The following appeared at The American Mind on July 28, 2020.
There have been non-stop riots in Portland for 60 days. The media still calls them “George Floyd protests,” but if you actually ask the protesters, they’ll give you unrelated answers. Some say they’re fighting against homelessness, some are fighting for immigrant rights. Others say they’re fighting “systemic racism.” Still… Read more »
The following op-ed appeared in the July 24, 2020 edition of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
After the death of George Floyd, there was historic, national consensus that we needed to make sure an episode like it never happens again. The American people took to the streets, sending a message loud and clear – and Congress was listening.
Immediately, we went to work on legislation to… Read more »
The following op-ed appeared at FoxNews.com on July 9, 2020.
Millions of Americans dutifully pay taxes with the promise that their children can get a first-rate education in the United States. The right to a publicly-funded education is an integral part of our social contract—it means any child can grow up to follow their dreams.
If we fail to reopen our schools in the… Read more »
The following op-ed appeared at The American Mind on July 2, 2020.
Let’s quit pretending that the riots which swept the country this June, and the ongoing mob assault on statues of our natural heroes, have anything to do with George Floyd or even race. The chaos in our streets is emblematic of something much deeper happening in our society. America is clearly undergoing an existential… Read more »
The following op-ed appeared at the American Mind, a publication of the Claremont Institute, on June 24, 2020.
Have you turned on the news, seen organized groups pulling down statues—not of Confederate soldiers, but of our Founding Fathers or other presidents—and found yourself wondering what’s going on? My wife Amanda and I have watched with disgust as memorials to our country’s great… Read more »
The following op-ed appeared at Real Clear Defense on April 30, 2020.
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“You can’t get a product. You are not going to get a product for months.” That’s what Brian Edwards, a medical supplier in California, has been telling dozens of people per day when they call searching for critical medical supplies that, before this year, they took for granted would be in stock.
The… Read more »
The following op-ed appeared in the April 16 edition of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
While no one needs a reminder that our nation is under extreme duress due to COVID-19, I do think we all need a reminder that the best of America is on display right here at home in northeast Indiana.
In the last month, as my team and I have made nearly 3000 phone calls, I have seen TNT… Read more »
The following op-ed appeared at The Daily Signal on March 12, 2020.
Is the coronavirus China’s Chernobyl? It could be—but only if we hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for their early missteps that allowed the virus to spread unchecked for weeks.
Chernobyl is the site of the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. Many consider it a pivotal cause of the collapse of… Read more »
The following op-ed appeared at FoxNews.com on February 12, 2020.
In 2017, Speaker Pelosi famously cajoled Republicans to produce a budget, warning “show me your budget, show me your values.” She was understood to mean that you can learn about someone’s deepest convictions judging the way in which they spend their money.
Ironically, she and her party never produced a budget when they… Read more »
The following op-ed appeared at TheHill.com on February 12, 2020.
While impeachment, Iowa and the State of the Union dominate headlines, House Democrat leaders are quietly trying to overturn the single biggest victory for the “Drain the Swamp” campaign in the last decade – the earmarks ban.
The moniker “earmarks” denotes a practice where House leaders buy members’ votes by… Read more »
