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Democrats (and, sadly, a few Republicans on the Senate side) have thrown around a number of false or misleading claims about the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” with many of them centered around so-called “cuts to Medicaid” in the House and Senate versions of the bill. Advertisement In reality, what would get cut back on is […]

Like many Gen X Christians in the 1980s, I was not only captured by the explosion of Christian television and radio ministries, but I also had my personal favorites who really deepened my understanding of the Bible. One of those was televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. Much like Aimee Semple McPherson of the Foursquare Gospel movement, Swaggart […]

When it comes to electrical service, Alaska has its share of challenges. Almost all of our power lines are above ground, on poles. Here in South-Central, our terrain is heavily wooded. Winter weather can be severe, with ice and winds damaging lines, tossing branches, and dropping trees. Even in summer, we get the occasional spell […]

Former collegiate female UPenn Swimmer Paula Scanlan reacted to the news that trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas would be stripped of all titles he earned while competing in the women’s sport, and the university has agreed to apologize for allowing him to compete as a female. Advertisement Speaking from a press event on Tuesday, Scanlan […]

The news cycle has been dominated over the last few days by domestic affairs (the One Big, Beautiful Bill) and the Middle East (the USA and Israel reducing Iran’s nuclear program to rubble). That happens, but we are reminded that there is still a problem in Eastern Europe, specifically in Ukraine, where it’s still slash-and-snap […]

Since President Donald Trump took office in January, there has been a great deal of attention focused on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). With the DOGE team empowered to ferret out government waste and fraud, USAID landed under the microscope, and the more we learned, the uglier things got.  Advertisement Just two […]