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Lame Duck Will Would Actually Worsen Social Security’s Problems
Lame ducks never make for good policy. Having passed a lame duck vote in the House, H.R. 82, the so-called Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 is now set for a lame duck Senate vote. Despite its name, the Social Security…
Legacy Media Deserve All the Angst That Trump’s Win Brings
The reelection of Donald Trump has created overwhelming angst among the press. With Trump, they have been like the opposite of the Humpty Dumpty rhyme. The media are all the king’s horses and all the king’s men—and they…
Why a Tech Titan Backed Trump
Why did Marc Andreessen—inventor of the first internet web browser and perhaps the prime venture capitalist in Silicon Valley today—switch from his longstanding support of the Democratic Party and back Donald Trump this…
Film Offers Informed Discussion of Trans Issues
On Dec. 20, 2022, Brokenhearted Films released the indie documentary “Dead Name” on Vimeo. It lasted there less than 60 days before Vimeo smote us, deplatforming the film after trans-activists raised hell because the film…
Billionaires Like Musk Don’t Run American Politics
Some prominent Democrats are suggesting that the U.S. is becoming an oligarchy or kleptocracy, where billionaires like Elon Musk have the real power and essentially elect presidents after President-elect Donald Trump’s…
It’s Time for a National Conversation About Left-Wing Violence
Even before we knew the targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione was politically motivated, many leftists were justifying, celebrating, and rationalizing the shooting. There’s a real debate…
Leftist Democrats Hedge on Condemning Violence
Democrats are slowly, but surely, building a permission structure for progressive activists to kill those they determine are bad. From the rise of antisemitism to, now, the killing of an insurance CEO, few Democrats seem…
What Nonbelievers Assume About Pro-Trump Evangelicals
There’s no doubt that President-elect Donald Trump’s victories at the polls are fueled by a stalwart base of support from evangelical Christians. But what many non-Trump voters don’t realize is that American evangelicals…
Why Is American Health Care So Bad?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. How did American health care get so bad? Why do we tolerate a system where you go bankrupt for a hip replacement?…
“Gladiator II” Reflects Trump’s Populist Political Journey
Hollywood sequels rarely achieve the magic of the original, but “Gladiator II” comes close. Except for the familiar populist framework of a lone man taking on “the system” against all odds, the echoes to the original are…