Leftists Are Colonizing Red Towns Like Mine, And Local Republicans Are Clueless
Complacency is a problem for east Tennesseans. They are so used to Republicans winning elections that they falsely assume victory is automatic. It is not.
Is The United States Too Big To Save?
2020 punctuated the generations-long decline of our republic. Will that half of America that sent Trump to drain the swamp care anymore after believing themselves disenfranchised in 2020?
Loving Your Neighbor Is More Important Than Winning An Election
In the aftermath of a tight election outcome, it seems that while many matters are important to consider, one is more pressing: We are struggling to love our neighbors.
Why The Atlantic Is Baffled That White Men Support Trump’s COVID Response
The Atlantic doesn’t understand self-government or those who support personal responsibility, so they simply call Trump supporters racist.
How Canvassing For A Local Candidate Filled Me With Hope During A Divisive National Election
While national campaign rhetoric can be both divisive and dispiriting, getting involved in a local campaign was edifying and encouraging.
Why Citizens Can’t Afford To Keep Their Local Governments On Autopilot
When citizens realize their city councils are failing to protect natural rights and freedoms, unfortunately, they have no one to blame but themselves.
Pay Attention To Local Elections, Because Whoever Wins Can Make Your Life Miserable
If you live in a jurisdiction that has local officials on the 2020 ballot this November, you owe it to yourself and your community to research them — well.
Why Aren’t We Allowed To Talk About George Soros’s Plan To Remake America?
Since 2015, George Soros has pumped tens of millions of dollars into local races in Texas, Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, Florida, and New York, as well as swing states.
Why It’s Unconstitutional To Keep Grocery Stores Open While Closing Churches
It’s a dangerous precedent that government could consider itself the arbiter of private essential services.
What St. Louis Is Doing To Meet Deep City Needs Through Families
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul organized a Saturday-morning summit on the decline of the American family in St. Louis last weekend. It provided an open discussion and practical ideas.
How To Establish Sanctuary Cities For The Unborn
These ordinances allow cities to condemn Roe through exercising their constitutional right of self-governance, while co-opting leftist language.
It’s Not The Supreme Court’s Job To End Trans Bathrooms, It’s Yours
The job of the courts is not to re-invent the meaning of words to produce a result people want, or to decide the outcome of heated debates.
Why There’s No Such Thing As Local Government Any More, And What To Do About It
Nonprofits, states, and local governments now typically behave like big-box stores: same entity, different location. Maybe the aisles run side to side instead of front to back, but largely everything is the same.
Why Governments Need To Stop Subsidizing Road Salt
As infrastructure reform gears up, policymakers across the country should critically examine federal, state, and local ‘incentives’ propping up the procurement of road salt.
4 Stupid Things Cities Ban That Make Residents Poorer
Local leaders have concerned themselves with limiting or banning seemingly innocuous goods and services. Do these measures really benefit local residents?
A Cautionary Tale From Texas About How Cities Hide Debt And Deflate The Economy
Politicians can make promises without having to worry about transparency or its consequences, like honesty and effectiveness. Thus, America is drowning in state and local debt.
Lawmakers Claiming Trump’s Budget Hurts African-Americans Are Simply Grandstanding
Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen has been an elected official since 1977. He has no excuse to pass the buck for Memphis’s problems onto a proposed federal budget.
Marches Do Matter, But What We Do Afterwards Matters Much More
Don’t just organize marches and rallies. We need to stop expecting Washington to solve our problems, and effect change ourselves.
2016’s Terrors Come From Trusting Presidents More Than We Trust God
Christians should appeal to the disillusioned and fearful on left and right, showing them that no president can fix our collective problems.
Piecing America’s ‘Fractured Republic’ Back Together
Yuval Levin’s new book takes a look a ways to keep America from coming apart at the cultural and political seams. Ed Whelan, Rachel Lu, Jonah Goldberg, R.R. Reno, and John Stonestreet weigh in.