Insight

“There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.’” —C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

Upright

“Rather than our democracy following prior moral principles, our moral principles now are defined by our democracy. What we deem to be moral — good and evil, right and wrong — now arrives to us not from heaven but from Hollywood. … A free society cannot function when individuals cannot govern themselves through personal responsibility. … Let’s pray that all our citizens see that the only path to freedom is each embracing eternal truths that enable all of us to successfully govern our own lives.” —Star Parker

Re: The Leftmedia

“A new Harvard-Harris poll shows that Americans have no idea how bad the [border] crisis is. … All told, 87% of those surveyed underestimated the number of illegal border crossers each year. Significant groups of Americans really underestimated the number — about one-third believed fewer than 250,000 crossers are coming each year, which is a remarkably uninformed opinion. More than half believe less than 500,000 are coming, another remarkably uninformed opinion. How is it that so many people are so ignorant of what is happening? Might the answer have something to do with the fact that so many news organizations have ignored the problem? Ignore the story and you’ll have ignorant viewers. The information deficit among so many Americans favors the Biden administration.” —Byron York

Friendly Fire

“I absolutely think the president should visit the border. In fact, I think anyone who is responsible for setting or making policy on the border should visit the border. I mean, that’s that’s a no brainer, right?” —Senator Kyrsten Sinema

For the Record

“The longest government shutdown in history occurred in 2018-2019 because Trump asked for $5 billion to build the wall. The $45 billion Ukraine aid in the Omnibus will bring our total given to that country [to] over $100 billion, enough to build 20+ walls on the southern border.” —Michael Seifert

“As a CEO, if I gave my employees nine months to come up with a budget and their product was a 4,000 page monstrosity that I had 48 hours to decide on, my company would no longer exist. But that’s how your government does business year after year.” —Michael Seifert

A Blind Squirrel Finds a Nut

“[Last] week, as we traipsed from an actual Georgetown cocktail party to a White House holiday event for the press to a blowout at the French Ambassador’s mansion, the thought did occur that sometimes the media’s views of the right can be a tad tainted by the cocooning effect of the Washington scene.” —POLITICO Playbook