Dan Schaefer for Missouri

One has to stand in awe at the mental distance traveled over the decades; a voyage that began with Reagan calling the Soviet Union an “Evil Empire,” and ended with American conservatives crawling on their knees in Red Square.

Josh Hawley’s theology of governance isn’t just wrong. It’s dangerous. It replaces pluralism with dogma, justice with hierarchy, and democracy with dominion. His vision may not wear jackboots, but it marches in the same direction: toward a society where dissent is sin, where rights are contingent on obedience, and where government is no longer of the people—but of the chosen.

When some lawmakers stop winning public support, they stop trying to earn it. Instead, they use their power to force their views on the rest of us.

Democracy only survives when people believe it works for them, providing justice, opportunity, and dignity. When those promises are broken, faith in democracy collapses.

There's a growing movement that's quietly transforming America, dismantling the wall between church and state.

We live in a free country, but only if you have the money to pay for it.