“Neither a borrower nor a lender be.”- Polonius to his son Laertes in “Hamlet” It may be too late given the number of Americans who have willingly allowed themselves to become dependent on government more than themselves, but it’s worth trying.

Our own government’s recent history of collusion with private companies to surveil American citizens, suppress dissent, and de-bank individuals and organizations based on disfavored political or religious ideology raises the question: if TikTok ended up under American ownership, would its users simply be jumping out of the wok and into the fire?

  Closing existing bank accounts and/or denying basic services based on religious or political beliefs is worse than bad business; it is un-American. Source: De-Banking: Denying Banking Services Due to Religious or Political Beliefs Un-American | National Review

“It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant. It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so.” President Ronald Reagan “In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

By: Walter Russell Mead – wsj.com – April 1, 202 The U.S. isn’t the only place where border security is a hot political issue. The Dominican Republic is building a 250-mile wall across the island of Hispaniola to seal off its border with Haiti. Migrants crossing the English Channel have become a political challenge for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s beleaguered...

Robert Kennedy Jr. leads the highest-polling independent presidential ticket in over 30 years.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – March 29, 2024 In 2021 the richest 1% paid 45.8% of income taxes, up from 33.2% in 2001. President Biden is proposing a bevy of tax increases, and his State of the Union address included the familiar call for the wealthy to pay their “fair share.” He should examine the Internal Revenue Service...

By: Jon Fund – nationalreview.com – March 31, 2024 If progressives are willing to waive some environmental rules to speed up the reconstruction of the Key Bridge, why not do so more often? President Biden is pledging to “move heaven and earth” to rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge that spanned the Baltimore harbor. It will indeed require heavy lifting. Unlike the Philadelphia...

By: Rich Lowry – nationalreview.com – March 27, 2024 Let’s apply the new Trump standard. Special counsel Robert Hur found that there was enough evidence to charge Joe Biden with a crime, yet he didn’t. As we know, Hur concluded that a jury would probably find that Biden didn’t have criminal intent, although he stipulated during his congressional hearing a couple...

If you ever want to see the moral and spiritual decline of America, go to a Supreme Court rally about abortion.