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Joe Strader
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March 6, 2025
Forgive me, DadAlthough I voted Republican, I kept that Democrat registration for many reasons, not least of which was in your memory. After Tuesday, I can’t do that anymore.
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November 6, 2024
Ten big losers that weren’t on the ballotIt wasn’t just people and initiatives that lost. Some overarching ideas that have driven the left for years lost, too.
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October 15, 2024
An appeal to non-voting ChristiansThere is a very strong argument to be made that we are turning our back on God if we turn our back on voting in the unique nation that is America.
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September 29, 2024
The Trump ratchet defeats the tyranny of the pollsUnlike any other politician, Trump’s support isn’t fragile and poll-driven. It slowly grows over time, click by click.
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August 26, 2023
Stop pretending this is normalNothing about our current political, economic, national security, or social situation is even close to normal.
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August 17, 2023
The Founders envisioned a profound intertwining of church and stateThis had nothing to do with creating a state religion and everything to do with a religious people.
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August 6, 2023
Five (Possibly) Good Things from the Trump IndictmentsBefore yielding to despair about the latest in the left’s lawfare attacks on Trump, it’s worth considering the boomerang effect that may have on the Democrats.
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July 29, 2023
The Court Of Public Opinion Is A Bulwark Against LawfareThere is a profound reason—one that affects all of us—that demands that Donald Trump be elected.
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June 6, 2023
Peggy Noonan may be right — and let's hope she isWhat she fears about a Trump victory in 2024 is what every true American should be celebrating.
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May 30, 2023
Debunking the lie that corruption is an immutable trait of lighter-skinned folkLord Acton's 'absolute power corrupts absolutely' applies to all humans equally. Who knew?
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February 12, 2023
The American Legal System Is Becoming An Instrument Of InjusticeThis was never what it was meant to be, and America can survive only if we pull it back to its intended purpose.
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January 10, 2023
The moral conundrum in the coming ideological battleWe were given a government for moral people. What happens when we’re not moral anymore?
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December 18, 2022
Conservatives Just Might Win in the EndProgressive policies are not good for progressives’ lives—but don’t get too optimistic because the progressives may already have a plan for that.
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December 14, 2022
A government of officious martinetsLooking at the Biden presidency and the administrative state, it's easy to see what the left have in store for us...and we're well on our way to their planned end.
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November 21, 2022
Donald Trump I should run, while Donald Trump II might be stoppedOne of the more bizarre twists of the upcoming presidential election is that the real Donald Trump must first defeat the fake Donald Trump his enemies created.
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November 19, 2022
When considering Trump v. DeSantis, there are intangibles to considerThe real question is how many will stay home if he runs versus if he doesn't run — and a good primary fight may help clarify that question.
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August 19, 2022
Useless RepublicansRepublican politicians are still acting as if it's the old days and politics is the art of compromise — and it took Trump to help us understand this.
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August 14, 2022
Mitch McConnell’s math depends on Republican voters staying homeIf you want a large, conservative majority in the Senate, you need to understand how Mitch McConnell retains his power...and then vote!
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February 5, 2022
We the People can clean up American governmentOur Founders created a system that allowed the people to be a corrective for government corruption—provided that we take the initiative.
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February 3, 2022
It is possible to clean out DC's deeply corrupt Augean stablesIf a conservative Congress paves the way, a crusading president elected in 2024 can clean up our deeply corrupt system if he follows a clear, simple plan.
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January 30, 2022
We need to select the right president to clean up the American governmentIn the 2024 election, a unique skill set is called for if we are to rid American politics of deeply embedded corruption and abuse.
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January 27, 2022
A case for someone who's not Trump in 2024Donald Trump can still have a role of critical importance to play if we're to save our nation.
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January 24, 2022
We are fighting a bloodless battle in a righteous strugglePrecisely because America is engaged in an ideological fight, we must bring everything we can to it, both to win and to avoid the horrors of actual war.
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January 22, 2022
A seven-year plan to reclaim AmericaIt's not complicated and is entirely doable, provided that the American people step up and do not flag.
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December 7, 2021
A hill to die on — a current stand that might finally have meaningThe leftist rearview mirror is littered with hills we swore to die on, but nothing has stopped the leftist onslaught. Maybe this latest hill will finally matter.
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November 29, 2021
Government as an academic experimentFor the first time ever, America is being governed entirely in accordance with academic theory.
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November 16, 2021
The anomaly that is the OSHA-based vaccine mandateWhen OSHA stays in its lane, it provides a workplace benefit, but the mandate has nothing to do with OSHA's regular activities.
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November 2, 2021
Virginia, it's time for you to step upWith an overwhelming Republican turnout for the election, you can get your state back on track and avoid making the mistakes we made in Kentucky.
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October 23, 2021
A separation, if we can keep itPart of America's problem is that we've deviated too far from the Founder's structural vision about our federation of states.
