Let me say, up front, that I do not know if Trump’s tariffs will accomplish his purposes or not.  Tariffs are common in human history.  Some tariffs, in some places, and at certain times, have had some benefits to a country’s economy.

By: Gerard Baker – wsj.com – April 7, 2025 In the days after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II, he was a young boy living in a small town. As American troops moved to occupy the country, the mood was one of panicked terror. The Japanese had been told by their leaders that the victorious Americans would...

A book-length collection of 81 op-eds written over a period of seven years by a single author should not be readable. And in most writers’ hands it wouldn’t be. While Peggy Noonan’s latest book, A Certain Idea of America, fits that description, it is instead a compelling read that brings moral clarity to a tumultuous period of American public life.

By: Jack Butler – nationalreview.com – March 30, 2025 Some on the left accuse conservatives of rewriting coronavirus history. Figures such as Anthony Fauci have been doing so in full public view. Five years since large-scale public reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic began, historical revisionism is afoot. If you believe some people, it’s not the public health establishment and its left-wing political...

How did I, my parents, grandparents and ancestors going back to the founding of the nation manage to get a decent education before the federal Department of Education (DOE) was created by Jimmy Carter and a Democratic Congress?

Sen. Bernie Sanders doesn’t seem to understand the difference between Stalin and Trump Source: Oligarchy vs. our democratic republic * WorldNetDaily * by Jerry Newcombe

Source: BREAKING: JFK Files Released

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...

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.

Socialism is popular! A Pew study reports that more than a third of American adults view it positively. How is this possible?