Jim Denison, PhD, is an author, speaker, and the CEO of Denison Ministries, which is transforming 6.8 million lives through meaningful digital content. Dallas-based Denison Ministries includes DenisonForum.org, First15.org, ChristianParenting.org, and FoundationsWithJanet.org. Dr. Denison speaks biblically into significant cultural issues at DenisonForum.org and DrJimDenison.com, as well as on radio, TV, podcasts, and social media. Dr. Denison speaks approximately 25 times per year at events, seminars, and churches and is a frequent guest on radio and television programs.

Lora is director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation. She has over 26 years’ experience in the immigration and homeland security arena. Ries twice worked at the Department of Homeland Security on management and immigration policy and operations issues, most recently as the Acting Deputy Chief of Staff.

She also worked in the private sector as a homeland security industry strategist and in government relations.

Ries previously worked in the legislative branch as Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. She started her career at the Department of Justice’s Board of Immigration Appeals and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Ries’ commentary and analysis have been published and quoted in multiple print media, including The National Interest, FoxNews.com, Roll Call, and The Hill. She has done numerous radio and TV interviews, and has testified before Congress.

Ries earned a law degree at Valparaiso University Law School in Indiana and was a visiting law student with the University of Houston Law Center in Mexico City, Mexico. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in international economics and cultural affairs; and Spanish from Valparaiso University; and studied Mexican history and culture as a visiting undergraduate at La Universidad de las Américas in Puebla, Mexico.

The U.S. economy is facing the worst labor shortage in close to a century, according to new research, raising the prospect of prolonged higher-than-usual inflation.

By: John McCormack - Nationalreview.com - February 18, 2022 With eight months to go until the 2022 midterm elections, Chuck Schumer is planning to hold the first vote in Senate history on a bill that would ...

Federal courts have ordered that the military cannot punish service members who request religious accommodations to the vaccine mandate.  

By: Mark Antonio Wright - nationalreview.com - February 24, 2022 The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has begun. The Ukrainians appear to be fighting hard in the east of their country near Kharkiv, a city of ...

By Dr. Jim Denison - denisonforum.org/daily-article - February 24, 2022 Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air, and sea overnight in the largest attack by one nation against another in Europe since World War II.