They call it the silly season for a reason, but I don’t think anyone was prepared for a prolonged debate about tacos and somehow this was to cause some type of fatal wound to President Trump’s unabashedly masculine image. While the American people have been subject to an explosion of outrage almost every week since… Continue reading Tacos, the onset of the silly season, and the repellant stench of desperation emanating from the entire progressive movement
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Donald Trump and the law of diminishing returns
As pundits ponder the resiliency of a former President they despise, they’d do well to consider that people become dulled to controversies, real and imagined, and the accompanying rhetoric, causing both to lose their potency. There are few politicians, especially in recent memory, who have been denigrated as aggressively and hyperbolically as President Trump. Lately,… Continue reading Donald Trump and the law of diminishing returns
About that “stubbornly high” inflation
The experts shouldn’t be surprised that inflation doesn’t fall in a straight line in a relatively short period as they’ve been claiming. The historical record over the past 800 years is clear: Inflation can take decades, as in tens of years, to revert to the norm. Wall Street was stunned last week because inflation remains… Continue reading About that “stubbornly high” inflation
Ukraine: Can we dissolve the Russian military and make it disappear entirely?
The slow moving, chaotic Russian assault, plagued by poor equipment and poorly trained soldiers, offers opportunities for Ukraine itself, the United States, and our allies around the world if we are willing to get far more creative and dynamic in our strategy and tactics. Now is the time to come up with something other than… Continue reading Ukraine: Can we dissolve the Russian military and make it disappear entirely?
Afghanistan Fallout: The six biggest questions in the days ahead
Will we get our people and allies out safely? What did Biden know and when did he know it? How could our intelligence be so bad? Why did we do nothing while the Taliban marched through the country? What becomes of Afghanistan? How do our enemies and adversaries react? Momentous events like the Taliban’s swift… Continue reading Afghanistan Fallout: The six biggest questions in the days ahead




