That advice – about telling the truth early, all, and yourself – has been my core strategy as a lawyer who specializes in crisis management and media communications strategy. It is the subtitle of a book I wrote 20 years ago.

As schools take on more non-academic responsibilities and push specific ideologies on kids, academic achievement suffers and parent resentment grows. Meanwhile, teachers – who entered the profession to teach – find themselves drowning in obligations far afield from their expertise, including the expectation that they behave like activists at work. 

Strict rules govern the handling of sensitive information. Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican and retired Air Force brigadier general, told RealClearPolitics that if an enlisted service member had inadvertently leaked similar information, they would likely lose their security clearance and face swift discipline.

While one hopes the president will demand that his people use only government channels for official business, this episode should alert him to potential enemies within.

Sen. Ernst distributes monthly “Squeal Awards” to those who act piggish by wasting taxpayer dollars. Perhaps she should create a special round of Squeal Awards in response to this left-wing smear campaign: The first award goes to Pro-Publica, the donor-funded news organization that considers itself an “independent, nonprofit newsroom,” which published the piece trying to discredit the senator. It is no surprise that Pro-Publica skews left; it’s funded by George Soros.

The lost and divided Democrats cast about for a “message” and a “messenger” to improve their chances in the next election. They believe a magic word or slogan (“nazis,” “oligarchs,” “authoritarians,” and “autocrats” all have been tried and failed), rather than concrete beliefs and plans, will “meet this moment” and win over American voters. But voters know the Democratic Party lacks anything affirmative or real.

So now my family has a farm, on which my parents had a large mortgage. They bought these 164 acres for $15,000. Keep in mind this was 1957 when a foreman in a factory, like my dad, likely made about $5,000 a year.  

As President Trump works with the Republican-controlled Congress to pass his big, beautiful tax bill, it is exposing some ugly truths about the policy conviction of certain GOP members.

We need to work together to find solutions to this crisis of knowledge and this crisis of confidence. We need to support civics teachers in every way we can so they can, in turn, help students become young citizens and take responsibility for self-government.

Fourth District Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Jason Smith was excited to bring his experience to the bench during his second Ohio Supreme Court assignment.

JASSM-ER is a low-observable (stealthy), subsonic, air-launched cruise missile with a disclosed range of at least 500 nautical miles.

I suppose we really should build a high shelf on which to place the boots, but perhaps this is only a passing phase.

Just in case Americans were beginning to feel blasé about the record speed with which President Donald Trump has reestablished control of our borders, we were reminded of just how lawless, chaotic and dishonest America’s immigration enforcement was under Joe Biden.

We have given billions of dollars to countries who despise us and other countries that only bring us more security challenges and never emerge with good governance of their own. We have given aid to criminals who exploit populations we aim to help.