Looking back on the horrifying incident – and what we may have learned from it. (Originally posted in Front Page Mag.) It still frustrates me to see what unfolded in Uvalde, Texas last year at Robb Elementary. On May 24th, 2022, a lone gunman entered the school, killing 19 students and two teachers while injuring 17 others. It’s considered the deadliest school shooting in Texas history. But the thing that many are still looking at

(Originally published in NewsMax.) Asheville is a small- to medium-sized Southern city of 95,000 people. It’s not often in the national news as an example of something good or bad, but it is having deal with the fallout of the “Defund the Police” movement. We have come to expect large cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York to have problems with spiking crime. We have seen some small town devastated by the horrendous “Defund

(Originally published in American Thinker.) President Joe Biden clearly stole pro-life messaging for his commencement speech at traditionally black Howard University, saying, “We’re all created equal in the image of God and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives.”  As a pro-life strategist, the belief I have been articulating for years, motivating peaceful pro-life behavior, is that all people are equally valuable, without qualification, deserving of blessing and protection precisely and only because we are all made

(Originally published in Front Page Magazine.) But why let them off easy over it? For the longest time now, I’ve been questioning the actions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Asking why they would be going after Christians over simple comments or, for that matter, parents who exhibit “bad behavior” when discussing sporting events. And don’t even get me started on why they led an “invasion” onto former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. But Special

(Originally published in WND.) So, over the past few months I’ve noticed something rather disturbing: more and more reports indicating that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may not have the best interests at heart when it comes to balanced justice. I’ve heard whistleblower reports about preferential treatment for certain types (like President Biden’s son Hunter), as well as stories where innocent Americans were under investigation because of their

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(Originally published in the American Thinker.) Portland, OR was one of the leading voices in the “Defund the Police” movement in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Politicians gave into the demands of like-minded rioters and activists and began cutting the budget of the city’s Bureau of Police. On its face, this should have been seen as a bad decision since the very people making the demands were rioting and damaging private and public property.

(Originally published in Front Page Magazine.) Why do police officers leave their job? A few years prior, it could have been for a number of smaller reasons. Retirement was a big reason, though a certain few probably feel as if the job isn’t for them anymore. But those reasons sure have escalated over the past few years. Thanks to the “defund the police” movement that thousands of rioters and politicians have followed, police officers have

(Originally published in American Thinker.) Kim Gardner is out as St. Louis circuit attorney. She resigned on May 4. Part of her resignation letter to Governor Mike Parson says, “Stepping back is the most powerful thing I can do to stop these outsiders from taking your views and your rights. I wanted to help the people of St. Louis when I took this job, and that’s still my north star. So, with a heavy heart but a

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(Originally published in Front Page Mag.) So you might have already known about the U.S. shooting down a Chinese surveillance balloon over U.S. shores just a few weeks ago – an act, by the way, that China wasn’t exactly too crazy about. But little did I realize just what kind of occupancy they would be taking up here. I’ve read two different reports now involving the Chinese Communist Party (or CCP for short) and how

(Originally published on The American Thinker.) Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has said he would not sign any execution warrants while he was governor. He even called for the Pennsylvania legislature to abolish the death penalty.  Never say never, Governor. There are exceptions to every rule. In this case, some people deserve the death penalty. The responsibility of the government to determine who lives and who dies in capital crimes should never be taken lightly. Innocent people

(Originally appeared in The Western Journal.) Walmart announced its decision to close half of its stores in Chicago around the same time that hundreds of teens rioted for three days for no reason and promised more of the same. Politicians and media say there is no connection. It just shows how deceptive and ignorant they are. So how can this be? In a city with 2.7 million people, how can one of the most successful

(Originally appeared in The Republican Journal.) The recent Nashville school shooting, along with tragically too many others, is raising a national debate. My question is: “Would banning guns or school choice be a better answer to reducing school violence?” Banning guns has obviously been proposed many times, but this may be the first time you hear school choice proposed as a possible answer to school violence. Let’s compare the two. If a law banning guns

