What should people do when they’re having to confront a criminal by themselves? As Stephanie Dilyard learned the hard way, people ultimately must take responsibility for their own safety – and for women, carrying a gun is the safest option.

While we have successfully enacted major legislation this year to protect our borders, cut taxes for families, and restore faith in government this year, opportunities abound for further progress to improve the lives of American families.  

The United States has the talent, technology, and entrepreneurial spirit to rebuild a resilient industrial ecosystem. What’s needed now is focus, investment, and urgency from Congress and the Department of War to unleash our private sector.

The six members of Congress whose viral video told our armed forces that “you must refuse illegal orders” crossed a perilous line. By making every soldier a general, empowering them to decide whether they agree with their orders, their message opens a Pandora’s Box that undermines the chain of command, a foundation of military effectiveness.

Riches come with family and faith, not new toys. It would be great if we could get this across to kids in grade school and preserve the idea through high school. I think it would make for a more peaceful world with more satisfied people.

This is a time to celebrate the families created through adoption and raise awareness for thousands of children anxiously waiting to find a family and home. As the adopted son of two loving parents, I hold National Adoption Month close to my heart.

Put simply, the latest HHS report is the most comprehensive and evidence-based review of child sex-change treatments in the world. Without a doubt, this debate isn’t over, given how politically and emotionally charged it is. But on Nov. 18, it became abundantly clear that the best medical science supports protecting children.

As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving this year, many believe the first thanksgiving was held in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. However, the first Thanksgiving celebration was held two decades earlier in an area south of El Paso in 1598, historians in Texas argue.

Nigerian Catholic bishops on this week issued an urgent and collective call to arms to the Nigerian government to protect the lives and property of all citizens and immediately stop the decimation of Christian communities and the abduction of hundreds of young girls and teachers.

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The six lawmakers who made that execrable video encouraging insubordination by our soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen and airwomen, have much to answer for.

I think it was Thanksgiving 1963 that we had an early snow, probably six inches or so, and Dad had planned we would cut wood on Thanksgiving Day. So, it was off to the woods in a heavy snow.  

First and foremost, the Prosecutor’s Office does not represent the Land Bank; and therefore, I should not be doing work for the Land Bank. Any work we have previously done for the Land Bank has been a gift.

I witnessed a miracle in the midst of a flood. I was visiting my friend Bob whose house was built very close to the old S.R. 32 road. The road is several feet higher than his front door.

In a historic moment for our nation’s farmers, ranchers, small businesses, and landowners, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Zeldin announced a new proposed ruling to define Waters of the United States (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act.