Our rights come from God, not government. Reagan understood that this was communism's deepest vulnerability. The Chinese Communist Party has the same vulnerability today.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, religious leaders, tech experts and even the AI companies themselves are raising the alarm, and yet they keep building&nbsp; Artificial Intelligence. What&rsquo;s going on here? Is the AI apocalypse inevitable, or is all hype or somewhere in between?

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, religious leaders, tech experts and even the AI companies themselves are raising the alarm, and yet they keep building  Artificial Intelligence. What's going on here? Is the AI apocalypse inevitable, or is all hype or somewhere in between?

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? 

On today's News Brief: Five men have been arrested in the U.K. for allegedly attempting to attack a U.S. airbase there, President Donald Trump rejects ceasefire proposal from Iran, and SpaceX conducts successful launch.

On today's News Brief: Five men have been arrested in the U.K. for allegedly attempting to attack a U.S. airbase there, President Donald Trump rejects ceasefire proposal from Iran, and SpaceX conducts successful launch.

President George W. Bush signed into law two decades ago the landmark Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA), thus mandating creation of the USASpending.gov website and enabling every American with internet access to see for the first time ever how trillions of tax dollars are spent by the central government.

A city council vote on Tuesday in a Nebraska town could deem resident Andrew Coates's application eligible to become a full-time firefighter, despite being previously barred from the position for being homeschooled.

Artificial intelligence is acquiring capabilities with consequences far beyond Silicon Valley. Before we trust anyone to certify these systems as safe, we must know what happens if the certifiers get it wrong.

For U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), the stakes for the 2026 midterm elections couldn't be higher. Not only are two political parties facing off on November 3, but two completely different worldviews.

A Canadian grandmother died by "assisted suicide" in a scene that can only be described as a farce, based on the account published by her traumatized family.

Senior Writer, The Washington Stand

The United States Armed Forces allows homeschoolers to enlist, but the city of Fremont, Nebraska appears to think they are unfit to join their local fire department. Now, the governor's office is investigating.

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President Donald Trump commanded the world's attention when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. Wars, sovereignty, immigration, and America's place in the world dominated the headlines. But buried within that sweeping address was a declaration that may outlast everything else he said.

Senior Fellow for National Security

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.

In today's divisive politics, it's often possible to tell what a speech achieved based on who it angered. In the case of President Donald Trump's Tuesday speech before the U.N. General Assembly, those most angered by the speech were global media elites. "Trump invades the UN with a brutish speech," raged a headline in The Guardian, a British equivalent of The New York Times. Such an attitude signals that, besides excessive self-congratulation and an over-emphasis on AI, Trump's speech had much to commend it.

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