Nine years after the pivotal Delaware crossing, George Washington – our Cincinnatus who had given up his sword for a plow – was surveying the Allegheny Mountains in western Virginia and the headwaters of the Monongahela in the Ohio River watershed.

Proven by this framework laid out by our Founding Fathers, it is Congress’ responsibility to fund the government. However, due to the Democrats’ irresponsible decision to shut down the government last September, Congress did not fulfill our most basic duty: keeping the government funded and working for the American people. This month, I am determined not to allow the Democrats to fail us again. 

God says, "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh." (Luke 6:21.) I pray God will give you much to smile about in the new year.

My name was Tippy. I was a Beagle, owned by Jim Thompson in the late 1960s. Since dogs cannot talk, this narrative is mostly a stream of consciousness from when I was alive. By the way, when I am dreaming here, the narrative will be encapsulated thusly: {D dream narrative D}.

Mr. President, your one beautiful bill was missing this one thing. Your short- and long-term, America First ambitions are dramatically increased by making this bill into law before the midterm elections. Connect the state siting of these investments to Democrat support of the bill and you will find it on your desk before the midterms. Executive orders don’t offer the energy security that these investors require and that the American people deserve.

Successful commando missions, such as the capture of Venezuelan dictator/president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are exciting attention-getters, guaranteed to set global news aglow.  

As President Trump works to usher in a “nuclear renaissance” to power 21st-century America – with the aim of quadrupling our nuclear capacity by 2050 – no state is better prepared to lead than Tennessee.

Kitty is probably the most beautiful dog we have known. Her fur is a sleek shiny black, so smooth that dirt and farm debris slide right off.

America’s largest Muslim advocacy group speaks out regularly about Israel’s alleged abuses in Gaza. But it has yet to say anything about ongoing human rights protests in Iran.

I think we should start a morality program. Oops, we have one. It is called the Christian churches.  

This year, the fight over free expression in American higher education reached a troubling milestone. According to data from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, efforts to censor speech on college campuses hit record highs and across multiple fronts – and most succeeded.

The good news is that the House of Representatives ended 2025 by passing a series of permitting bills, laying clear markers for the Senate to build upon.

The story of Epiphany is God revealing the divinity of Jesus to the three wise men who brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. There is a joke about a fourth wise man who was turned away for bringing a fruitcake. Pardon the levity, but I ask a serious question. What is the best gift you could bring Jesus? 

A couple of weeks ago, I was talking with my brother on the phone. We were discussing Christmas and what to buy for our grandkids. Eventually, the conversation turned to what they might buy for us. He then asked me, “Is there anything you want that you don’t already have?”

After 2018, Rep. Nancy Pelosi returned to the House speakership and unrelentingly harassed Trump over the last two years of his first term. These distractions and obstructions­ – especially during COVID – were undoubtedly a factor in Trump’s narrow 2020 electoral college defeat.