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April 14, 2025

Founder’s Quote

Patriot Post - “My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the others, and has an equal right to decide for itself what is the meaning of the constitution in the cases submitted to its action; and especially, where it is to act ultimately and without appeal.” —Thomas Jefferson (1819)

April 14, 2025

Commentary: Trump’s Life’s Work Culminates in Confronting Communist China, by Josh Hammer

By Josh Hammer, The Daily Signal - On Wednesday, President Donald Trump abruptly announced a 90-day pause on most of his planned country-specific “reciprocal” tariffs—with the notable exception of China. In so strikingly singling out China as the focus of America’s economic and geopolitical ire, Trump was not merely clarifying that the United States views China and its regnant Communist Party as our leading 21st-century threat—he was also taking yet another notable step toward fulfilling his own lifelong goal of fundamentally resetting the terms of the U.S.-China bilateral relationship.

April 14, 2025

What Does Jesus Say About Hell? by Dan Burke, Patrick O’Hearn

By Dan Burke and Patrick O’Hearn, Catholic Exchange - Jesus does not mince words when it comes to sin and to our eternal fate. Our King wears a crown of thorns to show us that “the wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23)—eternal death. And Christ the King will return to separate the sheep from the goats. The goats, the unrighteous, “will go away into eternal punishment” and the sheep, the righteous, “into eternal life” (Mt. 25:46)... Throughout Scripture, Jesus is direct, clear, and stern when it comes to Hell. This sternness is not what we see in the grumpy old guy who shouts threats at kids for running on his lawn. It is more akin to the mother who cries out with full voice at her small child as he is about to wander into traffic.

April 14, 2025

A Christian at Passover, by R. R. Reno

By R. R. Reno, Frist Things - Passover is a Festival of Joy, a literal feast. The Seder encourages the fulfillment of the commandment to blot out the memory of Amalek. Yes, Pharaoh enslaved the Israelites, seeking their destruction. Yes, the Romans destroyed the Temple. Yes, the Jewish people have been persecuted. But that’s not the end of the story. The Haggadah is punctuated with affirmations of God’s deliverance, his “mighty hand and outstretched arm.” The spirit of this holiday is Psalm 84:1: “How lovely is thy dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!”