In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus didn't whisper platitudes; He thundered truths that upended tables and challenged empires. "You are the salt of the earth," He declared, "but if salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? Yet today, far too many Christians embody flavorless salt, opting for a cushy complacency that mistakes silence for grace and avoidance for love.

The world is once again watching the Middle East with a mixture of confusion, frustration, and false hope. A cease-fire was announced. Negotiations were publicized. Headlines declared “progress.” But behind the diplomatic language and the endless press releases lies a simple, sobering truth: Hamas never intended to honor the Trump plan—because Hamas’ survival depends on deception.

So what do we have right now? A government that's reopened until January 30. A stimulus proposal that might happen. And a market that's stuck in consolidation, waiting for the next real catalyst. 

In the grand theater of American politics, few acts are more tiresome than the Democrat elite's annual performance of "I'm Just Like You." They descend from their ivory towers—coastal estates, private jets, and Botox-fueled fundraisers—to lecture the working class on humility, all while their Federal Election Commission filings read like a Neiman Marcus catalog.