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March 13th, 2025
A snippy article in The New York Times this past weekend — sorry, an unusually snippy article in The New York Times this past weekend — suggested that Trump is using his pardon power to reward those loyal to him and undo what he sees as politically motivated prosecutions. If true, this would make Trump only the 47th president to...
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March 13th, 2025
When I began investing in balanced mutual funds in 1983, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 1,190. Last Monday, despite the drop of more than 1,000 points, the DJI closed at 41,911. It’s the difference between looking at short-term vs. long-term investing.
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February 27th, 2025
Socialism is popular! A Pew study reports that more than a third of American adults view it positively. How is this possible?
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February 17th, 2025
Many now wonder: Is America still “exceptional”? Are we still a great nation? What made us so? Can we become great again? In the Footsteps of Giants shows how the core principles America’s founders followed in establishing America can now provide the necessary solutions to restore America to greatness once again.
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February 17th, 2025
Whether you love or hate what is being said, if you don’t believe in their right to say it you are a totalitarian. Counter speech you dislike with facts, but don’t try to suppress it.
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February 13th, 2025
By: Karl Rove – wsj.com – February 12, 2025 He faces a a series of hard legislative fights, and Congress needs his leadership. So far, the administration’s strategy of flooding the zone and dominating the news cycle is working. But there’s a warning in the CBS data. Only 31%—roughly the size of his MAGA hard-core base—said Mr. Trump is focusing...
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February 13th, 2025
Trump isn’t the first president to sneer at the Constitution.
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January 24th, 2025
According to the Frank Sinatra song, “Love is lovelier, the second time around.” We’ll see how that works out in the second coming of Donald. J. Trump
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January 3rd, 2025
We covered the recent release of images showing Joe Biden meeting with some of Hunter Biden’s Chinese business associates, further exploding the categorical denial lies Biden and the White House shoveled at the public for years.
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December 30th, 2024
When the Electoral College met on Dec. 17 and confirmed Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris, most commentators concluded that congressional certification of the results would be a mere formality.
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