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The ridiculous audacity of Donald Trump
There doesn’t seem to be a single element of the status quo the President finds acceptable and whenever he happens to determine something is unacceptable, he has not hesitated to put his entire Presidency and its ultimately legacy on the line. In some other universe, Donald Trump retook office on January 20, 2025 and proceeded…
Reflections on turning 50, when you’re not exactly Dante from the Inferno in a dark wood
If you don’t want more and aren’t worried about losing what you have, either you have nothing and aren’t aware there is anything, you have everything and there’s nothing left to achieve, or you’re dead. Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.” So…
Democrats are doubling down on illegal immigration to their own detriment because they are terrified of their own voters
For a savvy politician, the disconnect between what voters want on illegal immigration and how the President is addressing that want is an opportunity to agree with the principle while bemoaning the practice, but Democrats cannot bring themselves to take advantage. To a rational adult, two things can be true simultaneously. It is possible to…
Iran: Comparisons to Iraq are only helpful to a point when the world has changed
Less than 20 years ago, the phrase “Arab Street” generally meant a collection of countries that were both anti-Israel and largely opposed to the United States. Mainly thanks to President Trump himself, the region has flipped from adversary to ally and that might be enough. President Donald Trump’s bold, risky, some would say reckless decision…
Trump’s State of the Union and the two things that might matter in the days ahead
While this speech, nor any speech, is likely to be remembered in an age of short attention spans, the President did two things that could matter by tying his policies to individual people and positioning the Democrats as anti-American rather than merely anti-Trump. On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered an effective if not truly…
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Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 