THE VALLEY LEDGER

In a time when America feels increasingly divided, it’s easy to forget the very principles that built this nation: individual liberty, personal responsibility, faith, and limited government are not just principles of the past. They are the tools that guide us toward a stronger and more unified future. That is the case for conservatism.   Conservatism starts with a simple truth: freedom works. When government steps back, families, communities, and small businesses step forward

America, listen carefully. There is a man in California who presents himself as the embodiment of progressive elegance. Impeccable suits, polished rhetoric, and a vision that sounds transformative until you look at the results. His name is Gavin Newsom. For eight years he has governed the Golden State with a style that puts spectacle ahead of substance. Now the rest of the country is being courted by his ambitions, and it falls to those of us who have watched this administrat