Ohio’s “private” economic development corporation boasts that even though it’s legally private, it practices the “highest standards of accountability and transparency…” But when it comes to how much the agency pays its employees in what used to be public dollars, its disclosures are far from complete.

One of our young family's favorite bedtime stories was Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are." It's the story about a young boy named Max who sailed to the island of the Wild Things.

The message from the administration delighted the more populist corners of the conservative movement, who have long complained that the GOP is too libertarian and deferential to business.

There is an inscription above an entrance to the Nebraska State Capitol. It reads: “The salvation of the state is watchfulness in the citizen.” 

This has likely been the lowest week in the Democrats’ performance since Jimmy Carter told us to put on our sweaters if we were cold. This party has sunk to not acting like teenagers but acting like fifth- or sixth-graders.

What communication did the FBI or FBI informants have with protest organizers ahead of the event? Why wasn’t then-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund told there were federal informants in the crowd? Why did the U.S. Capitol Police open the doors and allow demonstrators into the building? Why did federal law enforcement authorities demand cell phone location data for the thousands of people who were outside the Capitol but broke no laws? Why does the FBI still have no idea who planted the pipe bombs near the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee on the evening of January 5?

For historians crafting the narrative of national history a century later, Marbury v. Madison has stood as a prominent landmark that defined the political contests of the early republic. And it is a model for the resolution of subsequent constitutional conflicts. It has been a judicial case for all seasons.

Folks, just write it on the wall: The sooner that players, either on the basketball floor or in Life, learn that it’s a lot more fun to play within the rules, the better their experience. But try teaching that truth to an energetic teen moron. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson walks into a bar with two green members of Congress. The bartender takes their order and asks, "Really? Both parties have to have a green nut in the House of Representatives?"

Fear of losing power has led Xi and his lieutenants to study the fall of other one-party regimes, like Iraq, Libya, and most especially the collapse of Communist rule in the USSR in 1991. One lesson Xi and the CCP have drawn from the Soviet collapse is the need for absolute control of the military.

If Zelenskyy wants a free and prosperous Ukraine, he should swallow his pride, apologize to Trump, sign the mineral deal as quickly as possible, and with Trump in the lead, bargain with Putin for secure borders. Zelensky may see the outcome as imperfect, but it is by far the best Ukraine can achieve.

Palestinians should be offered a path to a dignified, nonviolent future. It will not be in Gaza. Oct. 7 will never be forgotten, and the crimes against the Bibas family and thousands of other peaceful Israelis will neither be forgotten nor forgiven.

I follow Tim Keller’s example of how to pray – ACTS: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication. Supplication – that’s asking for stuff – takes the longest portion of this devotional time. You are likely on my supplication list (kept on my phone), for it is wide ranging in physical location and time.

Zelensky is a former comedian, but he appears quite serious that Ukraine can defeat Russia, as long as he has the United States in his pocket. That’s right: Zelensky wants U.S. troops to “guarantee” his country’s security. This is another way of suggesting our troops should die for Ukraine. After three years of war and hundreds of thousands killed or wounded, President Trump disagrees.

Every day you have to choose either for Jesus or for Satan. May every beat of your heart say, "Jesus, I trust in you." Happy Lent.