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What if our Constitution no longer works?

What if the whole purpose of the Constitution was to establish and limit the federal government? What if Congress’s 16 enumerated powers in the Constitution no longer limit Congress but are actually used as a justification to extend Congress’s authority over nearly every aspect of human life? What if Congress bribes the states with cash, the rich with bailouts, the middle class with tax cuts? What if the president, meant to be an equal to Congress, has instead become a democratically elected, term-limited, monarch? What if the president claims that everything he did was legal, just ...

The gig economy can’t retire; This needs addressed

America is fast approaching a historic milestone. By 2027, freelancers will make up more than 50% of the workforce, marking a fundamental shift in the U.S. labor market. Yet, many of these workers will have no retirement plan. According to the Pew Research Center, only 13% of single-person business owners are saving for retirement compared to nearly three-fourths of Americans in traditional jobs. That leaves tens of millions of freelancers and independent workers at risk, just as other forms of retirement security begin to falter. Freelancers, contractors, creators and ...

Stop the U.N.’s global climate tax on American ships

Later this week the United Nations will hold a vote on a multibillion-dollar climate change tax targeted squarely at American industry. Without quick and decisive action by the White House, this U.N. tax on fossil fuels will become international law. This resolution before the International Maritime Organization will impose a carbon tax on cargo and cruise ships that carry $20 trillion of merchandise over international waters. Roughly 80% of the bulkage of world trade is transported by ship. The resolution is intended to advance the very “net zero” carbon emissions standard ...

Inside the gonzo brilliancy of Trump’s Gaza diplomacy

The “ceasefire now” crowd finally got its ceasefire, although not the way it hoped. Israel and Hamas have agreed to stop the fighting in Gaza, while the terror group will release all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. There’s always a chance the agreement falls apart. Still, it isn’t creating jubilation from all the people who have been braying for Israel to end the war. There are two reasons — one is that the deal is favorable for Israel, and the other is that the deal’s architect is a president of the United States whom the ...

Columbus Day has offered a chance to celebrate our civilization

Battles over Columbus Day aren’t really about Christopher Columbus at all — they’re about whether America should exist. “Columbus’s journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas — paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization less than three centuries later on July 4, 1776,” President Donald Trump says in his Columbus Day proclamation. Yet that’s why the holiday has so many enemies. Unlike progressive movements of decades past, today’s ideological left doesn’t particularly ...

Time for leaders to show understanding

About a week after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a survey conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was released, offering insights about the direction our country is headed. After the troubling political violence we have witnessed recently, it is not shocking that a majority of those surveyed believe we are in a dire situation. The sample size was relatively small — 1,183 participants — but I think some of their views align with those of many Americans. The primary finding was that those who believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction ...