Twenty questions I’ve been pondering, yet still have no answers. “I have abandoned my search for truth and am now looking for a good fantasy” (Ashleigh Brilliant) Why do we call people who are so wrong so often “experts?” Why is it that those who never served in the military are the ones who so […]
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1 1 Let Europe Handle It “I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.” (Thomas Jefferson) After watching the exchange between President Trump, President Zelenskyy and Vice-President Vance I have a few thoughts. As an initial matter, the U.S.
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3 1 Time To Rethink Our Relations With Europe “If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. (John Stuart Mill) In international relations there are no “friends,” only “allies”
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Hate Speech Is In Fact Protected Speech Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech (Winston Churchill) For the love of all that’s holy everyone, but especially our elected officials, should think before they speak. The latest example of the talk first-think later gang
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3 Dismantling The Deep State A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody. (Thomas Paine) Well, well, well, here we are two days shy of three weeks into Trump’s second term and the DOGE has hit the fan. It’s evident that Trump 2.0 is an improved version
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1 The DC Midair: Pray For Those We Lost And Stop Turning This Tragedy Into A Political Spectacle. Last night there was a midair collision between an Army UH-60 helicopter and an American Airlines commercial jet enroute from Wichita, KS to Reagan International. There were reportedly 64 people aboard the jet and 3 aboard the
1 The 14th Amendment And Birthright Citizenship: What Are The Limits? Citizenship is what makes a republic. (Mark Twain) There’s been a lot of teeth gnashing since Trump signed an Executive Order ending birthright citizenship for children born to parents who are illegally in the United States. Those on the right categorically state children of
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Confirmation Hearings Should Not Be Clown Shows Why do we even have confirmation hearings? Regardless of which party holds the presidency, confirmation hearings follow the same script. Senators from the President’s party ask questions, or make statements poorly disguised as questions, that paint the nominee as the virtuous public servant with the intellect of
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1 The Los Angeles Fires And Accountability “A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” (Thomas Paine) California Politicians are crying “now’s not the time to place blame” for the LA fires. And if you have the audacity to ignore them, then they accuse you of politicizing
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Trump Has To Stop And Focus. Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do. (John Carmack) In the last few days Trump has made statements about buying Greenland, renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and making Canada the 51st state. Whether he’s trolling or he’s
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