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In these polarizing times, it seems little wonder that even federal buildings have turned into political battlefields. In his final weeks in office in late 2020, President Trump signed an executive order establishing classical architecture…

I can’t remember the last time Americans were truly united. Maybe Sept. 12, 2001, but I was too young to remember. Now the only thing tethering us to one another is our complacency. It’s the one thing we all share. We’ve been fed —…

Imagine going out to take your dog for a walk on the National Mall and ending up in handcuffs, all because your dog was not on a leash. This scenario sounds absurd in America. But it happened to Fox News commentator Dana Perino’s husband…

The novel 1984 is author George Orwell’s cautionary tale of a future totalitarian government that uses mass surveillance to redefine truth and tyrannize citizens. Once a work of fiction, it now reads like a disturbingly accurate picture of…

In 2020, the supply chain experienced disruptions that no one in my generation had ever seen. It became even more apparent to those who believe in the power of self-reliance that it is up to us to take care of ourselves. Backyard farming…

If you think firing poorly performing federal employees is too hard, you are not alone. Most federal employees agree. Now President Biden has made this problem worse. New regulations will make dismissals of poor-performing and subversive…

The left loves to call any person or policy they disagree with a “threat to democracy.” Put aside the fact the United States is not a democracy but a constitutional and federal republic. The biggest threats to our form of government —…

Donald Trump has the incredible ability to bait his political detractors into becoming exactly what he accuses them of being. If Trump says liberal elites hate democracy, they invent a radical legal theory to keep him off the ballot. If…

We lost the battle on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which federal agencies have used to surveil Americans without warrants, in the House of Representatives last week — barely. A group of liberty-minded Republicans were…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently unveiled their proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025 budgets. Unsurprisingly, both agencies are requesting additional funding, through…