In the history of mankind, many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state. TR

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year, everyone. Thank you for reading this year and for your support. Hoping you had a wonderful holiday. This has been a very tough year for many. For some, it has been disastrous. May God grant healing and comfort to all who need it. It would be great to think that the worst is behind us. But the plague will continue to rage for

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Trump returns early to Washington from West Palm Beach

Nobody seems to be sure why he is coming back early. He’s skipping the New Year’s party at Mar-a-Lago. I guess I’d be a little mad if I bought a $1,000 ticket or whatever it is, but I’m sure the food will still be great. I can say one thing. I certainly don’t remember Barack Obama ever cutting a vacation short. Or even working on

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Hawley sets up Electoral College battle in Congress

President Trump is not going to win this, because he needs a majority in both Houses to overturn the result, and he can’t get that. But this will give Republicans a chance to highlight the problems with voting in 2020 and the questionable move away from same-day voting to having everyone use the postal service to cast their vote, a system open to fraud. According

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McConnell signals $2,000 relief checks are not going to happen

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled that $2,000 stimulus checks will not pass the Senate, insisting on either more-targeted aid or that the checks be considered along with provisions President Trump supports but Democrats oppose. “The Senate is not going to split apart the three issues that President Trump linked together just because Democrats are afraid to address two of them. The Senate is not

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On second thought: Biden opts not to reverse Trump immigration policy

I gather President-elect Biden didn’t want hordes of illegal immigrants banging on the door as he took the oath of office. According to the Washington Examiner: Department of Homeland Security officials were stunned at President-elect Joe Biden’s decision not to rescind President Trump’s border policies on his first day in office. “My first response was this was, you know, a broken promise to the American

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Biden delivers Covid malaise speech

President-elect Joe Biden had nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat to offer on the coronavirus Tuesday. According to the Washington Examiner: President-elect Joe Biden painted a grim picture of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the worst was yet to come. Biden also chided his predecessor for the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations, setting up what figures to be months if not years of haggling over who

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Trump ends Obama’s streak as America’s most admired man

How could this be? I keep reading in the newspapers that President Trump is NOT to be admired. But it looks like Americans disagree with their “betters” in the media. For shame! According to Gallup: Americans are most likely to name President Donald Trump and Michelle Obama as most admired man and woman in 2020. Trump tied former President Barack Obama for the honor last

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