Editorial: 2022 was the year of living nervously By The Editorial Board

Now that we’ve said farewell to 2022, it is not hard to see the past year as a snapshot of a historic period of great change. But a change from what to what?

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Biden’s border crisis: Our immigration courts have a 2,023,441 case backlog and it’s more than we can handle

The Border Patrol had more than 2.2 million encounters with illegal crossers between ports of entry on the Southwest border in fiscal 2022.

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In 2023, we cannot tolerate intimidation of our judiciary

In 2022, a California resident was arrested in U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland neighborhood after transporting weapons across state lines to allegedly assassinate him.

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Daily Hope: Trust Jesus One Day at a Time

There are two days you should never worry about: yesterday and tomorrow.

Jesus said, “Don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34 NCV).

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Commentary: Simple steps, not New Year’s resolutions, can lead to positive change in our lives

We have reached the beginning of 2023. This means a busy holiday season with family and friends, enjoying plenty of food and festivities, will be drawing to a close. .

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2022’s top political winners and losers feature victories for both Biden and DeSantis

As we gather to toast ’22 and reflect on “Auld Lang Syne,” now is the perfect time to look back on the real political winners and losers from the 2022 midterms. In fact, there are very clear heroes (and even some zeros) following the tighter-than-predicted election.

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Commentary: Stanford University’s Anti-‘American’ Wokeness

Stanford University put out a new list of words it considers to be “harmful language.” The 13-page “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative” includes words like “immigrant,” which should be replaced by “person who has immigrated.” It advises against saying “walk-in hours” in favor of “open hours” to avoid discriminating against and hurting the feeling of those with disabilities. Stanford urges that we drop the phrase “beating a dead horse” because it normalizes violence against animals.

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It’s 2023. Remember that God always gives you a chance to start fresh

The new year is here, and you have a second chance! Whatever has gone wrong, you get a do-over.

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Dave Barry’s 2022 Year in Review

The best thing we can say about 2022 is: It could have been worse.

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Ann Coulter: All the Presidents’ Insurrections

Well, the Jan. 6 committee has produced its long-awaited report. In a surprise move, the committee referred former President Donald Trump for criminal prosecution, accusing him of inciting insurrection, among other crimes.

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