https://pjmedia.com/author/paula-bolyard/feedPJ 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, 09 Apr 2026 17:33:38 -0400<![CDATA[The time has come, dear readers, for me to step away from PJ Media into the next phase of my life.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/08/26/farewell-pj-media-readers-n4943021<![CDATA[Last week, my 8-year-old granddaughter, who was staying with us, was thrilled to learn that our church library has a collection of "Adventures in Odyssey" CDs. She brought a stack home and spent hours listening to the stories of the fictional Whit's End. She's probably never heard the name James Dobson, but his ministry, Focus on the Family, was behind that children's audio series beloved by her daddy and millions of other children (and adults) around the world.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:27:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Pro-Life]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/08/21/rest-in-peace-james-dobson-and-thank-you-n4942913<![CDATA["Sherrod Brown let us down." That was the tag line for a campaign ad years ago, and it always comes to mind anytime I hear his name. Now he's back, less than a year after losing his Senate seat to Bernie Moreno, hoping to take out Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's appointee, Sen. Jon Husted, in a 2026 Special Election.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Jon Husted]]><![CDATA[Ohio]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/08/13/democrat-sherrod-brown-wants-his-ohio-senate-seat-back-heres-why-that-could-be-a-problem-n4942637<![CDATA[A fire destroyed the century-old Beth El Chabad synagogue in Rutherford, N.J., in the early hours of Friday morning.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:37:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Judaism]]><![CDATA[New Jersey]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/08/08/massive-fire-destroys-historic-new-jersey-synagogue-n4942536<![CDATA[The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has announced that it is shutting down after Senate Republicans zeroed out funding for the boondoggle during their markup session on Thursday.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:27:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[PBS]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/08/01/the-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-just-made-a-big-announcementand-youre-gonna-love-it-n4942321<![CDATA[A Danville, Va., city councilman was set on fire and seriously injured in a vicious attack on Wednesday.&nbsp;&nbsp;]]>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:47:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Crime]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/30/breaking-madman-sets-virginia-city-councilman-on-fire-in-brutal-attack-n4942254<![CDATA[You can almost hear the death rattle emanating from Media Matters for America (MMFA), the unofficial (wink-wink) media arm of the Democrat Party, which unironically calls itself the "progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media."&nbsp;]]>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 17:38:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Critical Race Theory]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/25/crisis-at-media-matters-as-it-cuts-staff-struggles-to-pay-legal-bills-n4942101<![CDATA[The first episode of a two-part documentary, "Billy Joel: And So It Goes," dropped on HBO this week. Bill Maher interviewed the Piano Man about the project on his "Club Random" podcast, and they ultimately got around to the topic of wokeism.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Bill Maher]]><![CDATA[Entertainment]]><![CDATA[Music]]><![CDATA[Woke]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/23/billy-joel-reveals-what-he-thinks-about-woke-ideology-n4942033<![CDATA["What I can assure the American people is that this investigation [into Hillary Clinton's homebrew server] was done competently, honestly, and independently. No outside influence of any kind was brought to bear." — FBI Director James Comey, July 2016.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Chuck Grassley]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]><![CDATA[James Comey]]><![CDATA[National Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/21/bombshell-report-reveals-what-weve-known-all-along-about-hillary-clintons-email-scandal-n4941962<![CDATA[In recent days, the Left has been abuzz over a photo appearing to show swelling in President Trump's ankles and bruising on his hand. Fake wannabe doctors on social media diagnosed him with everything from congestive heart failure to kidney problems. It turns out that Trump has a common, benign condition.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:09:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/17/breaking-trump-receives-diagnosis-for-leg-swelling-hand-bruising-n4941848<![CDATA[The White House today announced a massive tally of wins when it comes to food ingredients:&nbsp;]]>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/14/white-house-tauts-huge-maha-wins-on-food-dyes-and-its-being-don-the-right-way-n4941750<![CDATA[My first introduction to Samaritan's Purse was in the early 1990s, when our church collected boxes for Operation Christmas Child, a ministry that provides Christmas gifts to impoverished children worldwide. In the years since, my respect for the ministry has only grown.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:05:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/11/heres-what-samaritans-purse-is-doing-right-now-to-alleviate-suffering-in-texas-n4941634<![CDATA[How long will officials allow antisemitic protesters to take over streets, schools, and businesses before enough is enough?&nbsp;]]>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:12:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Palestinians]]><![CDATA[Pro-Palestinian]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/09/breaking-jfk-airport-issues-travel-warning-over-anti-semitic-protests-n4941599<![CDATA[I watched a documentary about the American Apparel clothing line over the weekend (I feel dumber for having watched it), and whadaya know. The company's former owner, Dov Charney, recalled Barack Obama's 2009 ICE raids in LA that forced him to fire 1,600 employees.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/08/lets-talk-about-obamas-ice-raids-n4941551<![CDATA[There's been another attack on Border Patrol agents, this time in McAllen, Texas. Fox News' Bill Melugin reports,&nbsp;]]>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:53:50 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Border Patrol]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Gun Violence]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/07/breaking-man-with-rifle-ambushes-border-patrol-agents-in-mcallen-texas-n4941498<![CDATA[It's a sad fact of life and an awful commentary on our broken culture that churches need to have armed security guards.]]>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:29:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/03/were-learning-more-about-that-church-shooting-in-michigan-n4941412<![CDATA[How did a former hip-hop "artist" and backbench state assemblyman beat Democrat stalwart Andrew Cuomo and his $25 million super PAC? The answer, according to one marketing expert, is TikTok memes. Yeah, really.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:16:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/02/is-this-how-mamdani-really-won-the-nyc-democrat-mayoral-primary-n4941384<![CDATA[David French, formerly of National Review and now at The Dispatch, has gone off the deep end in the Trump era. Not only has he turned into an avid social-justice warrior, but now he's done a flip-flop on transgender pronouns.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:04:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Transgender]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/07/01/david-french-flip-flops-on-pronouns-welcomes-trans-writer-to-the-dispatch-n4941349<![CDATA[It happens every time there's a high-profile crime. Law enforcement officials, in collusion with social media companies, surreptitiously disable the social media profiles of suspects, leaving Americans in the dark about their motives and political leanings.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:43:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/06/30/who-benefits-when-authorities-disappear-social-media-posts-after-a-high-profile-crime-n4941318<![CDATA[A man who was arrested at Saturday's "No Kings" rally in West Chester, Pa., on gun charges is now in a lot more trouble after police found a huge cache of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in his home after executing a search warrant.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:09:00 -0400<![CDATA[Paula Bolyard]]><![CDATA[Concealed Carry]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]>https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/06/17/police-find-wmds-at-home-of-heavily-armed-pa-man-arrested-at-pa-no-kings-rally-n4940888