The federal freeze on childcare funding in Minnesota is the predictable outcome of a governing philosophy that elevates empathy and expansion while treating authority, discipline, and enforcement as secondary concerns. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services didn’t freeze funding because Minnesota cared too much about families. It froze funding because federal officials no…
Work, Welfare, and Wisdom: A Review of SNAP Reforms
A couple days ago, we examined the Medicaid work requirements tucked into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Now, it's time to roll up our sleeves and take a biblically grounded, no-nonsense look at a similar provision in the same bill: the new work requirements for SNAP, better known as food stamps. The provision introduces…
Reckoning with the Red Ink: A Christian Conservative Review of Trump’s Budget
On Friday, President Trump dropped his 2026 budget proposal like a hot potato on Capitol Hill, and let’s just say — folks are either cheering or chasing it with pitchforks. With cuts so sharp you could shave with them, this budget is vintage Trump: brash, unapologetic, and aimed straight at the ideological fault lines of…
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