Author: Brittany Mays

Recent moves in Britain and Canada have pushed back against assisted suicide, with lawmakers choosing protection and care over legalization. Last week, Scotland resolutely rejected assisted suicide. Alberta announced major new legislation to protect individuals from the practice. Those two developments come from different political cultures but share a common outcome: lawmakers acted to limit assisted death. The decisions reflect a belief that government should protect the vulnerable rather than expand avenues for ending life. From a Republican viewpoint, that protection is a core role of the state and a moral duty to citizens. Scotland’s rejection is notable because it…

The federal judiciary has blocked the Pentagon’s new press-credentialing rules, finding they clash with constitutional protections and that the policy’s vagueness raises due process concerns, while the Defense Department says it will appeal and the legal fight moves to the D.C. Circuit. A federal judge threw out the Pentagon’s policy limiting press access, saying the rules violated the First Amendment and were unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment. The decision comes from U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman, and it lays out a broad objection to the department’s effort to control how journalists gather and report from inside the building. The…

A two-year-old boy named Frankie Rodenbaugh died after being left restrained in a car for roughly four hours on March 13, 2025, and the longtime babysitter charged in the case has pleaded not guilty and is free on bail. The Rodenbaugh family lives in the Martha’s Vineyard area of Massachusetts, and the child’s death has shaken their community. According to family accounts, Aimee Cotton, 41, picked Frankie up from the family home and drove him to her residence in Oak Bluffs, where he remained in a car seat for hours. Emergency crews later airlifted Frankie to a hospital, and six…

President Trump claims that the Iran war is essentially over, and this piece explains why that statement matters and what it implies for U.S. strategy, deterrence, and regional stability. President Trump claims that the Iran war is essentially over. That claim lands differently depending on your perspective, but from a Republican viewpoint it reflects a clear policy objective: end large-scale U.S. combat exposure while forcing adversaries to pay costs for aggression. Saying the fight is over is a political move as much as a strategic one, signaling that the administration prefers calibrated pressure and selective force to indefinite ground commitments.…

On Friday, a grand jury in Tarrant County declined to return an indictment in a decades-old homicide matter, leaving prosecutors and the community to weigh next steps in a cold case from the early 1990s. On Friday, a grand jury in Tarrant County, Texas, declined to indict a woman accused of committing capital murder in a cold case from 1991. The decision means the grand jury did not find sufficient probable cause to authorize criminal charges based on the evidence presented at that session. A no-bill outcome does not equate to a finding of innocence, but it does pause criminal…

This piece looks at how a constantly shifting culture affects young people and the shared anchors that used to hold generations together. Young people today grow up amid rapid changes in taste, technology, and institutions, and those shifts matter. When patterns of music, language, entertainment, and public conversation are always changing, it becomes harder for large groups to agree on common reference points. The result is a fragmented landscape where shared cultural markers are fewer and farther between. That makes it difficult to form a broad, recognizably common identity across generations. Media diversification plays a big role in this fragmentation.…

This piece looks at what rising force, movement, or personality could realistically replace Trumpism in American politics and why that shift matters for conservatives. Trumpism did more than elect a president; it reshaped how politics is fought and what voters expect from their leaders. Any successor to that energy needs to match its ability to connect with voters while offering clearer policy and steadier governance. The question is not just who could replace Trump, but what kind of conservative movement could absorb his strengths and avoid his liabilities. One possibility is a policy-first conservative cohort that focuses on kitchen-table issues:…

This piece argues that domestic pain from rising grocery and gas prices is being misattributed to defense spending, that budget politics are being oversimplified, and that neutralizing threats abroad protects American household budgets. Ground beef at $6.74 a pound and a national cattle herd at a 75-year low are concrete hits to family budgets, and regular gas climbed from $2.81 in late December to $3.85 this week — a 37% jump in eleven weeks. Those numbers are the kind of immediate pressure most families notice first, not Pentagon line items. Pointing to the grocery cart and the pump keeps the…

Mike Johnson tied the 250th anniversary of American independence to the role of religious faith in the founding, arguing that the moment calls for remembering the spiritual convictions that shaped early American life and civic institutions. As the nation marks its 250th year, House Speaker Mike Johnson framed the celebration as a chance to recall how faith and public life were intertwined from the start. He urged Americans to look back at the founders not just as political architects but as people influenced by religious conviction. That perspective pushes against the modern trend to treat religion as private and irrelevant…

The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. This number is more than a statistic, it is a snapshot of priorities and choices that will shape economic freedom for years to come. Hitting $39 trillion is a warning light for anyone who cares about fiscal discipline and national strength. The size of the debt changes the way Washington operates, squeezing choices on everything from defense to domestic priorities. Republicans are right to point out that unchecked borrowing limits future flexibility and hands control to creditors. Interest…