2016 Popular Vote: Clinton, 65,835,514 Trump: 62,984,828 Winner: Trump “‘This may be the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves: finally just lay back and say it – that we are really just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at […]
The Media, “Deep State” Intelligence, and Donald Trump “I was born for a storm, and a calm does not suit me.” President Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) Since the resignation of Michael Flynn as Donald Trump’s director of national security, gleeful media pundits cannot hide their optimism that the administration is in meltdown. “Blood in the water,”
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Human reason operates as an unmatched force in the world. Because of this evolutionary trait, we have dominated the planet, effectively building power structures of governmental proportion to preserve and pass on our genetic data. Our species thrives because we learn, improve, and then learn more. The online community represents a potentially hyperconscious form of
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THE OLD AND THE NEW Not long ago, the Republican Party stood largely for pragmatic military policy, stable economic measures, and sensible national and international diplomacy. Think of the impressive successes inspired by this political vision, such as when President Reagan pulled the country out of a recession and ended the Cold War. Unfortunately, as most will admit (including
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In the last few years, there have been more words written about guns and gun violence in this country than there are bullets being stored up for the Apocalypse. I promise I am not going to wade into the debate about gun control. But as a gun owner, I am worried about where the intransigence
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