It is what broadcasters call the “good get.” Fox News Channel’s prime-time anchorman Sean Hannity will feature separate interviews on Friday night with former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and newly appointed White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci. The interviews cap off…
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Who in this land is fairest of all? ~ Brothers Grimm Mirrors have gotten a bad rap. I’m going to do my best in this article to restore them to their rightful place of honor. Confession: I’m a low-tech guy. I’ve always inherently trusted…
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Democrats, party of election-time failure, have decided their “resistance” messaging isn’t doing them any good and have adopted a new tag line they hope will wing them across the finish line come 2018. It’s from the pizza commercial, Papa John’s. Well, maybe not intentionally. But the similarities can’t be denied.…
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Several news outlets are reporting that President Trump has reluctantly accepted Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s resignation. Via the Associated Press: White House press secretary Sean Spicer is resigning his position, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. One of those people said Spicer is quitting because of objections…
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Conservatives in the House of Representatives are calling for the elimination of all U.S. funding for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international organization headquartered in a chateau in Paris. The organization produces economic reports and recommends “best practices” but also frequently pushes for bigger government, higher taxes,…
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Firefighters knelt in prayer after an incredible rescue mission in Tennessee — a poignant moment that was captured by a local journalist. The firefighters prayed for the victim of a house fire and “put it in God’s hands,” as Ty Cobb, the fire chief in Columbia, Tennessee, told LifeZette in…
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Big-rig mechanic Salvatore Pirozzi hadn’t cast a ballot in a presidential election for most of his life until he got excited about voting for Donald Trump, and his support isn’t wavering. Like many other blue-collar voters across the Rust Belt who confounded pollsters and pundits to deliver…
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Public Education is not failing. Our middle-class and wealthy public school children are thriving. Poor children are struggling, not because their schools are failing, but because they come to school with all the well-documented handicaps that poverty imposes – poor prenatal care, developmental delays, hunger, illness, homelessness, emotional and mental illnesses, and so on. The faith community could play a critical part in addressing critical social issues across our state and country.
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President Trump and Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson made their way across the Potomac for a key meeting with Defense Secretary James Mattis Thursday, to discuss the way ahead in Washington’s wars in Afghanistan and against the Islamic State terror group. The closed-door meeting comes a day after Mr.…
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The Church of England in Scotland is set to officiate its first gay marriage this summer, despite opposition from the majority of Church of England members. St. Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland will be the first Anglican church in the U.K. to host a gay wedding, according to The Guardian.…
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A congresswoman from Ohio took a swipe at U.S. Border Patrol agents on Tuesday, accusing them of committing human rights violations. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) made the accusation during a on a spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. She was advocating for a proposed amendment — defeated on…
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CNN has been obsessed over President Donald Trump’s dinner chat with Russian President Vladimir Putin — but yawned by comparison at former President Barack Obama’s infamous “hot-mic” moment with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. The conservative watchdog Media Research Center on Wednesday compared press coverage of the two events. From 5…
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions insisted Thursday that he has no plans to resign, despite harsh criticism that President Donald Trump leveled at him during an extended interview with The New York Times on Wednesday. Trump complained in the interview that Sessions was “very unfair” to him when he from involvement…
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GALLATIN, Tennessee — After three years of county revenues exceeding ever-increasing annual budgets, the Sumner County Board of Commissioners by a vote of 21-3 adopted a property tax rate of $2.50 per $100 of assessed value, unchanged from last year, at their regularly scheduled July meeting. The $2.50 tax…
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VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing July 21, Friday Exodus 14:14 The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” John 16:33 “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will…
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