told these individuals to "GO TO HELL!" Direct…
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