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International Aid and Internal Fraud Are Part of the Same Plan
Information about the appalling waste of American taxpayers' money continues to pour out like pus from a lanced boil. Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency team were tasked by the Trump administration with cleaning up the federal government, exposing and ending waste, fraud and outright theft. Right on cue, those whose ...Read more
International Aid Isn't Just a Recipe for Grift and Waste; It Also Destroys the Economies of Poor Nations
It's impossible to overstate the impact that Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are having on American government -- and the public's knowledge about what's really being done with our money.
Nowhere is that more evident than the erupting scandal involving the United States Agency for International Development, ...Read more
It Isn't Just Trump -- It's the American Voters, and It's Bipartisan
The anti-Trump media seems partially paralyzed following President Donald Trump's reelection last November and particularly since his inauguration on Jan. 20. The president has been moving at lightning speed to implement the policies on which he and Vice President JD Vance ran and won not only a victory within the Electoral College but also in...Read more
Now It's Time for the Truth
President Donald Trump is hitting the ground running, having signed more than two dozen executive orders and memoranda since his inauguration on Monday.
The subject matter of Trump's executive orders largely mirrors the issues he ran on during his campaign, including declaring a national emergency at the nation's southern border and sending ...Read more
These Crises Are the Direct Results of Democrat Policies
Fires continue to destroy parts of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. At this writing, more than 40,000 acres have burned. Twelve thousand-plus structures -- mostly homes but also businesses, churches and schools -- have burned to the ground. Pacific Palisades is virtually gone, as are parts of Malibu and much of Altadena. Almost 200,000 ...Read more
2025: A Return to Standards?
As President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration approaches, people in this country and throughout the rest of the world are celebrating. To those who voted for him (as well as those cheering for him abroad), his victory in the 2024 presidential election signifies a revolution by Americans who have long felt compromised, betrayed and sold out by...Read more
Christmas Thanks for God's Blessings
On this Christmas Day, 2024, we in America have much to be grateful for:
For a country where liberty is still valued and where prosperity is still possible.
For our families, friends, loved ones, colleagues and coworkers.
For the kindness of strangers.
For those whose inspiration, talent and craft have provided the stories, books, music, ...Read more
'My God, There Is Light'
In the wake of the collapse of the Syrian government, CNN reporter Clarissa Ward and her team were in Damascus last week, looking for any sign of American journalist Austin Tice, alleged to be held in a Syrian prison since 2012. Although they did not find Tice, they did find a man alone in a cell of an abandoned prison. He claimed to ...Read more
Universal Health Care Delusions
The assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week is generating new headlines by the hour. The suspect in the murder -- 26-year-old Luigi Mangione -- was found in Pennsylvania and will likely be extradited to New York to face murder charges.
Thompson's murder has produced shocking support for his accused killer. ...Read more
We Should Treat the Intellectual Elites Like Royalty
Years ago, I read a book by the historian Barbara Tuchman called "Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour." It's worth a read for anyone wondering about the origins of the present-day conflicts in the Middle East.
Like so many other contemporary catastrophes, the ongoing wars between Israel and Arab nations are ...Read more
Religious Belief and the 2024 Election
Data analysts are already publishing available information about sex/gender, income, education and racial/ethnic breakdowns of Americans who voted for Kamala Harris versus those who voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election this year.
Another set of data explores the important relationship between religious beliefs and support for ...Read more