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If the U.S. government can’t leave free speech alone, then its oath to the Constitution and the Constitution’s stated guarantees are meaningless, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announcing that a grand jury in North Carolina returned an indictment against former F.B.I. Director James Comey for allegedly threatening President Trump on April 28. (C-Span still) By Andrew P. Napolitano In 200-plus years of interpreting the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the courts have narrowed and expanded its scope. The Supreme Court employed a particularly narrow approach during much of the last century, through two world…
Universities function as debt factories, producing degrees with diminishing real-world value while delaying adulthood. Forty percent of graduates are underemployed, while tradesmen and entrepreneurs often out-earn them without crippling student loans. Institutions indoctrinate students with ideological dogma while failing to teach essential life skills. Reject consumerist conditioning (Have-Do-Be). Instead, be: cultivate discipline, courage and integrity. Do: prioritize skills over diplomas—action trumps theory. Have: own assets (land, tools, businesses) instead of liabilities (debt, dependencies). Society implants artificial goals (9-to-5 careers, mortgages, credential-chasing) that serve systems, not individuals. True success comes from self-defined purpose, as seen in homesteaders, tradesmen and digital nomads.…
Hopefully senators starring in the failure theater production of ‘debating’ the SAVE America Act heard Indiana’s message loud and clear. Source link
On Monday, a separatist group in the oil-rich Canadian province of Alberta, located just above Montana, submitted over 300,000 signatures in support of a referendum to leave Canada. That’s nearly double the amount of signatures required to trigger a vote by law. Recent reporting shows that at least one quarter of the province’s population would vote to leave Canada. While the separatists still have substantial gains to make, the popularity of the movement illustrates a growing list of fractures and faults in Canada’s constitutional order—particularly cultural differences, economic grievances, and the systemic political underrepresentation of western provinces. While Alberta has…
Trump’s second term was supposed to be the reset: less chaos, fewer neocons, and a renewed focus on problems at home. Instead, we’re watching an Iran conflict spiral while the administration sells the public a fantasy of easy wins and controlled escalation. I’m joined again by Dave Smith from Part of the Problem to revisit the 2024 election hangover and the uncomfortable question hanging over the right: was backing Trump a strategic mistake? We talk through what a Harris presidency might have meant for censorship, the border, regulation, and war, then pivot to what’s undeniable now: the incentives around Trump…
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The United States is a nation of extraordinary wealth and extraordinary contradiction. Tens of millions of Americans live in material insecurity, while aggregate wealth continues to expand. Institutional trust remains fragile, and the systems meant to deliver stability—healthcare, housing, education—often do so unevenly. These are not random misfortunes. They are the predictable outcomes of a social order organized in particular ways, reflecting deeper assumptions about how individuals relate to one another and to the systems that govern their lives. The education system, in particular, can serve as a compass for shaping social systems. Human ecology…
Iran said it was reviewing the latest American proposal to end the Iran War as the conflict’s ceasefire entered its 30th day on Thursday. “The U.S. plan and proposal is still under review by Iran, and after finalizing its viewpoints, Iran will convey its views to key mediators in Pakistan,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told the Iranian Student News Agency Wednesday. Axios, citing anonymous U.S. officials, reported Wednesday that the White House believes the two sides are converging on a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the conflict. Axios said the deal would involve Iran committing to a…
The most familiar races between superpowers are those involving dreaded killer weapons, but today the U.S. and China are engaged in another one involving a centuries-old invention that also improves l Source link
Only the blackest of hearts need apply The old line about “truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne” comes to mind regularly now, as I observe the dying throes of the American Republic. It’s probably fitting that we’ve closed most of the mental institutions, since the entire country has largely devolved into the largest insane asylum the world has ever seen. Now, I understand that, being mere peasants and all, we don’t have the pleasure of seeing who our real rulers are. So I can only assess the leaders we can see, and they are the most pathetic lot imaginable. Not…
The entire effort cost $13.5 million, which could have gone to beating Democrats. Source link