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Bold and Blunt
Hosted by The Washington Times · EN
Bold and blunt: Washington Times online opinion editor Cheryl Chumley brings her no-holds-barred take on the big issues of the day.
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Covid still depressing home ownership
5d ago00:27:30Tap to summarizeIf you want to know why youth in America are struggling to move from renting to home ownership, then look no further than the Covid years. As one housing expert says, Covid became the pivot point in the nation where building homes turned into a developer's nightmare, because pricing homes was so impossible. And that challenge was passed right along to consumers. The effects still linger.
Transcribe →Wealth-building with God
2w ago00:31:51Tap to summarizeToo many Christians have the wrong idea about money, and see the concept of wealth-building as automatically evil. But pursuing financial stability and prosperity isn't in itself an evil. Money only becomes problematic when its pursuit gets in the way of worship of God. John Coleman, author of "Good Money," tells how to build a life of financial purpose.
Transcribe →Tax cuts are great, but debt reduction's better
3w ago00:32:03Tap to summarizeThis White House has shown itself to be a champion of tax cuts, with estimates showing Americans are receiving refunds on several thousand dollars, on average. But as fiscal expert Dr. Anne Bradley warns, tax cuts without longer term reductions in government spending in essence stagnate growth and erase the returns to citizens. Tax cuts alone can't solve the national debt crisis.
Transcribe →China's shop of influence and horror
4w ago00:31:31Tap to summarizeThe Chinese communist influence in America has taken an even deeper turn, and now the CCP is using the IRS to spread its rot. Nonprofits have become a go-to for the CCP, and it's become so problematic, even Congress is holding hearings. But that's nothing compared to the evil Jan Jekielek has uncovered about the CCP in his new book,"Killed to Order," about organ harvesting.
Transcribe →The power of today's media
Apr 1400:33:37Tap to summarizeToday's media in all its many forms is probably the most powerful and influential it has ever been. But with great power comes great responsibility — and it's questionable whether today's media members recognize that there's a moral imperative for them to report the truth, and in instances where errors are made, to correct those mistakes. More than that, too many in today's news outlets are in it for the wrong reasons. Newsmax host Marc Lotter weighs in on the state of today's media.
Transcribe →Remembering Antonin Scalia
Apr 700:22:48Tap to summarizeAmericans' views of the U.S. Supreme Court may be divisive, with Democrats seeing the justices as too conservative and Republicans seeing the court as too unpredictable. But consensus is that the now-deceased Justice Antonin Scalia is one of the most influential figures to have served on the court in years — in decades. Chief Washington correspondent for Newsmax, James Rosen, has a new book, "Scalia: Supreme Court Years," that tells us why.
Transcribe →Angels and demons and aliens, oh my
Mar 3100:29:13Tap to summarizeLook around and see: the world is filled with mystery — and that includes the invisible world. The Bible speaks clearly of the existence of angels and demons. But what about aliens and UFOs? Where do those fit in the biblical picture? Author, media figure, writer and documentary maker Billy Hallowell discusses his new "Investigating the Supernatural: Angels & Demons" film — and it's filled with questions and answers and more mysteries.
Transcribe →Dangers to our republic abound
Mar 2400:34:11Tap to summarizeLook around and see — today's government is a far cry from what Founding Fathers envisioned when they forged this great nation. Mike Bedenbaugh, Navy veteran and author, looked at George Washington's Farewell Address and found 40 points of wisdom America's first president offered on how to keep this republic intact — and then Bedenbaugh put the points together in a book entitled, "Reviving Our Republic."
Transcribe →Christians shouldn't call for open borders
Mar 1000:28:09Tap to summarizeIf you're a Christian and you think it's a good Christian duty to call for open borders — you're wrong. That's not a biblical principle. That's not a teaching of Jesus. That's not something that honest preachers and ministers and faith leaders call on their congregations to support. Alex McFarland of Alex McFarland Ministries has harsh words for his fellow clergy on the matter of immigration and says too many Christians are being wrongly taught that Jesus would want open borders.
Transcribe →Iran's 'crimes against America'
Mar 200:26:24Tap to summarizePresident Donald Trump has taken decisive action against Iran and the regime that's been a murderous thorn for America for decades, as well as for U.S. allies around the world. And now, predictably, Democrats and globalists and leftists are calling him out for illegally waging war, unconstitutionally waging war, immorally waging war. But Iran has committed many "crimes against America," says Aviva Klompas, a former speechwriter for the Israeli delegation to the United Nations. And Trump's actions, in unison with Israel's, are of benefit to the world.
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