January 23, 2017

STEPHEN STONE — I understand prayer to be an individual expression of submission to God's will. By that I mean: (1) prayer is a petition to God springing from the depths of the soul of each petitioner, notwithstanding the group setting in which many prayers are uttered; and (2) prayer is a demonstration to God that we are individually willing to do, and accept, His will above our own, notwithstanding that prayer is frequently a request for blessings.... (more)

January 23, 2017

ALAN KEYES — With the inauguration of Donald Trump as our 45th president upon us, all the usual suspects from the militant atheist crowd have been trying to block the Bible from being used -- a tradition that began with President Washington. Every president mentioned God in his inaugural address, even if speaking of the Lord in their own way, fitting with the times. (Dr. Jerry Newcombe, "43 inaugural references to the Almighty")... (more)

January 23, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — In his blockbuster new film, "Civil War 2017," Trevor Loudon asks why the political left is so determined to destroy the Trump presidency. Matthew Vadum of the Capital Research Center responds that Trump "doesn't back down from a fight," unlike previous "squishy" Republicans. What's more, Trump has upended the "progressive coalition" by convincing millions of Democrats to abandon their union leaders and the Democratic Party.... (more)

January 23, 2017

JOSEPH FARAH — In 1961, when John F. Kennedy gave his famous inaugural speech, it wasn't controversial. It wasn't considered radical. There were no protesters there to suggest he was being un-American, a man of privilege and wealth, protecting his own self-interest and the status quo.... (more)

January 23, 2017

BREITBART — First Lady Melania Trump wept as 20-year-old Marlana VanHoose sang the hymn "How Great Thou Art" during the Inaugural Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral in the nation's capital on Saturday morning.... (more)

January 23, 2017

YAHOO NEWS — The Trump administration may no longer enforce a rule requiring individual Americans to carry health insurance or pay a penalty if they do not, a senior White House official said on Sunday Speaking on ABC's "This Week" program, Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, said President Donald Trump "may stop enforcing the individual mandate."... (more)

January 23, 2017

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump said on Sunday he plans talks soon with the leaders of Canada and Mexico to begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.... (more)

January 23, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump greeted FBI director James Comey at the White House on Sunday, joking that the agency's leader has become more well-known than he is.... (more)

January 23, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — "Saturday Night Live" honored the end of Barack Obama's presidency with a musical tribute a day after President Trump took office. In front of a large portrait of the former president, cast members Cecily Strong and Sasheer Zamata sang, "To Sir, with Love."... (more)

January 22, 2017

GIRLSJUSTWANNAHAVEGUNS.COM — We thought the left was supposed to care about pollution and littering and the environment over all. How wrong we are! The protesters didn't seem to have a care in the world by the state they left the streets in. Do they want this country to be covered in garbage? It sure seems that way. They are definitely taking the 'nasty women' thing literally.... (more)

January 22, 2017

JOHN ZOGBY — It does not matter whether I agree with all, some, or any of President Donald Trump's Inaugural Address. It was simply a great speech. It will be memorable because it was revolutionary. It was so different and consistent with his campaign. He has defined a new role for the government, for the public, for patriotism, for America First. And, quite honestly, he made it work.... (more)

January 22, 2017

GREG COROMBOS — President Donald Trump's inaugural address sends a clear signal that business in Washington is about to change, and his vow of action has an eager Congress ready to work, according to Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla.... (more)

January 22, 2017

BILL FEDERER — "I never have felt that any abortion should be committed -- I think each abortion is the result of a series of errors," -- stated President Jimmy Carter to reporters at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington D.C., Nov. 3, 2005, regarding his book, "Our Enduring Values -- America's Moral Crisis." President Carter continued: "I've never been convinced, if you let me inject my Christianity into it, that Jesus Christ would approve abortion.... (more)

January 22, 2017

DAILY CALLER — Linda Sarsour, one of the organizers behind Saturday's Women's March, being held in Washington, D.C., was recently spotted at a large Muslim convention in Chicago posing for pictures with an accused financier for Hamas, the terrorist group.... (more)

January 22, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — White House press secretary Sean Spicer lashed out at the news media Saturday over what he called "deliberately false reporting" about President Trump's first day in office. At a hastily convened briefing at the White House, Mr. Spicer admonished the news media for tweets that falsely claimed Mr. Trump removed the Martin Luther King Jr. bust from the Oval Office and that presented photographs that minimized the size of the crowd.... (more)

January 22, 2017

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Say this much for Washington: The Swamp knows how to do pageantry. Beginning on Thursday afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery, the solemn and joyful rituals of a presidential inauguration overwhelmed the clown show -- on Capitol Hill, where brickbats aimed at Trump's cabinet nominees left marks mainly on the Democrats who hurled them, and on the streets, where the radical Left's tantrums couldn't even sour the mood, much less spark the revolution.... (more)

January 21, 2017

THE HILL — President Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to "ease the burden of Obamacare." Trump signed the order in front of reporters at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, one of his first official acts as president.... (more)

January 21, 2017

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump has written his inauguration address draft himself, two senior Trump transition officials told CNN Tuesday. Last month, Trump told guests at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, as well as presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, that he planned to write the speech himself.... (more)

January 21, 2017

ERICK ERICKSON — Criticize Barack Obama all you want, but you cannot deny one thing. It is a truly historic milestone in a nation where slavery was written into our founding constitutional document that a black man has been elected President of the United States.... (more)

January 21, 2017

NATIONAL REVIEW — A new investigation conducted by the pro-life organization Live Action has revealed that Planned Parenthood failed to disclose suspected child-sex trafficking to authorities and did not follow through on promises to train staff members in properly reporting instances of such abuse.... (more)

January 20, 2017

ART MOORE — With his hand on a Lincoln Bible, Donald John Trump, who had never held public office, was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America. The oath was administered by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. As he raised his right hand, Trump had his left hand on a Bible used in Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, which was on top of a Bible that Trump's mother gave to him at his Sunday School graduation in 1955.... (more)

January 20, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Donald John Trump, first dismissed as a stuntman, then a nuisance, then a threat to the political order, took the oath of office Friday to become the 45th president of the United States, ushering in one of the most compelling administrations in history.... (more)

January 20, 2017

CHARLES HURT — Anybody expecting President Donald Trump to lay down arms and surrender his campaign once he got to Washington and give some kind of soaring inaugural address filled with gauzy political pablum was sure in for a shocking dose of harsh reality Friday.... (more)

January 20, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump took a series of executive actions minutes after the inaugural parade concluded Friday evening, one of which was to place a regulatory freeze on all federal agencies until his administration provides further notice.... (more)

January 20, 2017

LIFE NEWS — A new report out today indicates President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to defund International Planned Parenthood. Most pro-life Americans are anxiously awaiting Congress to pass a bill to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. While that defunding legislation concerns the domestic-based Planned Parenthood abortion corporation, president Trump has the ability to put in place an executive order that would revoke funding for its International affiliate.... (more)