The Capable Need Not Apply

Several years ago I reached the conclusion I’m unhirable in my chosen profession of journalism – at least at mainstream or corporate news organizations such as newspapers and magazines. I also think it’s unlikely I’d be hired in other professions where I should be considered “qualified” – such as managerial positions…

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President Trump’s Proposal to Eliminate Income Taxes: Can It be Done?

In February, President Trump said that tariffs would generate so much income that Americans would no longer need to pay income taxes. The latest plan, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is to abolish income taxes for people who earn less than $150,000 yearly. That move would…

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Father of Wisconsin School Shooter Charged—But Why Are Negligent Parents in Urban Violence Cases Never Held Accountable?

Let’s just be honest about the pattern here. This is the third time that a parent has been charged for violence committed by their child. In every case, the parent has been white. There is violence committed in the streets of every major city every single day. You could…

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Introduces Bill to Repeal the Toxic USA Patriot Act 

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has officially introduced legislation to repeal the infamous USA PATRIOT Act, a cornerstone of post-9/11 surveillance expansion that many constitutional conservatives have long blasted as an all-out assault on civil liberties. Dubbed the “American Privacy Restoration Act,” the bill aims to undo the sweeping surveillance…

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Going Around. . . Coming Back Around

“I hope Ed Martin’s 1st assignment at DOJ is to investigate Thom Tillis’ corruption.” — Rogan O’Handley (aka’ DC Draino’ on X) The funny part is that this swarm of Jacobin botflies from Norm Eisen to Sen. Thom Tillis (pictured at left) thought (and acted) as if Ed Martin was…

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The Real Evil Empire May Surprise You

Forty years ago this month, I was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. I would be part of America’s all-volunteer force (AVF) for 20 years, hitting my marks and retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2005. In my two decades of service, I met…

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Fed Up With Benjamin Netanyahu?

Has Donald Trump finally seen the light? I have in the past speculated that the day might come when President Donald Trump, he of a massive ego, might just become tired of his being manipulated and controlled by America’s Israel Lobby and by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in…

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Ye’s ‘Heil Hitler’ is the Song of the Summer

Thursday, May 8, 2025 was a day filled with momentous events. The college of cardinals voted in the first ever American-born pope, leaders of BRICS-affiliated countries assembled in Moscow to celebrate “Victory Day,” and the artist formerly known as Kanye West, now merely “Ye,” dropped a track that may just…

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Trump is a Socialist

Donald Trump is a socialist.  When I write “socialist,” I do not use the word the way most right-leaning commentators use it, meaning: “bad.” If you want to get a feel for exactly how insipid and repetitious the contemporary online right is, do a search for “cackling socialist”—you don’t…

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Semitical Thinking

A number of own goals by the Trump administration led to Democratic resistance finally stiffening in April. Yet Trump’s impressively aggressive war on wokeness continues to steamroll along at a remarkable pace, considering how, until last November’s election, diversity seemed almost universally proclaimed to be America’s most sacred fetish.

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