I was tempted to break President Reagan’s 11th Commandment which while not in the Bible has something I have generally practiced in public statements even when I vehemently disagree with someone in my own political party. Like many of you, I voted for the elected official multiple times in 2016, 2020 and again 2024 even though he wasn’t my first choice in 2016. I then had to remember my own growth on the underlying issue of life. When I was lost before I found God at 18, I wa

For decades, Washington talked about restoring stability in the Western Hemisphere. President Donald Trump acted. With the removal of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration has delivered the clearest signal in a generation that the United States is serious about enforcing order, sovereignty, and stability in its own neighborhood. Far from reckless adventurism, the operation reflects a long-dormant but deeply American strategic tradition: hemispheric pri