President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs went into effect at midnight last night and this morning the president had a simple message for the country who were feeling nervous about his moves. As discussed yesterday, countries around the world seem to be heeding Treasury Secretary Bessent’s advice not to retaliate […]

What was it about Augustine’s “Confessions” that made it so readable, or managed to endear its author to so many who read it? Might its appeal have had something to do with the fact that here was a great sinner who lived to regret his sins, and so completely reform his life as to become […]

We are being treated to what the CIA called a “modified limited hangout” as they try to recover their credibility after the systematic failures and lying that have disgusted the less self-deluded members of the public. Over the past decade or more, the formerly “mainstream media” engaged in a […]

First, the good news: A Democrat governor in a border state has recognized that fentanyl trafficking is a real emergency. And more good news; the same governor has mobilized the National Guard to join the fight. It’s as if the success of Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott has actually taught a lesson […]

Illegal immigrants. Campus terror supporters. Transgender women in womens’ sports, rest rooms and private spaces. Corruption. I’m learning to love this brave new world of Democrats taking the “20” side of a raft of “80-20” issues. And here might be another one: attorneys-general from 19 states are […]