Dan Schaefer for Missouri

The Trump Administration is preparing to provide $20 billion in assistance to help prop up the Argentine government. This may sound like a noble gesture, but behind the scenes, Argentina is actively competing with American soybean farmers. In essence, we’re funding our competitors!

Texas is in a standoff. Greg Abbott wants to redraw the maps. Democrats fled the state. No quorum, no gerrymander. It's Texas Hold ’em—with democracy on the run.

The Epstein scandal may be a moral flashpoint, but it’s a temporary one. Confusing the moment for the movement would be a profound strategic mistake.

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.

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

With a massive prison infrastructure and an army of political goons at his disposal, Trump will shift his focus toward new targets: Americans who refuse to get in line with his goals.

The white men in the cabal of faux Christianity are not disciples of Jesus. They have taken the language of Christianity and twisted it beyond recognition. In their hands, religion is no longer about compassion and grace; it’s about power and control.

The Fall of the Republic of Rome and a Lesson for the Republic of the United States Discussing Julius Caesar’s thirst for absolute power...