by Tanner DiBella, President of the American Council Ah, the smell of election season is in the air. Lawn signs, billboard ads, mailers, and social media posts are bountiful — and the future of our community hangs in the balance. I find myself engrossed in races across Placer County and…

Back in December of 2019, the Trump Administration created work requirements for food stamps in an effort to get those economically disadvantaged back into the workforce. One of Trump’s harshest critics, California Governor Newsom, tweeted Matthew 25:35 on December 4th in response: The Governor manipulated the end of verse…

Every year, the American Library Association and Amnesty International host Banned Books Week, a celebration of the freedom to read and draws attention to banned and challenged books. Without a doubt, every year, I think about Farenheight 451, a 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury where books are banned and…

The June 7th primary election witnessed some incredible wins and some disappointing losses. Since 2006, California has been a supermajority hell-bent on expanding abortion, squashing parental rights, amplifying gender and sexual agendas, and taxing everything that lives, moves, and breathes. Regardless…

I’ve hesitated to write this article for some time now. I have stalled releasing these words because I know the opposition I will receive. But, it is deeply set in my soul that this truth must be said for the sake of the Church and of the conservative community. The…

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Since then, we have seen a trove of misinformation, propaganda, and the question surrounding the conflict, its origin story, and its intended purposes. The Back Story to Russia-Ukrainian Relations On December 1st, 1991, 90% of Ukraine voted overwhelmingly for independence from the USSR. Following the…

The Cold War proved to be a prodigious political and ideological confrontation. The spark of communism soon became a flame that ravaged through Poland, North Korea, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, China, Tibet, North Vietnam, Guinea, Cuba, Yemen, Kenya, Sudan, Congo, Afghanistan, Grenada, Nicaragua and others.

The political climate is almost palpable, choking out even the most committed, passionate, and resolved of us. People are battle-weary and exhausted. The last 18 months have been a constant fray. Whether it be the pandemic, racial upheaval, government overreach, the shutdown of Churches and businesses, education reform, or ludicrous…

We’ve been here before. The 1936 Arab Revolt. The 1947–48 Civic War in Palestine. The 1948 War. The 1956 Sinai War. The 1967 Six-Day War. The War of Attrition. The Yom Kippur War in 1973. The list continues and grows ever more lengthy and bloody. Volumes have been written trying…