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By Patriot Post – “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” —Thomas Jefferson (1809)… January 22 marks the anniversary of the two most tragic Supreme Court decisions in American history, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. However, in light of the Supreme Court’s June 24, 2022, decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe and 1992’s Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Sanctity of Life Day has a whole new and far more joyous meaning.

By Ken Oliver-Méndez, CNA – News that the country’s new president would kick off his administration by signing a tsunami of executive orders, including one that mandates adherence to the biological reality of two sexes, was particularly welcomed by Ethics and Public Policy Center President Ryan Anderson… Responding to Trump’s inaugural address declaration that “as of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female,’” the author of the book When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment posted “Thank you @realdonaldtrump” ….

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – Mark 3:1-61 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come here.” 4 And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” ….

By Elle Purnell, The Federalist – Trump promised to return America to normalcy and greatness. That the women in his orbit are doing so through their clothes makes the media furious… It was just four years ago that we suffered through the sartorial weirdness of the Biden inauguration. With no inaugural balls to attend because of Covid mania, the biggest fashion statements were made by Lady Gaga, whose ensemble looked like a Hunger Games version of those beehive-shaped Barbie cakes ….

By Heritage Foundation, Staff – President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders his first day in office… President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order, “Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States,” to ensure that the U.S. armed forces prioritize the protection of U.S. sovereignty and territorial integrity along our national borders… The president ordered the U.S. Northern Command to deliver its plan to seal the borders and maintain U.S. sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security by repelling forms of invasion and mass migration, as well as narcotics and human smuggling and trafficking.

By Jacob Adams, Daily Signal – Mariann Edgar Budde, who holds one of the nation’s most prestigious clerical posts as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, curried controversy and drew pushback on Tuesday when she used a sermon to criticize President Donald Trump for some of his politics and policy prescriptions… The remarks came at a church service hosted by the bishop at her diocesan seat, the Washington National Cathedral. They were a stark contrast to the bipartisanship usually on display at the cathedral, where leaders from both parties are honored.

By Casey Chalk, Crisis Magazine – British evolutionary biologist and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins has regrets about describing himself as a “cultural Christian” last year in an interview. “I imprudently said I was a ‘cultural Christian,’ and I haven’t heard the end of it,” wrote Dawkins in a recent piece for The Spectator… Though standing by his earlier comments—in which he expressed appreciation for certain cultural elements of the Christian tradition—he quickly added: “but none of that undermines my conviction that what they believe about the nature of reality is nonsense.” …

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – As President Donald Trump begins has second term in the White House, Americans are voicing their opposition to the transgender policies and initiatives advanced by the Biden Administration, results of a New York Times/Ipsos poll released over the weekend reveal… More than three-fourths (77%) of U.S. adults say that society has at least far enough to accommodate transgender people, including half (49%) who think it’s gone “too far.” Notably, even 62% of Democrat Americans believe the nation has gone either far enough (39%) or too far (23%).

By Charles A. Coulombe, OnePeterFive – In one night, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, another light transformed the mellow afterglow of Christmas to a horrible inferno which killed at least 27, and possibly 31 more. Thousands of homes were destroyed, as well as a number of irreplaceable historic buildings – and two weeks ago, as I write, none of this had happened… Almost immediately the finger-pointing began: the Mayor had been informed of the fire danger due to unprecedented weather conditions a week before, but chose to go to Ghana anyway; Democrat policies in Sacramento had hindered water storage; the Palisades reservoir was mysteriously empty; and on and on. …

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Let’s talk about what’s “good enough,” especially by the standards of what we’ve been subjected to over the last four years: the squalor, lies, perversion, and tyranny that have been forcibly injected into our every national orifice since the Democrats and the Deep State seized power in 2020 and effected the closest thing to a fascist dictatorship our country has ever seen… What’s good enough for now is the “common sense” that Trump triumphantly pointed to in his rousing inaugural address. Because that “sense” has another, more resonant name: We call it “Reason,” and know thanks to St. John the Evangelist that Jesus, the second Person of the Trinity, was the Logos by which the entire cosmos was created.