Insight: “There are many well-meaning people today who work at placing an economic floor beneath all of us so that no one shall exist below a certain level or standard of living, and certainly we don’t quarrel with this. But look more closely and you may find that all too often these well-meaning people are building a ceiling above which no one shall be permitted to climb and between the two are pressing us all into conformity, into a mold of standardized mediocrity.” —Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

Upright: “Churches in America need an honest conversation about race. Christians who scream about critical theory to avoid that conversation need to repent. But critical theory itself needs to be more widely denounced from pulpits and seminaries. Its embrace within American Christendom will do far, far more damage than an evangelical embrace of former President Donald Trump ever did. It will fully separate Christians from the truth of the gospel and drag them into a religion without grace, which makes any sort of racial reconciliation impossible. The American church needs to deal with the sin of racism. The American church needs to reject critical theory as a means of interpreting Scripture or of administering justice.” —Erick Erickson

For the record: “The spiraling tsunami at the border is overwhelming local communities, depleting budgets, crowding hospitals, and taking jobs from legal American workers. When I left office, we had achieved the most secure border in our country’s history. Under Biden, it will soon be worse, more dangerous, and more out of control than ever before. He has violated his oath of office to uphold our Constitution and enforce our laws.” —Donald Trump

For the record II: “When President Biden rescinded the emergency order on the southwest border, it stopped resources, and it stopped construction on our border. As a result of that, one area where the fence is not complete, we get five or six groups a day coming across there. It’s [opened up] the border. It opened up the message that it’s okay to come in this country. This administration owns this decision.” —Cochise County, Arizona, Sheriff Mark Dannels

Observations: “Migrants are showing up at the border wearing T-shirts that read, ‘Biden Please Let Us In!’ I suspect a lot of Americans would probably be interested in a T-shirt that read, ‘Biden Please Let Us Out’ … out of our homes and back into our schools, businesses, and churches.” —Gary Bauer

Dezinformatsiya: “Biden stimulus showers money on Americans, sharply cutting poverty in defining move of presidency.” —The Washington Post

Non compos mentis: “Trans kids are awesome, incredible, beautiful, and wonderful. Bigotry is not. Republicans need to stop obsessing over other people’s gender identity [because] frankly it’s very weird and they’re doing a lot of harm to children who are just trying to be themselves [emphasis added].” —AOC

And last… “A Hollywood actress is complaining to a billionaire talk show host about how much she regrets becoming a princess, and according to our insane culture, she actually is a victim.” —Michael Knowles