“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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
It’s not just China’s huge armies we have to be concerned about, or their technological know-how. To put it bluntly, we are losing the diplomacy game to Communist China. But, we don’t have to. I have posted before about the threat China poses not just to American dominance but to freedom and prosperity around the […]
This is a slightly belated Thanksgiving post, but… it’s still the Thanksgiving Weekend, right? This year, I would like to take note of three things I am truly thankful for. Well, I guess I should say they are classes or categories of things. First, I want to acknowledge the U.S. military, intelligence services, and law […]
“Never forget.” — various The following is the better part of an email from Kay C. James, President of The Heritage Foundation, as she reflects on what happened on and as a result of 9/11/2001: “Every American felt the crippling anguish deep in our souls as we realized our nation was under attack and as […]
The battle over infrastructure bills and what actually, fairly constitutes “infrastructure” continues. I wrote about this back in April when the $2.25 trillion bill was in play. The current $1.1 trillion federal infrastructure bill is being sold as a reasonable, centrist compromise. Yeah… right! (sarc) Here are a few quotes from an opinion-piece by Kay […]
“It’s called infrastructure, but inside the Trojan horse it’s going to be more borrowed money, and massive tax increases on all the productive parts of our economy.” — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell As I am sure you are aware, the Biden administration working with the Democrats in Congress have proposed a huge “infrastructure” bill […]
“A guide to building an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish.” — summary statement from Heritage document What exactly does it mean to be truly politically conservative in America these days? Have you ever wondered that? I mean, are there just a couple essential beliefs one must have, and everything else is […]
I haven’t been keeping up on the topic of President Trump’s trade wars. I’m no economist, but I remember enough to know that the imposition of tariffs is generally not a good idea, as it’s the consumer that pays the (higher) price. So, this is one of those areas where I think Trump is making […]