By Emma Green – theatlantic.com – June 3, 2019 It is not weird for a Southern Baptist pastor to pray for the president of the United States. Yes, 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, and have remained firmly supportive  of the president during his first two years in office. Yes, he has surrounded himself with a coterie of...

By: Gary Bauer – ouramericanvalues.org – June 4, 2019 This morning, President Trump held a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May.  According to one CNN commentator, it was a “very warm joint appearance.”  Both leaders acknowledged the importance of our trans-Atlantic alliance.  Trump joked with May several times, even eliciting a few laughs from reporters in the room....

By: Gary Bauer – ouramericanvalues.org – June 4, 2019 This morning, President Trump held a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May.  According to one CNN commentator, it was a “very warm joint appearance.”  Both leaders acknowledged the importance of our trans-Atlantic alliance.  Trump joked with May several times, even eliciting a few laughs from reporters in the room....

By: Matthew Adams – dallasnews.com – May 21, 2019 Freshman Rep. Van Taylor of Plano is without question a conservative Republican. But watching him work the House floor, you might not know it, because he spends much of his time working the other side of the aisle. That’s not uncommon in Austin, where Taylor served in the state House and Senate...

By: Alan Jacobs – theatlantic.com – June 3, 2019 A story commonly told these days on both the left and the right says that American Christians, and especially evangelicals, are solidly behind President Donald Trump. The real story is far more complex, and has led many Christians to some fairly serious soul-searching, and others to ask hard questions about whether we even know...

By: Jim Geraghty – nationalreview.com – June 3, 2019 Making the click-through worthwhile: A rare single-topic Jolt this morning, as I’ve watched the two millionth “the problem with conservatism is people like you, the solution for conservatism is people like me” debate, and I’m just sick and tired of so many of our brethren averting their eyes from the big, glaring, worsening problem...

By: James Wesolek – txvaluesaction.org – May 29, 2019 The Texas Legislative Session ended earlier this week and many Texans are asking what passed and what didn’t. In fact, about two weeks ago liberal activists and media headlines declared that our greatest effort was dead. Then came the resurrection. We are happy to report for the 4th Legislative Session in a row, Texas...

By: Gerard Baker – wsj.com – May 24, 2019 If there’s one thing everyone knows about modern politics, it’s that the key to the next election and the longer-term trends beyond is the rising tide of younger voters. We’ve become used to the idea that the young—more progressive in their values and more Democratic in their voting habits—are the future, and...

By: Melanie Israel – cnsnews.com – May 30, 2019 The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a provision of Indiana law that requires abortion providers to bury or cremate fetal remains, while declining to review a portion of Indiana’s law—struck down by a lower court—that banned abortions on the basis of sex, race, and disability. Although the Supreme Court’s opinion in Box v. Planned...

By: Rachel del Guidice – dailysignal.com – May 29, 2019 The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development expects to propose a new rule later this year that would give homeless shelters the authority to largely use their own policies regarding what a person’s sex is, which affects shelters that serve either men or women or that segregate areas by sex. However, the...