Bold and Blunt

The pharmaceutical industry in America has grown its profits massively in recent years, but if you think executives are passing this along to the consumer, think again. Americans are having to pay twice as much, three times as much — 15 times as much — for the same medicines Big Pharma sells to others around the world. Why is that? Part of the reason is — they can. They've taken full advantage of the free market this country provides, and have spent their profits more on marketing and advertising than on lowering prescription costs. J.D. Hayworth, former congressman now with Pharmaceutical Reform Alliance, talks solutions.

Math to many is just another class to struggle through; just another course that has to be taken in order to graduate or get into college. And one of the most common questions among math-haters in school is this: Why do I need to know this if I'm not going into math for a career? The reason is simple. Math is God's way of laying out the universe. Dr. William West discusses his years of research, in his new "Sacred Science," that attributes God's universal creation to eight mathematical equations.

Moving from the Joe Biden White House to the Donald Trump Administration has been like a shift from dark to light, from night to day — from evil to good, even. Just look at the latest revelations from a former Biden aide who said many in the Democrat Party regarded Trump as such an existential threat to society that they willingly engaged in "undemocratic" actions so long as the end result brought destruction against all-things-MAGA. Talk about evil. Mary Walter, host of Mary Walter Radio, talks up the good, bad and ugly of politics, and particularly of Team Trump.

The Founding Fathers would have been very pleased with some of the politics of modern America, but on the other hand, very displeased with others. Benjamin Franklin, in particular, would not favor the growth of government — but at the same time, he would appreciate some of the globalism that has advanced the economies of the world. Mark Skousen is an eighth-generation descendant of Franklin and has penned the book, "The Greatest American," aimed at showing why this founder-slash-inventor-slash-diplomat was truly so genius.

President Donald Trump is an expert strategist, a national treasure and a true American patriot. But he's still only human, and therefore, prone to political missteps and mistakes. And on his recent Middle East trip, he's cut deals that might very well prove to be costly for America down the line. It's like when Republicans thought they could turn China into a more modern, capitalistic and free society by opening the nation's doors to economic opportunity. Beware entangling overseas alliances, George Washington warned. Hedieh Mirahmadi Falco, a Muslim-turned-Christian and a U.S. national security expert, tells where Trump may have fallen a bit short on his Mideast dealings.

About half of Americans believe this nation was founded on divine intervention and Christian principles, to be used by God for heavenly purposes — and the rest don't know truthful history. Too many leftists are trying to eradicate the factual founding of this country, as a means of getting rid of God from the public square. Michael Medved's newest movie, "The American Miracle," shows with historical accuracy the greatness of this country has been rooted in godly intervention since the beginning.

The communists in China have been busily clamping down on religious freedoms, and have even issued new regulations that mandate missionaries must register with the CCP before entering the country. But the backlash is rising. And the more the CCP tries to stifle religious freedom — the more the CCP tries to persecute Christians — the more Christianity blossoms. As Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern, says: China, unbelievably enough, is now the number one exporter of Christian missionaries to the world.

All Christians struggle to walk that fine line between being bold, but staying humble — but for Christian women, the struggle is perhaps even more difficult. Why? Women are often told and taught that it's their biblical role to walk in quiet obedience to their husbands, to their church leaders, to those they are serving — yet this is not how Jesus saw women. And it's a shame when women who have talents and gifts galore are shamed into silence based on faulty Bible teachings. Maybe that's why young women are leaving the church nowadays. Misty Phillip has a new book, “Spark Your Influence,” that teaches women specifically how to be submissive yet bold — just as Jesus was.

Marxism has really snuck into America's churches, and that's a problem for several reasons — mostly because it leads congregations down a path of false teaching. Marxist teachings come from Satan, not God. If America's faith communities are filled with those who think Jesus would be a socialist or communist or Marxist if he were walking the earth today, then this country is on a crash course for destruction. America is only as strong as its churches. Chad Connelly, founder of Faith Wins, discusses the problems with today's churches, as well as the Donald Trump administration's open embrace of Christianity. 

President Donald Trump has gone increasingly public with his faith, even mentioning the left's dreaded J-word — Jesus — for all the world to hear. This is good for all of America because when there's a White House that recognizes and respects the Christian founding of the country, the concept of God-given rights and liberties shines brightly. But it's not just in the political circles that Christianity is coming alive. The culture — the world of entertainment — is striking back at the darkness and evil that's crept into movies, into games, into videos over the years. Bill Abbott, CEO of Great American Media, talks about the more godly times we're seeing in America.