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Why the DIGNIDAD Act Must Die

From Lies and Loopholes to Chattel Management In my column, “Lies, Loopholes, and Legalization,” I went through H.R. 4393 — Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s so-called DIGNIDAD Act — section by section. I called it what it is: an awful amnesty bill full of lies, slicker and roughly four times larger than the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli scam. It grants protected legal status and work authorization to roughly 11–12 million people who were here illegally before 2021, offers Dreamers a clear path to green cards and citizenship, waters down criminal and gang bars, accelerates chain migration through hardship presumptions, and sells the whole thing…

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Lies, Loopholes, and Legalization

Why the DIGNIDAD Act is a Worse Amnesty Than 1986 A couple of months ago, I wrote about the recurring trap of so-called “comprehensive immigration reform” — the same old song where tough-sounding border talk gets paired with large-scale legalization that functions as backdoor amnesty. Well, here it is in black and white: H.R. 4393, the “DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025.” Introduced last July by Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX), this 261-page bill is still sitting in committee. It has picked up around 39 cosponsors — roughly split between Republicans and Democrats — and endorsements from…

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Antithesis in the Persian Gulf

Transactional Sovereignty in the Strait "The spice must flow." In Frank Herbert’s Dune, that iron law sustained an interstellar empire. In April 2026, it governs the real world. The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of global oil and LNG supplies have historically passed — stands severely restricted amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Tanker traffic has plummeted. Brent crude has surged past $100–$110 per barrel, with spikes higher in recent weeks. Gas prices are climbing in the United States and far more painfully elsewhere. Thousands of vessels sit idle or reroute at enormous cost.…

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Good Friday, 2026

It’s Friday… But Sunday’s Comin’ The sky darkened over Golgotha as the weight of the world pressed down on a single wooden cross. Nails had pierced hands and feet. Blood and sweat mingled with dust. A crown of thorns pressed into a brow that once rested in a manger. On this solemn day we call Good Friday, we stand in the quiet ache of Jesus’ crucifixion—the brutal culmination of His Passion. The air feels heavy. The silence, deafening. And yet, even in the deepest shadow, a whisper carries forward: It is finished. The Weight of the Cross Picture the scenes the…

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The Unifying Confirmation Fight We Need

Nominate Ron DeSantis for Attorney General Theodore Roosevelt captured it best: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” That’s the mindset that matters right now at the Department of Justice. On Thursday, President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi. She’s heading to the private sector after months of frustration over the pace of key priorities and, most glaringly, the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Deputy AG Todd Blanche, Trump’s former defense attorney, steps in as acting AG. The move was abrupt but not surprising. The DOJ has a credibility problem that’s been festering for over a…

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Holy Thursday

Holy Thursday The evening shadows lengthened over Jerusalem as Jesus gathered His twelve in that upper room. The air carried the scent of roasted lamb and bitter herbs—the Passover meal they had shared so many times before. But this night was different. This was no ordinary Seder. On what we now call Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday, the Lord of all creation stooped low, breaking bread and pouring wine in ways that would echo through the centuries. It was the night love took on flesh in humble service… and the night the shadow of betrayal began to fall. “Maundy” comes from…

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Remember Goliad: Palm Sunday of Sorrow

The Goliad Massacre and the Battle of Coleto Creek, 190 Years On Imagine the cold gray dawn of Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836. Nearly 400 Texian prisoners—many still nursing wounds from battle—marched out of Presidio La Bahía in three columns, believing they were being paroled, exchanged, or sent home. The air was crisp, the grass wet with dew. Then, a half-mile from the fort, the guards halted. Commands rang out in Spanish. Muskets rose. In an instant, the prairie erupted in gunfire, smoke, and screams. This is the story of the Goliad Massacre — the darkest chapter of the Texas Revolution,…

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A Once-in-a-Generation Constitutional Trifecta

Three Supreme Court Cases That Could Restore the Foundations of Self-Government In most Supreme Court terms, we see important cases that refine doctrine or settle discrete disputes. But every so often—perhaps once in a generation—the docket aligns on questions that strike at the structural pillars of how Americans choose their representatives, conduct their elections, and define membership in the polity. The 2025–2026 term appears poised to deliver exactly that kind of moment with three pending cases: Louisiana v. Callais, Watson v. RNC, and Trump v. Barbara. In essence, these cases ask: May race predominate in drawing congressional districts to satisfy Section…

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Why Mike Johnson’s Stand Matters

The House Fidelity to Framers’ Design In the raging battle over DHS funding and border enforcement, Speaker Mike Johnson is not merely holding a tough line — he is leading the House of Representatives to fulfill its precise constitutional purpose: acting as the energetic, popularly accountable check against a Senate that the 17th Amendment has nationalized and detached from the states the Framers intended it to protect. The fresh events of this weekend have laid the drama bare for anyone willing to see it. In a rare overnight session, the Senate under Majority Leader John Thune passed a unanimous consent deal…

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Thune’s Midnight Folly

How Senate Leadership Played the House and the Base for Suckers — And Why the Speaker's Backbone Points the Way Forward In the wee hours of March 27, 2026 — around 2:30 to 3 a.m. — the U.S. Senate passed a unanimous consent request to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security. Only about five senators were physically present on the floor: Republicans John Thune, Eric Schmitt, and Bernie Moreno (presiding), plus Democrats Brian Schatz and Andy Kim. The deal cleared funding for TSA, the Coast Guard, FEMA, CISA, and other non-enforcement functions while explicitly carving out full funding for…

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