https://pjmedia.com/why-i-write/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 23:04:46 -0400<![CDATA[President Donald Trump has directed a major renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, giving Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum the lead on the project. The pool badly leaked and looked neglected for years.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:28:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/04/23/trump-restores-a-landmark-and-saves-millions-n4952135<![CDATA[Xavier Becerra, Katie Porter, and Tom Steyer stood on stage during the recent gubernatorial debate in San Francisco, where moderators pressed them on whether California Highway Patrol officers should enforce English proficiency requirements for commercial truck drivers.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:03:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/04/23/democrats-defend-non-english-truckers-as-safety-questions-grow-n4952132<![CDATA[Athletes betting for or against themselves and their teammates is something that's been going on for decades. We regularly see insider trading in the finance, corporate, and political worlds. But active duty military members betting via prediction markets on matters of national security is kind of new.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:57:24 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Venezuela]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/04/23/a-guy-won-400000-betting-on-maduros-capture-he-was-a-us-soldier-n4952131<![CDATA[My generation is stressed.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:58:00 -0400<![CDATA[Reagan Wilbanks]]><![CDATA[Bible]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://pjmedia.com/reagan-wilbanks/2026/04/23/im-part-of-americas-most-stressed-generation-but-a-growing-movement-gives-me-hope-n4952115<![CDATA[In today’s legacy media newsroom, there are two sides to every story: the one they want the public to see, and the one they’re trying to hide. As often as not, the one they want the public to see is untrue, and the one they are trying to hide is true.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:33:42 -0400<![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]><![CDATA[Fake News]]>https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/04/23/southern-poverty-law-center-story-sends-the-media-into-a-schizophrenic-fit-n4952127<![CDATA[My deep-seated loathing of the United States Department of Education and all that it has wrought is well known to people who have been reading my stuff for a long time. I've been writing about school choice for a couple of decades now. On the most recent episode of "Faith All Over the Place," I told my friends Chris Queen and Ashley McCully something to the effect of, "I can blame most of the societal ills that plague America on federal involvement in public education." (Side note: for the precise quote, please listen to the podcast! It's always all-access.)&nbsp;]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:21:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Kruiser]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DOE]]><![CDATA[Education]]>https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/04/23/dem-one-party-rule-is-inevitable-unless-dept-of-education-is-dismantled-n4952119<![CDATA[Greg Gutfeld absolutely destroyed Jessica Tarlov on The Five on Thursday, and boy did things get crazy. It was the kind of television that makes you put down your phone and actually pay attention. The two went back and forth, screaming at each other over the question of whether the American right-wing threat narrative has always been overblown, ginned up, or an outright fabrication.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:42:15 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Greg Gutfeld]]><![CDATA[Jessica Tarlov]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/04/23/greg-gutfeld-absolutely-shreds-jessica-tarlov-and-it-was-vicious-n4952128<![CDATA[On its surface, a dinner in honor of the president of the United States isn’t exactly unusual — except when the president is Donald Trump and the dinner is being planned by one of Hollywood’s major movie studios.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:35:15 -0400<![CDATA[Julio Rivera]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[CNN]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Hollywood]]>https://pjmedia.com/julio-rivera/2026/04/23/what-cbs-news-dinner-to-honor-trump-means-for-the-future-of-news-n4952095<![CDATA[April 23 is the anniversary of both the birth and the death of the greatest English writer, William Shakespeare. One of the most fervent American admirers of the 16th century Bard of Stratford-on-Avon was America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:30:15 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Bible]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[England]]><![CDATA[History]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/23/lincolns-favorite-soliloquy-from-shakespeares-hamlet-n4952120<![CDATA[With operations in at least 47 countries around the world, the Sinaloa Cartel is largely considered one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the Western Hemisphere. One of the first things the Donald Trump administration did in 2025 was designate it as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). &nbsp;]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:45:32 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Fentanyl]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/04/23/rubio-and-bessent-go-after-sinaloa-and-its-fentanyl-pipeline-n4952110<![CDATA[The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has awarded itself far more grace than it deserves by having the word “poverty” in its name, which conjures up images of bootstrap liberal attorneys who live and work like the fictional Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. The founders of the organization, in 1971, integrated a myth that became a legend in the very naming of the organization. From a branding standpoint, this is an amazing feat. But author Harper Lee took a shot at her own iconic character with a sequel to that story that, in light of this week's news, strikes an interesting parallel.