Opinion

GUEST COLUMN, Larry Elder

Dear Jake Tapper,

You co-wrote a new book in which you brazenly accuse the Biden administration of orchestrating a "cover-up" to conceal the former president's cognitive decline. But you were complicit. You played a major role.

Why did Democrats and media co-conspirators, like you, keep quiet, downplay and viciously attack those pointing out former President Joe Biden's obvious cognitive decline -- even though his deterioration was an accepted fact behind Democrat closed doors?

GUEST COLUMN, Dick Morris

All of Trump’s crises look like they are coming up roses.

The “big beautiful budget bill,” Iranian nuclear ambitions and stopping the Ukraine war are all looking good.

Budget: House fiscal hawks dropped their opposition to Trump’s tax cuts now that it is clear that they won’t increase the deficit at all or add to the national debt.

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

On the day of Jesus’ resurrection, the horrors of the cross initially gave way to fear, despair, and confusion about the empty tomb. But soon His followers again found joy and hope in His presence.

The apostle Paul believed these post-resurrection appearances were essential to the gospel. He described them in 1 Corinthians 15: 3-6, “of first importance... that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time....” To those who saw Him, the appearances were undeniable proof that He was the risen Lord of Life, and their personal experiences became the driving force of the early church.

GUEST COLUMN, J. Basil Dannebohm

In the mid-2000s, Donald Trump’s business ventures were hemorrhaging millions. He was on the verge of losing his ability to exploit a loophole that enabled him to avoid paying taxes. That’s when NBC stepped in and offered the failed businessman a reality series called The Apprentice.

Since then, Mr. Trump has seemingly adopted a line from a well-known play as his motto: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”

The phrase from Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” has become a deranged sort of standard operating procedure for the 47th president’s administration.