The Iran war ceasefire is as fragile as a spring snowflake. Circumstances may have changed substantially by the time you…
When a patient presents a pattern, a persistent psychosis, the ailment deserves a name. For modern Democrats, call it Inconvenient…
As was true for last summer’s government shutdown, the current Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown is 100% the Democrats’…
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Republicans were roundly thrashed in the 2025 mid-mid-terms while Democrats found slivers of hope and energy. Attention now turns to…
Think Berlin Gedachtniskirche (with an umlaut); in English, the “Memory Church,” a ruin of a once beautiful church in downtown…
Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly said on Sunday the shutdown could end this week if only “Republicans come to the…
The latest Labor Department jobs report shows native-born workers gaining jobs rapidly while foreign-born workers are losing jobs, netting to…
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The Supreme Court was surely correct in its recent majority decision acknowledging President Trump acted within his authority in removing…
Monthly economic data rarely provide confident clarity, and this week’s was no exception. But the story is a good one…
“Liberation Day” has come. So what does it mean? Beats the hell out of me. What we know is that…
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is nothing if not an optimist. As Senate Republican Campaign Committee lead, Scott hopes to…
President-elect Donald Trump has called for either eliminating the debt limit or pushing it far into the future. Many conservatives…