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(Originally published in American Thinker.) A mob assaults a woman and holds her for ransom.  The violence is caught on video, but no arrests are made.  And a San Francisco State University official praises the criminals. Is it any surprise that crime is running rampant in San Francisco and California?  The politicians can’t figure out who the criminals are. Earlier this month, a transgender mob assaulted Riley Gaines, a former NCAA women’s swimming champion, who, unlike “Lia” Thomas, is a

(Originally published in Front Page Mag.) How justice works – and doesn’t. Earlier this week, Donald Trump became the first former President to surrender to indictment charges brought upon him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, including a reported payout to former porn star Stormy Daniels. (He would plead “not guilty” to these charges before returning to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.) Bragg insists that he

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(Originally published on NewsMax.) Oregon, and especially, Portland, have had a shortage of public defenders for years. An American Bar Association report last year found that Oregon has only 31% of the attorneys it needs. This means the state needs nearly 1,300 more public defenders. The problem is now at a crisis level, in part, because of the soaring crime in cities like Portland. Indigent defendants are having to wait longer for their cases to go to

(Originally published in Western Journal.) I think we’ve seen just about enough from the FBI to take action. Over the past few months, we’ve heard from several whistleblowers (mainly former employees) who have had enough of Director Christopher Wray’s controversial decisions. This, on top of what we’ve seen at Mar-a-Lago and surrounding investigations of Hunter Biden, has just led to an amazing amount of imbalance. And apparently, the House Judiciary Committee has seen enough, too.

(Originally published in American Thinker.) Migrants have been masssing at the U.S.-Mexico border waiting for the Title 42 health program to expire on May 11. Why? Once it does, it will create an opportunity for the migrants to cross the border and get a toehold in the United States. “There are thousands and thousands just waiting for Title 42 to end. I would say a fear is that the Biden admin has no clue just how bad

(Originally published in CNS News.) When Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for re-election last month, most people assumed the largest contributor to the loss was the rampant crime in the city. A poll conducted Jan. 31 to Feb. 3 found that 47 percent of likely mayoral election voters identified crimeand public safety as the most important issue in determining their vote. “Throughout her term, she has been criticized for her soft-on-crime approach, which has led to

(Originally published on NewsMax.) Just as defunding the police isn’t the answer to problems that Democrats have with policing in America, neither is turning policing into a money pit where money is thrown at the problem without understanding what the problem is. It hasn’t worked with education or government, and it won’t work with policing. Politicians have shown they just don’t understand. While cities that cut back on police funding found that it worsened the

(This article originally published in CNS News.) On February 14, 2018, Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida and murdered 17 people. In the wake of that tragedy, imagine what the reaction would have been if people would have blamed the shooting on the dead people or raised money on behalf of causes Cruz supported. It didn’t happen. Even though Democrats went out and tried to

(Originally published in American Thinker.) Democrats don’t like the police, but they are more than willing to use them to enforce their abuses of power and overstepping of authority. A recent example of this is how police are used to help Democrats violate freedom of speech and freedom of assembly and the civil rights of Christians because Democrats don’t like their opinions. Members of two pro-life groups were arrested in North Carolina for praying and

(Originally appeared on Front Page Mag.) So, there are people out there that think our police officers are a scourge with no right to exist or exhibit their authority and that they don’t care about people. Nonproductive drivel like this litters the Internet highway and social media. Oh, but they couldn’t be more wrong. I’ve been on the front lines alongside my brothers and sisters in blue for over 30 years. Believe me when I

(Originally published in CNS News.) Much of the news recently has been dominated by the shooting and murder of three children and three faculty of a Tennessee Christian school by a trans-man. It is a tragic story, particularly for the loved ones of those killed. It is also shaping up as a hate crime against the students and faculty because of their Christian beliefs. Bookending those stories were often stories of Democrats and anti-gun advocates

(Originally published in CNS News.) In November 2002, Ted Price was kidnapped, shot, and murdered. His body was dumped in the desert near Mesa. Aaron Gunches was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for the murder. However, due to the appeals process, the case spent more than two decades working its way through the system. Price’s family waited all that time, but then the Arizona Supreme Court scheduled the execution for April 6. The Price family thought

