Op–Ed

By Colby Etherton On May 31, 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives voted along bipartisan lines by a margin of 314 to 117 to raise the debt ceiling. For the

By Colby Etherton On April 25, President Joe Biden announced his intent to run for reelection. It was a decision that was widely expected, and likely affirmed by a string

By Johnny Trlica Commentary: On Thursday, March 30, four words echoed across the country, from sea to shining sea: “It’s about damn time.†It wasn’t a mass sing-along to a

By Colby Etherton  For months, Democrats and Republicans have clashed over raising the debt ceiling. It is estimated that the Treasury Department will have exhausted its means for the government

By Colby Etherton Last month, on February 7, 2023, President Joe Biden gave his second State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. His address largely centered

By Colby Etherton Over the past few weeks, revelations that classified government documents were found at President Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and in a private office of his in

By Colby Etherton On January 3, 2023, the 118th Congress was sworn in. While Democrats maintained and even improved upon their lead in the Senate, they did narrowly lose the

By Colby Etherton For months, the narrative on the midterms was that Democrats were facing an inevitable shellacking. Not just because of historical precedent (which points to how rare it

By Colby Etherton After a slow march toward midterm season, the midterm elections have finally arrived. In mere days, the nation will turn out and vote on hundreds of races

By Colby Etherton  With midterm elections just over a month away, the campaign trail is heating up and the plethora of political ads are about to come crashing in. Conventional

By Colby Etherton  Much has happened in Washington the past several weeks, from the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act to President Biden announcing that $10,000 to $20,000 in student

By Colby Etherton  In light of Roe v. Wade being overturned in June and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion he wrote for the case insinuating that previously settled