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Jennifer Harper

Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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A tasty bacon and eggs breakfast from Sam's American Eaterey in San Francisco is seen here. (Photo by Eric Risberg/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The cost of breakfast too is skyrocketing under Biden

There are some shocked faces down at the grocery store these days as shoppers experience sticker shock over the cost of familiar items that serve as a kind of everyday reassurance that things are OK.

June 12, 2022
"Talkers 2022” — a sizable national conference of both on-air and behind the scenes forces of the nation’s talk radio realm — presents some 60 speakers weighing in on the field. They include Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade and Bill O'Reilly, among many others. (Shutterstock)

Talk radio still loud and clear, schedules gathering

It is a meeting of the minds -- and the voices. "Talkers 2022" -- a sizable national conference of both on-air and behind-the-scenes forces of the nation's talk radio realm -- gets underway Friday.

June 9, 2022
Former President Donald Trump is the keynote speaker for the seventh time at the upcoming Road to Majority Conference, a significant annual event organized by the Faith & Freedom Coalition, set for June 16-18. (Image courtesy of the Faith & Freedom Coalition).

Trump to keep the faith at Road to Majority conference

Former President Donald Trump is more than welcome at the upcoming Road to Majority conference, a significant annual event organized by the Faith & Freedom Coalition. Mr. Trump is the keynote speaker for the conference, which will feature a spectrum of conservative heavyweights from both the political and cultural realms.

June 8, 2022
New Jersey talk radio host Bill Spadea, morning host of WKXW New Jersey 101.5 is vexed that New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has taken an intense interest in grocery bags while ignoring the state's critical needs. (Image courtesy of Bill Spadea)

New Jersey host decries focus on grocery-bag ‘nonsense’

Let us focus on New Jersey. The feisty Garden State is a complex place, with vigorous politics and spirited opinions. Then there is the Common Sense Club, founded by talk radio host Bill Spadea, who holds court on WKXW New Jersey 101.5 each weekday morning from a studio in the state capital of Trenton. His motto is "Save Jersey. Save America" -- and he is vexed that New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has taken an intense interest in grocery bags.

June 7, 2022
Nancy Reagan at the White House in 1988, during President Ronald Reagan's second term in office. (AP Photo)

Jill Biden, Postal Service salute Nancy Reagan on her centenary

A round of applause, please, for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute and the U.S. Postal Service, which will reveal a new stamp Monday to honor Nancy Reagan on the 100th anniversary of her birth. The celebration will take place at the White House. Among those on hand for the occasion: first lady Jill Biden; Nancy Reagan's niece Anne Petersen; Reagan Foundation Chairman Frederick Ryan Jr.; and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.

June 5, 2022
The Santa Claus Village tourist attraction lit with festive lights early in the morning in Rovaniemi, Finland on Dec. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

Finland’s savvy strategy for wartime survival

Such interesting but hair-raising times we live in. "Russia's invasion of Ukraine has not caught Finland unprepared," advised a Reuters news agency report. "Even the Santa Claus theme park in his 'hometown' in the snowy north is ready to stand down its elves and revert to its original function -- an emergency bomb shelter in case of attack," the report said.

June 1, 2022
Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) move to load onto a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for extraction during a training event near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Aug. 27, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Lewis) ** FILE **

Green Beret group forms PAC for principled veterans

A new political entity has emerged, organized by those who have faced genuine combat rather than political skirmishes and spats among partisan operatives. Here comes Green Beret PAC, set to charge up the hill -- Capitol Hill, that is.

May 31, 2022
Artie Muller, who co-founded the non-profit charity Rolling Thunder in 1987 and remains executive director, says he has taken his organization's mission and message to a nationwide level. The group led rides in the nation's capitol for over 30 years. (AP PHOTO, file)

Update from Rolling Thunder on Memorial Day campaign

Let's pause to remember Rolling Thunder, the nonprofit charity and interest group that organized an annual event for over three decades in Washington to draw attention to issues of concern for veterans and the families of fallen or missing military personnel from all wars.

May 30, 2022
Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington in this file photo. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Is civil debate possible? Lindsey, Bernie to make it happen

Imagine a thoughtful and vibrant debate between Sens. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, and Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent and self-described Democratic socialist -- in a dramatic setting. Is this fantasy or reality? It's real, and Fox News is on the team making it happen.

May 26, 2022
John Kerry, left, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attend a news conference during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from May 22 until May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Meanwhile in Davos: A ‘watershed moment’?

The World Economic Forum continues through Thursday in Davos, Switzerland, drawing a cross section of high-profile folk who range from Al Gore, John Kerry and Bill Gates to 50 heads of state and an astronaut circling the Earth aboard the International Space Station.

May 25, 2022
The CIA has honored two fallen officers at the federal agency's memorial wall, which uses stars rather than names, in keeping with their clandestine calling. (Image courtesy of CIA)

CIA honors its own in Memorial Wall ceremony

The Central Intelligence Agency has conducted its annual memorial ceremony to remember, honor and celebrate the courageous officers who gave their lives in service to their country.

May 24, 2022
"Operation Fly Formula," the new White House project to remedy the infant formula crisis, has drawn a few laughs from critics who wonder if the name has to do with insects — or Hollywood actor Jeff Goldblum, who played the lead role of the fly in the 1986 film “The Fly.” (AP Photo, file)

Bugged by ‘Operation Fly Formula’; Biden operation becomes punchline

Some are pondering the White House decision to name the vital and important mission to restock the nation's supply of infant formula "Operation Fly Formula." The name quickly earned its own hashtag as many wags circulated images of Jeff Goldblum, who played the titular lead role in the Hollywood 1986 sci-fi film "The Fly."

May 19, 2022