TERENCE P. JEFFREY: Trump Stands With The Founders On Trade
President Donald Trump’s inaugural address at the U.S. Capitol on Monday included an explanation of his trade policy. “I will immediately begin overhauling our trading system to protect American workers and their families.” he said. How would he do this? By imposing duties on imported goods. (Related: David Blackmon: President Trump moves to reverse Biden’s […]
TERENCE P. JEFFREY: Carter’s Greatest Conflict vs. Reagan’s
When President Jimmy Carter ran for re-election in 1980, he had to compete against former California Governor Ronald Reagan. It wasn’t a contest. Reagan captured 44 of the 50 states. and won Over 8 million popular votes. Why was Carter’s re-election effort so disastrous? Perhaps the most important reason, but not the only reason, is […]
TERENCE P. JEFFREY: Christmas Together
During Christmas when I was a boy, my mother would take my siblings and me to one of the roughest neighborhoods in San Francisco to visit the animals that gathered there. This was the Tenderloin neighborhood, home to drug dealers, drug users, and a sad number of homeless people. our destination is St. Boniface Catholic […]
TERENCE P. JEFFREY: America Needs A Congress That Will Stop Borrowing Money
As the November elections approach, much attention is focused on the presidential race, but the race to decide who controls Congress is at least as important. That’s because Congress controls federal government taxation and spending. “Congress shall have power to levy taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, and to pay the debts, and provide for the […]
TERENCE P. JEFFREY: Justice Has Been Served. It Only Took 41 Years
It was a seven-story building located along the Mediterranean Sea and overlooking the sea. It was the US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983. On April 18 of that year, the embassy was targeted by a newly formed Iranian-backed terrorist group. “Lebanese police and witnesses said the embassy was blown up by 500 pounds of […]
TERENCE P. JEFFREY: Who Will Catholic Voters Back This November?
Brian Buescher, who was nominated by then-President Donald Trump to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, Approval Hearing During a speech before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 28, 2018, then-Senator Kamala Harris did not ask Trump any questions. But a week later, she filed Written Questions She wanted him […]
TERENCE P. JEFFREY: Can Harris Be Trusted To Actually Secure The Border?
East Blake Lane Park in Oakton, Virginia, is about 10 miles from the White House, where President Joe Biden lives, and about 11.5 miles from the Naval Observatory, where Vice President Kamala Harris lives. On July 20th, just after 3 p.m., Release a statement On July 22, Fairfax County Police responded to the scene after […]
TERENCE P. JEFFREY: The History Books May Not Be So Kind To Joe Biden
Vice President Joe Biden met When he met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing in 2011, the two joked about their ages. “We were born in the same year,” Wen said during a joint public appearance. “You have been in public service for about 35 years, and I have worked in government buildings in […]
TERENCE P. JEFFREY: Republicans Backing Away From Most Important Issue Of Our Day
When is it okay to intentionally kill an innocent human being? Answer: Never. But that's not what the new Republican platform approved at their convention this week says. When President Ronald Reagan was running for reelection in 1984, the Republican Party adopted a platform that explicitly called for legal protection of all human life from […]
TERENCE P. JEFFREY: Will Biden Ever Have Another Solo Press Conference?
When the 69-year-old former California governor ran for president in 1980, his political opponents and the mainstream media often focused on the same theme: Ronald Reagan was “too old.” In February, Gannett News Service ran a story explaining how Reagan's rival for the Republican nomination, George H.W. Bush, made an issue of Reagan's age. (Related […]
