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As Easter nears, set aside quiet time to reflect

In preparation for Easter, many Christians and Catholics have been observing Lent, which began on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and will continue for 40 days of prayer, fasting and almsgiving until April 17. Not everyone necessarily abstains from food. Many people are choosing to fast from social media or other popular indulgences, such as coffee, sweets and television. While I do prepare to reflect on Christ’s triumph on the cross and praise God for His gift of salvation during this time of year, I have never observed Lent. The Southern Baptist church that I grew up in did not lead members ...

Aid is a necessary building block for a better world

The arguments the Trump administration makes to justify dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development are, for the most part, just ill-informed wisecracks. To call the United States’ $10 million contribution to support male circumcision in Mozambique “ appalling waste,” as President Donald Trump has done, reveals his ignorance of how the procedure helps prevent HIV infections. A grant to support better farming practices in Liberia is hardly “ridiculous” or “malicious.” Though it is true that opium poppy growers in Afghanistan have benefited from aid to improve ...

Shut down the DOE ASAP

A recent report from the American Enterprise Institute summarizes results from the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress — also known as the nation’s report card. The test, given every two years, reports scores of our nation’s children in reading and math at the fourth grade and eighth grade levels. AEI characterizes the most recent results as a “five-alarm fire.” I call it simply pathetic. In 2024, 40% of fourth graders scored below “basic level” in reading. This is 25% worse than 2013, when 32% scored below “basic level.” NAEP rates scores ...

Are Trump’s new tariffs ‘Liberation’?

At this writing, President Donald Trump plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on imports from around the world. We’re told that “Liberation Day” tariffs will raise $6 trillion in federal revenue over the next decade, plus another trillion from automobile tariffs. But the only true “liberation” will be us Americans — consumers and taxpayers — being liberated from even more of our hard-earned income. So hold on to your wallet. If you don’t believe that Liberation Day is bad news for the overwhelming majority of us, first remember that U.S. consumers are, as always, the ...

Roadmap to reform CDC

A deadly fungus is spreading like crazy across the U.S., sickening and killing hospital patients, and the federal response has been ineffectual at best. It’s in half the states, including New York, with soaring annual increases in the number of patients sickened, per the American Journal of Infection Control. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls Candida auris an “urgent” threat, but talk is cheap. The agency is largely to blame for its rapid spread. It’s a textbook example of a federal agency crying out for a Trump makeover. Between 30% and 60% of patients ...

Why Trump opponents can’t find a lawyer

Last week I wrote about Trump’s crackdown on the pillars of civil society — the universities, the scientific community, the media, the legal profession, and the arts — with the clear intent of intimidating them into silence. Today I want to take a deeper dive into what Trump’s crackdown on the legal community — especially large law firms in Washington — actually means. Frankly, I couldn’t give a sh*t about large law firms in Washington. They make boatloads of money for their partners. Even those whose partners are active Democrats push the party rightward as they round ...