Deterrence plays a vital role in maintaining peace

This week, world events have emphasized the importance of American readiness to keep our country safe and stand with our allies across the globe.

Where is truth?

As we approach the end of 2024 we find ourselves between two important Christian holidays. Thanksgiving is about returning thanks to God for the many blessings he has bestowed on our nation.

The American people’s vision for national defense

President Ronald Reagan was deeply committed to the idea of “peace through strength.”It’s an acknowledgement that peace is best achieved through military power, because a strong military deters conflict.

Hunter Biden and government accountability

This week, despite prior assurances made repeatedly by the president himself and his spokespeople he would not do so, President Biden announced he had signed a sweeping pardon for his son Hunter Biden.

Supporting Israel critical to Middle East peace

On the eve of October 7th, 2023, the Middle East was more peaceful than it had been in years.Just a few years earlier, President Trump had brokered the Abraham Accords, historic agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.

Acknowledging with Grateful Hearts

Poised at the threshold of the holiday season, the Thanksgiving holiday has a powerful capacity to bring us together as Americans. Despite unrest in the world, economic adversity, and political polarization, we’re given the chance to unite, share in our blessings, and give thanks.

The Florida phenomenon

The contentious presidential election of 2024 is now behind us and anyone who was old enough to have been politically aware 24 years ago, has probably thought at least once in the last few weeks about the election of 2000 between George W. Bush and Al Gore. How could we forget?

The University of Coddle

We are now in the period between Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. Both are celebrations that cause us to pause and think about our blessings and the acts of courage, selflessness, service and sacrifice of others who have often fought and died to secure those blessings.

Forget ‘lame duck’ — we must pass the defense bill

With election season behind us, the Senate is back in session. Our next few weeks before the year ends and the Biden administration comes to a close are known as the “lame duck period” — a period often marked by complacency as Congress waits for a new administration to begin.

Advancing American competitiveness

Under the Biden-Harris administration, inflation triggered by anti-growth policies, lackluster engagement on trade, and bloated federal spending has hit Nebraska households hard — costing the average household in our state $32,110 more since January 2021.