The Department of Defense’s entrenched procurement model is characterized by high costs, low volumes, and sole-source contracts. Given the demands of modern warfare, it represents a critical vulnerability in the US defense apparatus, particularly against peer and near-peer adversaries. As we have recently outlined, the DOD needs a paradigm shift in procurement practices that utilizes free market principles—transparent pricing, open...

　　Love Does 　　Weekly Overview: 　　James 2:26 tells us, “Faith apart from works is dead.”If we are going to experience the fullness of life offered to us through our faith we must be those who put our words into action. We must not profess to love God on Sundays and live as if he isn’t present, real, or good on Monday....

　　In the last lines of Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville says that in writing the book, “I did not mean either to serve or to contest any party; I undertook to see, not differently, but further than the parties; and while they are occupied with the next day, I wanted to ponder the future.” 　　Seeing further than the prevailing...

　　It seems inevitable that with every passing year, we give less thought to 9/11. It’s not clear that there is anything new to say and the silent artillery of time must gradually do its work. Although the event was on TV and the live coverage is still easily available, we do not wish to relive it. It’s not exactly that...

　　This year election day in America falls on the 5th of November, a date innocuous for us, but auspicious for our British cousins (who themselves just held a consequential election on our hallowed July 4). On that day in 1605, a Catholic plot to blow up the House of Lords—with King James I in it—was happily foiled. The conspirators, including...

　　Holding on When You Want to Give Up 　　By Alexis A. Goring 　　Bible Reading 　　“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” - 1 Timothy 6:12 NIV 　　Life can be tough for everyone. Nobody has it completely easy....

　　The consensus among legal scholars and media observers is that we have at last arrived at the triumph of “originalism” in our jurisprudence, the culmination of a legal counter-revolution decades in the making. But there seem to be as many versions or shadings of originalism as there are flavors at Baskin-Robbins. Even when the conservative originalist justices of the Supreme...

　　If there were a contest to pick the best-connected conservative in the Anglosphere, John O’Sullivan would win easily. He was, for a time, Margaret Thatcher’s speechwriter. He edited National Review for almost a decade. Conrad Black sought him out to help found and edit Toronto’s National Post newspaper. He held senior editorial positions on both the London Times and the...

　　You Are Called to Encourage Your Spouse 　　By: Kia Stephens 　　Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:11 　　Sometimes, it is easier to encourage people when they are of no relation to us. We can easily encourage a friend on the phone or a random stranger but when it comes...

　　Weekend, September 7, 2024 　　Doubt? Or Unbelief? 　　Then a demon-possessed man, who was blind and couldn’t speak, was brought to Jesus. He healed the man so that he could both speak and see. (Matthew 12:22 NLT) 　　Instead of praising God for an incredible miracle, the Pharisees attributed it to the devil. Jesus had just healed a demon-possessed man who had...

　　BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY:“When King David heard all this, he was furious. And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad;he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sisterTamar.” (2 Samuel 13: 21) 　　When Bitterness Creeps In 　　By Dena Johnson Martin 　　The bitterness welled up inside me, almost crushing me. I wanted to lash out, to...

　　Hatred of Jews, Judaism, and Israel is hardly ​a ​new phenomenon. There is a reason the hatred of Jews is sometimes called the “oldest hatred.” 　　To the progressive, therefore, conservative or traditional hatred of Jews ​​needs little explanation.A conservative is a supporter of tradition, and hatred of Jews has a long history. You do the math. From the perspective of...