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September 12, 2021
When it comes to vaccine mandates, Biden is counting on OSHAEmployers already have the systems report on vaccines but there are still significant hurdles that may stop Biden’s unconstitutional mandate in its tracks.
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August 31, 2021
Why isn't natural immunity a reason not to get vaccinated?It turns out that there are plenty of reasons why the powers that be don't want people to know whether they have antibodies or not.
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August 22, 2021
Complexity hides corruption; simplicity exposes itOn the one hand, things right now are pretty bad; on the other hand, the big problems have the virtue of simplicity.
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August 17, 2021
Democrats build coalitions. Republicans go it alone.In the coming months, as the Democrats push harder against America's fabric, "Leave us alone" is not an effective opposition.
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August 15, 2021
Using Biden’s Child Tax Credit against the DemocratsWhile it looks like (and was meant to be) wealth redistribution, it might help save America.
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August 10, 2021
Hopelessly divided? I hope not.We keep looking for big answers, but we're ignoring the right answer, which is to be found in our own neighborhoods.
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August 7, 2021
Like it or not, Cuomo will be hanging aroundThe fact is that as long as he has value to the Democrat party, morals, ethics, and law just don't matter that much.
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July 2, 2021
Magic: The Gathering gathers againOthers across America are also resuming once again the shared interests that are an integral part of a free nation.
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June 19, 2021
The Supreme Court’s Fulton decision helps children across AmericaAlthough the Fulton case was focused on Philadelphia, the important religious liberty principles will also help rescue Kentucky children stuck in the system.
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June 15, 2021
I hope you don't think masking is ending anytime soonInstead, the whole mask phenomenon is getting increasingly confusing.
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June 3, 2021
The government creates yet another division among AmericansThe Biden administration's economic policies are dividing American workers in ways that may never be resolved.
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May 16, 2021
Virtue signalsFor those who promoted first masks and now vaccines, the new no-mask edict from the CDC poses a mighty dilemma.
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May 10, 2021
In Nashville, two very different approaches to COVIDWhile ordinary people are desperate to return to normal, corporate America is locked into COVID panic.
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April 19, 2021
The marks of the beastsTyrants judge by the marks they can see. They demand that others look at the marks they have defined and created and consider those as our defining characteristics.
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April 8, 2021
It is not about GeorgiaWell, it is about Georgia, but the Democrats understand that there's more at stake here than a single state.
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April 1, 2021
Let the People celebrateIt's wrong and cruel for the Biden administration to deprive Americans of the victory celebrating they deserve in the war against COVID.
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March 31, 2021
Notes on the second COVID vaccination shotFor some, it's easier than it is for others.
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March 27, 2021
Without Judeo-Christian morality, self-government failsOur Constitution envisioned people who were not religious but who shared Judeo-Christian values. Leftism is incompatible with this system.
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March 21, 2021
Our geographical political divideThe New York Times understands that there is a geographical political divide, but knows too little about non-urban life to really figure it out.
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March 16, 2021
'He's with me'Kindness, courage, and a powerful phrase might help break down many of the divides we see in America today.
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March 11, 2021
Thank you, eBay, for nothingeBay, in its rush to be as woke as Amazon about Dr. Seuss, managed to hurt innumerable people who have nothing to do with books, woke or otherwise.
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March 10, 2021
A well managed state approach to getting the vaccineI wasn't even expecting to get the vaccine that day, but my state made it easy.
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March 9, 2021
Are we still a moral people capable of self-governance?The Framers knew that our Constitution could work only for a moral people. In the last few decades, have our morals changed too much?
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March 1, 2021
The Second Amendment assumes a moral peopleUnfortunately, our modern government no longer shares that assumption.
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February 28, 2021
Getting Woke before Woke Was a ThingBeginning in the 1960s, most Southerners walked away from racism and embraced true equality.
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February 24, 2021
The curious Cuomo nursing home disasterCuomo and the other governors who sent sick people to nursing homes may have acted rationally at first, but their moral compasses quickly failed them.
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February 18, 2021
Why does Kentucky keep electing Mitch McConnell?Kentucky's Sen. Mitch McConnell has three sources of power in Kentucky — but the third is becoming tenuous due to his feud with Trump.
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February 14, 2021
More problems with a $15 Minimum WageGenerally, the minimum wage will cost jobs and cause inflation. Some industries and areas, though, will be hit other than others.
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February 11, 2021
The Democrats misread conservatives when they attack TrumpDemocrats have repeatedly tried to sever the bond between Trump and his supporters and repeatedly failed because they don't understand Trump-supporters.
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February 8, 2021
The Supreme Court swerves into a decent decisionStill, it could have done much more to respect the broad liberties granted Americans under the First Amendment — especially regarding religion.
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February 3, 2021
It's time for the American people to be inoculated against fearFor too long, thanks to COVID, those with power have been using fear to manipulate us.