Bold and Blunt

Journalists already aren't very well regarded in America when it comes to trust. Now, it's about to get even worse. State governments are actually proposing to budget millions of dollars for local media outlets as a means of saving journalists' jobs. That's a recipe for disaster. There goes the last of media integrity. Roger Ream, president of the Fund for American Studies, says we have to fight states that are budgeting for this, else journalism will lose even more respect and trust.

Atheism is on the rise, and America is losing its liberties, and the rise of the first is leading to the decline of the second. Those who claim to be one of the "nones" -- meaning, no particular faith -- have doubled in the last decade and around 30 percent of Americans now say they're part of that group. This spells disaster for America and the future of individual freedoms. Judge Phil Ginn, president of the Southern Evangelical Seminary, has words of warning and wisdom for the nation.

It's shocking to see the displays of antisemitism on America's college campuses. But that's just the tip of the iceberg of anti-Israel mindsets that's coursing through America right now. According to a recent poll, an estimated 33 percent of Gen-Zers believe Israel has no right to exist as a nation in the Middle East. How did we get to such a point of ignorance and open embrace of evil? Jeff Myers, with his new "Should Christians Support Israel?" book, discusses what's taking place in America's youth -- and more.

If Christians refuse to vote, then they have only themselves to blame when the nation turns dark. And this is exactly why America is headed down such a shaky path right now. The statistics on the numbers of so-called Christians who fail to show up for elections and do their civic duties are sad and sorry, and Craig Huey, author of "The Christian Voter," says it's becoming quite a problem. It's actually been quite a problem for a very long time.

America, acknowledge it or not, is embroiled in a religious war, one that pits good against evil and that shakes the very foundations of our nation's Constitution and moral compass -- one that challenges and frustrates our ability to remain exceptional on the domestic and international stages. If this nation was founded on the concept of rights and liberties coming from God, then the growth of secularism and its impact on the culture is certainly changing the shape of our politics, and not for the better. Albin Sadar, author of "Obvious," a book about fighting evil, says America needs more Christians and believers and patriots speaking out against the wickedness that's coursing through our country. It's true. When good speaks up, evil retreats in shame and fear.

Too many youth in America are being utterly destroyed by a committed, determined and very evil force called LGBTQ agenda -- and it's the doctors and the medical community who really need to be held to account. There is some backlash against the insanity that's growing, but as Mary Margaret Olohan writes in her new book, "Detrans," not enough is being done to protect the innocent.

It's bad enough antisemitic forces around the world are turning against Israel and taking advantage of this weak White House and feckless president called Joe Biden to run roughshod over the Jewish nation's right to defend itself, calling out the Jewish people as the aggressor and Hamas as the victim. But the fact many if not most members of the media play into this narrative is despicable. Where is the context and truthful history? Why has Israel become the bad actor from an October 7 terror attack of Hamas' making? Troy Miller, president of NRB, traveled to Israel and this is what he's learned.

If you thought the crisis at the border couldn't get any worse, think again. President Joe Biden may have signed an executive order to tighten up the border and trigger restrictions against new entries once the crossing numbers reach a certain level. But it's all political theater. And few know that better than Shea Bradley-Farrell, president of Counterpoint Institute, who visited the border in person and spoke with border agents, residents and medical professionals in the region to see how bad things really are -- and this is what she discovered: they're worse than Americans realize.

The pressure from the world, including from America, for Israel to come to some sort of peaceable solution with Hamas is increasing, and it's really leaving the Jewish people in a tight spot. It's impossible to strike a peaceful coexistence with people who simply want to destroy your nation and destroy your people -- yet that's what President Joe Biden is putting on Israel to forge with the terror group Hamas. When did it get to the point Israel was the aggressor and Hamas the victim? Hamas struck Israel on October 7, 2023, and everything that's come after in terms of war and casualties and war-torn communities has been the fault of Hamas. If the terrorists never attacked, Israel never would have attacked, either. Josh Reinstein, president of Israel Allies Foundation, discusses the latest.