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]>https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/04/23/its-official-the-southern-poverty-law-center-is-a-hate-group-n4952117<![CDATA[I sincerely hope that America's most dependable men's clothing company isn't about to go the way of Bud Light or Jaguar, but judging by the ad that just hit my inbox, the prognosis isn't great.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:08:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/04/23/bud-light-jaguar-brooks-brothers-n4952107<![CDATA[The Salt Lake City Tribune&nbsp;is reporting that an openly lesbian city council member running for Congress has been accused by four women of making "unwanted sexual advances."]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:06:29 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Utah]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/04/23/female-dem-congressional-candidate-in-utah-accused-of-making-unwanted-sexual-advances-to-four-women-n4952114<![CDATA[California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s failure to fix his state’s homelessness crisis is undeniable, although he made it one of his primary goals upon taking office.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:53:35 -0400<![CDATA[Aaron Hanscom]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]>https://pjmedia.com/aaron-hanscom/2026/04/23/dems-flunk-homelessness-test-in-california-gubernatorial-debate-n4952105<![CDATA[Like many states, Wisconsin is split between conservative rural areas and liberal cities. Nearly smack-dab in the middle of the state sits Stevens Point, and its metro runs deep blue, especially near the university. Plover sits immediately south of Point, sharing a border.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:38:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Green Energy]]><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/04/23/wisconsins-energy-future-collides-with-local-reality-n4952116<![CDATA[April 22 marked the end of the anniversary of Israel’s modern rebirth, often called Israeli Independence Day. One Israeli paramedic who lives in Nazareth is proud to see the national holiday as representing the diverse religious and cultural landscape, as well as the compassion and courage, of the nation that is both ancient and new.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:38:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Judaism]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/23/arab-christian-israeli-paramedic-celebrates-israels-independence-day-n4952111<![CDATA[Israeli media reported on Wednesday that the U.S. informed Israel that the "ceasefire' extension will end on Sunday, which was then confirmed to Fox by White House officials. This should be a day or two after the USS George Bush aircraft carrier fleet arrives in the region. This will mean that there will again be three aircraft carrier fleets and an unknown number of U.S. submarines in the area, prepared for intensive military conflict.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:34:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rabbi Michael Barclay]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Karoline Leavitt]]><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]>https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/04/23/rabbi-michael-barclays-iran-war-update-for-april-23-n4952094<![CDATA[Vanity Fair wrote a piece&nbsp;on "11 Memorable Moments in the History of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner." The yucks were coming fast and furious until even a casual reader realized something: every target of the "Best Moments" was a Republican president.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:19:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Free Speech]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/04/23/its-going-to-be-the-most-interesting-white-house-correspondents-dinner-ever-n4952100<![CDATA[That thing that Democrats say never happens has happened again. A Mexican alien received a conviction for repeatedly and illegally voting in U.S. elections.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:54:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/23/mexican-national-convicted-of-voter-fraud-in-usa-n4952103<![CDATA[Did you live a self-reliant, constructive life? Did you play by the rules, work hard, raise your kids to be productive members of society, save up, and arrive in seniority well-provisioned for your well-earned golden years?]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:44:00 -0400<![CDATA[Athena Thorne]]><![CDATA[Marxism]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]>https://pjmedia.com/athena-thorne/2026/04/23/leftists-excited-to-begin-cannibalizing-the-elderly-n4952102