Islamist militants in Yemen fired missiles at high-profile targets in Saudi Arabia this weekend, expanding the scope of conflict in the Middle East as U.S.-Iran tensions drag on. Saudi Arabia said it intercepted missiles aimed at its capital, Riyadh, and the Red Sea terminus of its oil pipeline, Yanbu, while the Houthis claimed to have struck their targets.

On this week&rsquo;s Outstanding Podcast, Host Casey Harper talks free markets and socialism with Dr. Gary Wolfram, a professor of economics, public policy and political economy at Hillsdale College.
Together, they tackle questions like:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>How do free markets work and why does they work?</li>
<li>Are prices fair?</li>
<li>How do we respond to the socialist narrative?</li>
<li>Doesn't the Christian faith keep capitalism in check in many ways?&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

On this week's Outstanding Podcast, Host Casey Harper talks free markets and socialism with Dr. Gary Wolfram, a professor of economics, public policy and political economy at Hillsdale College. Together, they tackle questions like: How do free markets work and why does they work? Are prices fair? How do we respond to the socialist narrative? Doesn't the Christian faith keep capitalism in check in many ways? 

On this week&rsquo;s podcast, Host Casey Harper and author Arlene Pellicane discuss screens, technology and its impact on kids.
They discussed questions like:
<ul>
<li>How do Christians think about technology and raising children?</li>
<li>What is the impact of technology on personal and spiritual formation?</li>
<li>If kids are being raised differently, will they be made fun of?&nbsp;</li>
<li>How can we teach our kids to hold onto our Christian values under pressure?&nbsp;</li>
<li>What do we need to prepare for regarding AI?&nbsp;</li>
<li>What technology plans and practices can we adopt to protect our kids and pass on our faith to the next gen?&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

On this week's podcast, Host Casey Harper and author Arlene Pellicane discuss screens, technology and its impact on kids. They discussed questions like: How do Christians think about technology and raising children? What is the impact of technology on personal and spiritual formation? If kids are being raised differently, will they be made fun of? How can we teach our kids to hold onto our Christian values under pressure What do we need to prepare for regarding AI? What technology plans and practices can we adopt to protect our kids and pass on our faith to the next gen?

On this week&rsquo;s podcast, Host Casey Harper talks with General John Teichert, retired Brigadier General, national security expert, and an Amazon #1 best-selling author about the Iran war, what needs to be made in America for national security reasons, and U.S. infrastructure. They discuss questions like:
<ul>
<li>What do Americans need to know about the Iran war?</li>
<li>Will the &ldquo;Economic D-Day&rdquo; against Iran work?</li>
<li>Do we make enough weapons and critical goods right here in the U.S.? Why not?</li>
</ul>

On this week's podcast, Host Casey Harper talks with General John Teichert, retired Brigadier General, national security expert, and an Amazon #1 best-selling author about the Iran war, what needs to be made in America for national security reasons, and U.S. infrastructure. They discuss questions like: What do Americans need to know about the Iran war? Will the "Economic D-Day" against Iran work? Do we make enough weapons and critical goods right here in the U.S.? Why not? 

Returning to the podcast we have Grace Drexel, whose father Pastor Ezra Jin of Zion Church in China was recently released from prison after President Donald Trump personally made the request to China's communist leader, Xi Xinping. We also have the son of Gao Quanfu and Pang Yu, who are still imprisoned for their Christian faith in China. We get the latest on their case, discuss the plight of the church in China and answer the question: What can we do about the persecution of Christians in China?

Returning to the podcast we have Grace Drexel, whose father Pastor Ezra Jin of Zion Church in China was recently released from prison after President Donald Trump personally made the request to China's communist leader, Xi Xinping. We also have the son of Gao Quanfu and Pang Yu, who are still imprisoned for their Christian faith in China. We get the latest on their case, discuss the plight of the church in China and answer the question: What can we do about the persecution of Christians in China?

On today's News Brief: President Trump makes an address at the UN, highlighting artificial intelligence and the threat of communism, while the war continues in Iran, and Vice President JD Vance&rsquo;s task force continues to crack down on fraud.

On today's News Brief: President Trump makes an address at the UN, highlighting artificial intelligence and the threat of communism, while the war continues in Iran, and Vice President JD Vance's task force continues to crack down on fraud.

In 2021, the film "Plantados" - which shifts between the present day in Miami and the early decades of the Cuban Revolution - became a cultural phenomenon among exiles. The plot goes roughly like this: In the United States, Ramón, a former political prisoner, recognizes Mauricio, one of the guards who tortured and humiliated him in Castro's prisons.

Two hugely significant new weapons for government investigators fighting waste, fraud, and abuse in federal spending gained bipartisan approval in Congress in recent weeks, including one to stop secret outlays and the other to end boondoggle projects before their costs skyrocket.

The amendment now on the ballot is an appallingly sweeping and indifferent gift to the abortion industry, using needlessly unlimited language to identify whom it designates as a possessor of "reproductive freedom." It refers to this boundless right to destroy a pregnancy as belonging to any "individual" in the commonwealth.

A dramatic rise in unmarried men is cause for concern, warned Christian apologist Dr. Sean McDowell. "At its core, we have a spiritual battle that's taking place," he said on "Washington Watch." "People have believed lies - in particular men - that their happiness and meaning and purpose that men are built to yearn for is going to be found somewhere else than in family."

Without seeming to make barely a ripple, a startling report was released in June revealing that America's Social Security program will become insolvent in six years unless substantial reforms are made. Now, lawmakers are beginning to sound the alarm on the rapidly spiraling crisis and are pushing legislation to overhaul the system originally designed to keep elderly Americans out of poverty.

Senior Editor, The Washington Stand

More than 50,000 Americans from across the country signed a new "Declaration for Life" within hours of its public release that calls on them and their fellow citizens "to stand for life" and for Congress "to ban the chemical abortion drug mifepristone," Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told reporters during an impromptu news conference in a Senate office building Wednesday.

"There is a reason I do not use my professional platform for politics," superstar singer Ed Sheeran said Tuesday. "My audience includes young people, often children, of all backgrounds." Perhaps more importantly, "those who come to my shows do not expect a political forum." The recent drama involving Sheeran's North American tour "The Loop" proves the wisdom of that course.

Senior Writer, The Washington Stand

Seven months into the conflict, Congress and the president face a constitutional reckoning.

Senior Fellow for National Security

For most of the AI revolution, one assumption held: human beings were building ever more capable machines. That assumption no longer holds. 

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