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On Thursday, former NFL player Jack Brewer testified at a Congressional hearing on school shootings. Brewer, who works with young men through his non-profit,the Jack Brewer Foundation, has spoken out about how fatherlessness contributes to crime and violence. I’ll never forget being shot at and seeing a stray pellet skim my cousin’s arm. I was a young kid, with all the world in front of me. I was a straight-A student, a great multi-sport athlete, and even director of my church choir. If I was caught with that gun in my pocket, I would not be testifying before you today....

The War on Poverty needs to be ended and called the failure that it is. It has all but destroyed our country by destroying the work ethic, particularly among the lower classes. While there are truly needy exceptions, many welfare moms have babies solely to generate an income for which they do not have to punch a clock nor be held accountable to anyone. The largesse of politicians spending other people’s money – to guarantee their re-election – has lavished untold billions on this scheme and has nothing to show for it. Is there any reason to reward a woman...