(Originally published in The Western Journal.) When students who want to become lawyers show a complete disregard for the document that our legal system is based on, there should be consequences. Sadly, those consequences are usually suffered by the people they represent. Now, though, the tide may be turning, as it appears that some judges have decided to stop allowing themselves to be a doormat for the left. Two conservative federal judges have said they

(Originally published in CNS News.) Until liberal judges start convicting criminals and sentencing them to appropriate prison times, the crime problem won’t go away. While the wrongdoers carry most of the blame for crime in America, overworked police who don’t have the resources to catch offenders, democrat prosecutors who won’t take cases to court, and liberal judges who won’t sentence lawbreakers are also contributing factors to the bigger problem. One disturbing example of this is

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(Originally published in CNS News.) Why should Los Angeles residents depend on District Attorney George Gascón to protect them when he can’t even protect his own employees? Earlier this month, Gascón started shuttling employees who work in his office and are assigned to downtown’s Civic Center area to and from their cars. The reason for this is the fact that crime in the area has created a safety concern for those employees, according to an

(Originally published in American Thinker.) The 2024 election can’t come soon enough when it comes to George Gascon.  During his time as the District Attorney for the city of Los Angeles, he’s made a lot of questionable moves that have left police fuming. He’s currently facing over a dozen civil suit claims, and recently paid $1.5 million to L.A. County prosecutor Shawn Randolph over a flubbed case. But more than that, Gascon is a danger

(Originally published in NH Journal.) “If the world is dangerous, then you have to be dangerous back,” saidFin Smith, the organizer for Rainbow Reload in New Hampshire. What he didn’t say is that people on the left believe that only applies to them. Rainbow Reload is one of a growing number of “pink pistol clubs.” These are clubs for LGBTQ+ people and people of color, where they can meet and learn about firearms and improve their

(Originally published in Front Page Mag.) It always breaks my heart to see these “active shooter” events that are ravaging our country. But what’s even more heartbreaking is when these monsters target children. Innocent kids that are enjoying their lives and just being kids. And what took place in Nashville earlier this week rocked me to my core. A Christian school came under attack by a 28-year old suspect, who killed three adults and three

(Originally published on CNS News.) Pushing for Washington D.C. statehood is a popular issue among Democrats. They will say that it’s because the residents deserve representation, and they should be able to govern themselves. Currently, under the D.C. Home Rule Act, Congress reviews all legislation passed by the city council before it can become law and can block any laws it doesn’t agree with. It also has authority over the city’s budget. Self-governance is not the

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(Originally published in CNS News.) Nike is one of Portland, Oregon’s largest employers. The shoe manufacturer headquarters is located there and so is their flagship retail store. However, the store closed last year in the wake of the increased crime that has plagued city businesses following the George Floyd riots. In 2022, Portland had 101 homicides, which broke the record of 92 from 2021. The National Retail Federation also reported that in 2021, retailers saw an average

Usually I like discussing what’s happening with the police and what more we can do to help out our men and women in blue. But there seems to be quite a bit of injustice surrounding what the American banking system is doing for some clients in the wake of the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank. So, of course, it’s worth discussing. As you’re probably well aware by now, the financial institution practically collapsed this month,

(Originally published in Rense News.) With the recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico and the subsequent deaths of two of them, Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made the provably false statement that Mexico is safer than the United States.  Obrador is facing increased criticism for his inability to control the cartels in his country.   This has led to the U.S. State Department issue a travel advisory for many places in the country. It also urged Americans not

(Initially published in Front Page Mag.) There’s been a lot of talk about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg reportedly considering criminal charges against former President Donald Trump over his campaign payout to keep his (alleged) affair with former porn star Stormy Daniels under wraps. Now, I’ve already discussed at great length why I don’t believe such charges would stick – especially since what some call a “payoff” is far from illegal. But Senator Rand Paul