Assassination attempt was inevitable

There are consequences to virtually every mainstream media, officeholding Democrat and left-wing academic labeling former President Donald Trump a Nazi, a fascist, a white supremacist and a mortal threat to American democracy. One consequence is that more than a few people will want Trump dead.

The campaign is about policies, not Trump vs. Biden

Over the past eight-plus years, political analysts of all stripes have tended to give Trump the wrong sort of credit for the support he enjoys with voters. Leftists, in particular, marvel at former President Donald Trump’s seeming ability to create positions with which so many Americans agree.

The world’s people all want peace

Three years ago, we had the great pleasure of hosting Emma, a 16-year-old from Magdeburg, Germany, who decided to attend a year of high school here in the United States.

Debt up $7 trillion under Biden

Since President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the federal debt has increased by more than $7 trillion.On Jan. 20, 2021, the day of Biden’s inauguration, it was $27,751,896,236,414.77, according to data published by the U.S. Treasury Department. As of this Fourth of July, it was $34,847,568,990,054.13.

Attempt on Trump’s life: the cost of making America great again

Had he not turned his head at just the right moment, former President Donald J. Trump might not have survived an assassination attempt on his life Saturday.The Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for president was in the early stages of a political rally in Butler, Pa.

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Politicians, the media lied to you

Lying is certainly nothing new in politics.It is said that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession, but politics is assuredly the dirtiest -- filthier even than garbage man, mortician or, well, the world’s oldest profession itself.

Presidential press conferences

When the 69-year-old former governor of California ran for president in 1980, his political adversaries and the establishment media often focused on the same theme: Ronald Reagan was “too old.”Gannett News Service published a story in February that explained how George H.W.

Overcoming the public debt will take sacrifice, changes

“ A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.

Declare your independence from propaganda, deceit

In the aftermath of the disastrous “debate” between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the media maelstrom rivals Hurricane Beryl in intensity -- and possible destructive impact. Will Biden step down or be forced out? Will Vice President Kamala Harris be tapped to take his place?