Politics

What the House Learned from IRS Whistleblowers re the Biden Probe

Posted by on July 30, 2023 at 6:49 pm

This actually happened several days ago, and there has been more reported on the probe since, but I still thought it worth mentioning. You’ve all probably heard or read about the investigation(s) into Hunter Biden and his father, and a big part of that has to do with huge “consulting” fees and unpaid taxes. The […]

U.S. Climate Data Is Mostly Corrupt

Posted by on July 23, 2023 at 7:38 pm

“[T]he rate of warming as measured by unperturbed surface stations, USCRN, and UAH does not represent a climate crisis.” — Corrupted Climate Stations: The Official U.S. Temperature Record Remains Fatally Flawed (2022) Have you ever wondered how the climate gurus calculate things like average surface temperatures and warming trends? Where do they get the data? […]

A Plan for Fixing the FBI

Posted by on July 16, 2023 at 6:56 pm

“One way or another, the time is now for Congress to do what’s needed to fix the FBI and end its trampling of Americans’ most precious civil liberties.” — Steven G. Bradbury, Distinguished Fellow in the Executive Vice President’s Office at The Heritage Foundation For a while now, there have been calls to revamp or […]

SCOTUS Finishes Term Strong!

Posted by on July 2, 2023 at 7:39 pm

“Disagreement isn’t discrimination, and the government can’t mislabel speech as discrimination to censor it.” — Kristen Waggoner, CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States finished up their latest term this past week, and, man, there were some big decisions with far-reaching ramifications! Most of the decisions are […]

Project 2025: A Plan to Dismantle the Deep State

Posted by on June 25, 2023 at 6:56 pm

“The great challenge confronting a conservative president is the existential need for aggressive use of the vast powers of the executive branch to return power — including power currently held by the executive branch — to the American people.” — Russ Vought, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Donald Trump […]

The “Wonders” of the Biden Economy

Posted by on June 4, 2023 at 7:04 pm

“Although the pandemic recession was the shortest recession on record, the economic chaos it created was incredible.” — Andrew F. Puzder, businessman and author This week I present an excerpt from a recent talk given by Andrew F. Puzder at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar. If, like me, you are not familiar with Puzder, […]

Armed Citizens Save Lives

Posted by on May 28, 2023 at 6:02 pm

“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” — George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment, during Virginia’s Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788 After nearly 250 years as a nation, Americans are still debating the actual […]

Welcome to the Church of Diversity

Posted by on May 21, 2023 at 6:31 pm

I found another section from Vivek Ramaswamy’s book, Woke, Inc., that I wanted to share. This is from Chapter 10, “Wokeness Is Like a Religion”, so it should be pretty obvious where this is going. The author discusses noted cases in the news, from James Damore to J.K. Rowling, in which individuals dared to question […]

A Means to an End

Posted by on May 7, 2023 at 6:48 pm

“That’s insane!” — Jared Dirac, Special Forces soldier The following conversation — technically just half of a conversation — is an excerpt from the science-fiction novel The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi. Normally, I would be more likely to share something like this on my “Heroes and Aliens” blog. But, this section (and the book […]

Solving the Problem of Expansive Corporate Power

Posted by on April 30, 2023 at 6:10 pm

“Limited shareholder liability was never meant to protect well-heeled woke investors from the consequences of their actions during PR stunts at woke parades.” — Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc. This week, I have another excerpt from Vivek Ramaswamy’s Woke, Inc. that I found quite interesting. And this one comes with a history lesson to boot. After […]