A friend recently wrote a speech in which she referred to the 200 billion trillion stars in the observable universe and asked the question: “Is there life out there?” My initial response was, “How do […]
President Donald Trump has rolled all the dice from his casinos on being right about imposing reciprocal tariffs on every nation around the globe. It is a monumental gamble. He and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent […]
“Look Homeward Angel” is the most important novel ever written in North Carolina. I have never read it in total ― fiction is a tough read for me. I have only heard about it in […]
Watergate destroyed the Republican Party brand for a generation. Democrats have forgotten the reason why Watergate helped them dominate American politics for the next generation. No one thought it possible elected officials at the very […]
If something is a “nongovernment organization,” wouldn’t any sentient person assume it has nothing to do with “government” in any way, shape, fashion or form? A lemonade stand is a “nongovernment organization” ― unless, of […]
The best tariffs are no tariffs anywhere in the world. Milton Friedman and any other free-market economist who ever lived would say the same thing. In a perfect world, raw materials, manufactured goods, and services […]
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, sent a letter to his team on Feb. 26 that said: “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of […]
One of the tragedies of American politics is the deep-seated hatred between certain Democrats and Republicans. Some people enjoy watching it. It is like seeing hockey players fight or listening to mean girls gossip in […]
Elon Musk was stupefied to discover official records of U.S. federal employees stored 230 feet below surface in a limestone mineshaft in Boyers, Pennsylvania. I wasn’t. Anyone who worked on Capitol Hill should not have […]
If you were an 18-to-21-year-old voter today, which political party would you join? One major party embraces cryptocurrency; the other does not. (Crypto scares me to death, but young people love it) One party embraces […]
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