Columns

The debt ceiling deal from hell

Conservatives have long been suspicious of U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). He is rightly viewed as a deal maker with little backbone who often sacrifices principles for expediency. This is why it took fifteen ballots for him to finally get elected as House Speaker.

Need ceiling on U.S. aid to Ukraine

While the United States is close to reaching its federal debt ceiling and talks continue between the Biden administration and House Republican leaders, there seems to be no ceiling on the amount of financial assistance our country is providing to Ukraine.

Op-Ed

President Biden is playing the most dangerous game. America’s national debt has eclipsed $31.7 trillion, Social Security and Medicare are on a path to insolvency, and employers are being forced to reduce their workforces. This trajectory is simply unsustainable and its inevitable end is calamitous.

Congress must not restrict First Amendment rights

The First Amendment is the essential foundation for our nation’s greatness, guaranteeing Americans our precious freedoms that are denied in so many countries.

AM conservative talk radio faces huge threat

In the 1980’s, after the advent of FM music radio, the AM band was a sleepy place for forgotten stations and nostalgia programming. All of that changed when the legendary Rush Limbaugh took the nation by storm and reinvented the concept of modern talk radio.

Kennedy surges despite bias and censorship

The worst nightmare for an incumbent President is to receive a serious intra-party nomination challenge. In recent history, it has happened three times.

Blackjack knew how to work metal

Police were baffled after someone used a cutting torch to open the vault in a store in the LaHaye building in Ville Platte early in the morning of June 21, 1962. The culprits got away with $20,000 — which may still be the biggest robbery ever in Evangeline Parish.

The NBA should play basketball, not politics

As Americans face increasing economic pressures, social unrest, escalating crime, and the prospect of nuclear war, it would be wonderful to have a variety of comforting distractions.

As Bud Light goes woke, customers go away

For years, major American corporations have been moving to the far left, embracing radical causes, and showing disdain for their customers. A perfect illustration occurred in 2020, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. The Claremont Institute discovered that major corporations gave $83.

The Marks Post: It is good that we are here

This past weekend, I went on my 10th retreat at Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House in Grand Coteau. On the first night of the retreat, after the first talk, I walked out of the chapel and gazed outward. I saw the white statue of St.