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America at 250, why does progressive politics define the lives of so many of our fellow citizens, making them almost completely miserable?
As even Vox.com was honest enough to note, America in 1976 was in a far worse place than today, and yet Americans felt better about the country and the future. Before the results of the 2024 election were known on the evening of November 5, I encouraged everyone to remember their Billy Joel. At the…
If simple words like “temporary” don’t mean what everyone knows they mean, democracy is screwed
In 1990, Congress established a program for refugees that needed temporary relief, but somehow, almost no one admitted under the program ever left, the number admitted increased ten times in the past nine years, and proponents are now insisting they never should. In principle, I’m a supporter of the Temporary Protected Status program, which allows…
America at 250, confessions of a late blooming patriot on the principles and personalities that founded the greatest country in the world
It wasn’t until college when I was transformed by a James Madison quote, a timeless statement of truth, the equivalent of political poetry, illuminating something deep inside the heart of us all: If men were angels, no government would be necessary. I’ll confess: I wasn’t exactly a patriot early in life. A born cynic, probably…
The Democratic Socialists of America are devouring the Democrat Party, who are the real radicals now?
While the conventional wisdom holds that the Republicans have become increasingly extreme, the Democrats keeping picking proud socialists to be their standard bearers, some of the most radical politicians in history on a major party ticket. For at least a decade, the conventional wisdom has held that the Republican Party has become increasingly extreme, moving…
This is your Washington, DC Reflecting Pool on Trump Derangement
Vandals, hearings, lawsuits, pro-algae protesters, historians, pool experts, style experts, and more have all been brought to bear over renovations that have occurred consistently for more almost a hundred years. Sometimes, a seemingly minor situation, untethered from the broader sweep of history or human events, can be illustrative in a way great matters simply cannot,…
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Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 