As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Even if a business doesn’t pass on any portion of the price increase to its customers, the higher cost of purchasing the item for the business will directly—and often immediately—come off its bottom line. The business won’t be able to afford to do as much—including, perhaps—pay its employees at the same rate or at all.” - Wealth & Poverty Review
“The percentage of Americans who say religion is ‘very important’ in their lives has leveled off at 47% in 2025. (It’s been up or down 1 percentage point since 2021.) Religious service attendance reveals a picture of steady decline. A majority of U.S. residents—57%—say they rarely or never attend religious services.” - RNS
“In a per curiam opinion issued Monday evening, the nation’s high court sided with parents opposed to the state policy for various reasons, including religious objections.” - CPost
“different rationales are offered by different spokespersons, and even by the President himself. Clarity on the aims of war is a matter of legality, but also justice. Confusion and miscalculation can also be very dangerous, laying the groundwork for mission creep.” - Providence
“The phrase ‘separation of church and state’ dates back to a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist congregation.” - RNS
“Fifty years ago this month, President Gerald Ford began the process of righting a historic wrong, signing an executive order that declared the internment of American citizens of Japanese descent to have been morally and constitutionally wrong” - Dan Darling
“Jordan B. Cooper, in his new book, Makers of the Modern Mind: A Guide to the Thinkers Who Formed the Modern Left…. traces the metastasizing of Marxism into an ideology that reduces pretty much everything—truth, reason, culture, language, science, all human interactions—to the oppressive imposition of power.” - Acton
“A group of religious parents who sued the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland after it refused to let them opt their children out of classes discussing books on LGBTQ+ characters will receive a $1.5 million settlement.” - RNS
“Elites continue to rule because movements are not spontaneous: like parties, they need organization and discipline. Organization largely explains why elites rule: minorities are organized, whereas majorities are not.” - Law & Liberty
I first heard the phrase “rugged individualism” not in a history book but on the radio. Like many Americans of my Gen‑X generation, I instinctively associate the term with Rush Limbaugh—his booming voice, his snarky confidence, his emphasis on personal responsibility, self‑reliance, and independence from government. All these years, “rugged individualism” functioned in my mind as shorthand for talk‑radio conservatism, often set against concerns about government over-reach, compassion and the common good.
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