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Opinion

Big Beautiful Bill delivers win for HSAs

National Columnists

In a Congress addicted to bad ideas and bloated spending — something we saw again last week — it’s rare to find a tax policy with broad, bipartisan support that also happens to be good policy. Health savings accounts are one of those rare gems. They promote individual responsibility, ...

No cost is too great to protect Americans

National Columnists

In the early morning of July 4, a flash flood emergency was issued for Austin and San Antonio by the National Weather Service in Texas. According to the NWS, a flash flood emergency is “exceedingly rare” and is only used when “there is a severe threat to human life and catastrophic ...

Pastors, politicians should stay in their own lanes

National Columnists

The Internal Revenue Service announced on Monday it is overturning a restraint on churches and other houses of worship that was supposed to keep them from endorsing candidates for political office. The root of the ban extends back to 1954. Then-Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) was running for ...

Elon Musk’s America Party is long shot

National Columnists

“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom,” Elon Musk declared on his social media platform, X (formerly Twitter). Another billionaire quickly replied on his social media platform, “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially ...

Our nation is approaching 250th birthday

National Columnists

In April 1775, William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the Continental Army of a rifle battalion in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment. The men who served with him were German, Irish and Scottish settlers. They were ...

Documentary takes look at feminist movement

National Columnists

Buried inside a new documentary about the women’s liberation movement is a gem that lands like a ton of bricks. “Dear Ms.: A revolution in print” blends archival footage with recent interviews of the founders behind the feminist movement’s flagship magazine, tracing back to 1972. At ...