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Occam’s razor in an era of declining public trust

Occam’s razor in an era of declining public trust

Occam’s razor in an era of declining public trust

Josh Hammer
Monday, March 31, 2025
The venerable principle known as “Occam’s razor,” attributed to the 14th-century English philosopher and theologian William of Ockham, asserts that when confronted with multiple possible explanations for a causal phenomenon, the simplest explanation is -- absent persuasive evidence to the contrary...
China deserves the Trump tariffs

China deserves the Trump tariffs

China deserves the Trump tariffs

Terence P. Jeffrey
Monday, March 31, 2025
This January, when President Joe Biden was serving his last weeks in office and turning over the presidency to Donald Trump, the United States ran a $31.7 billion trade deficit with the People’s Republic of China.
When judges violate the Constitution

When judges violate the Constitution

When judges violate the Constitution

Victor Joecks
Monday, March 31, 2025
EDITOR ’S NO TE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Victor Joecks.Leftist judges want to turn President Donald Trump into a president in name only. Look at all the ways that individual judges have hamstrung the Trump administration.
Roberts is responsible for the High Court’s self-delegitimization

Roberts is responsible for the High Court’s self-delegitimization

Roberts is responsible for the High Court’s self-delegitimization

Josh Hammer
Monday, March 24, 2025
At his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts invoked America’s national pastime in describing his view of the judicial role in our constitutional order: “Judges are like umpires. Umpires don’t make the rules, they apply them.

Shout-out to Friends of the Night Sky

News Staff
Monday, March 24, 2025
We want to give a “shout-out” to the wonderful people at Lampasas County Friends of the Night Sky. Lampasas really benefits from the amazing work conducted by this wonderful organization.
Why Trump should ignore the stock market

Why Trump should ignore the stock market

Why Trump should ignore the stock market

Victor Joecks
Monday, March 24, 2025
EDITOR ’S NO TE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Victor Joecks.President Donald Trump’s economic priority shouldn’t be preventing a recession. Stock prices are always a bit of a roller coaster.
Trump is the world’s worst dictator

Trump is the world’s worst dictator

Trump is the world’s worst dictator

Victor Joecks
Monday, March 17, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Victor Joecks.Dictators crave power. President Donald Trump is using his power to give Americans more freedom. That’s a massive difference.
Non-citizen terror supporters should leave

Non-citizen terror supporters should leave

Non-citizen terror supporters should leave

Ben Shapiro
Monday, March 17, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: Laura Hollis is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Ben Shapiro.It should go without saying, but America does not need more Hamas sympathizers. Yet this simple truth seems to confound a wide variety of commentators across the political spectrum.
Goodbye to a great highway

Goodbye to a great highway

Goodbye to a great highway

Terence P. Jeffrey
Monday, March 17, 2025
This may be the most beautiful commute in the world.” My father sometimes said that back in the 1970s when we were driving from our home in San Rafael to my high school in San Francisco’s Sunset District.San Rafael was founded in 1817 when Spanish Franciscans established a mission there. St.
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