Random Thoughts for a June Day in 2026
So many stories are in the news, covering so many completely different issues, from transportation to shopping, from sports to taxation. Might they have anything in common?
John F. Di Leo
Treason – At Home, at Work, and in the Shipping Department
Reports of treasonous government officials make the news more often than one would expect, but there’s an even bigger kind of treason out there, and this one takes place through normal-looking business transactions:
Texans Start Saying Their Goodbyes to John Cornyn
The Left wants us to think that Texas voters cost themselves a Senate seat this week, giving Beijing a new member of the US Senate, but they couldn’t be more wrong.
From the Thousands to the Billions, There’s One Thing In Common
The problem won’t end until that mindset, that worldview – the criminal element and the avaricious, unamerican motivations behind it – are purged from government entirely.
From Grammar School to the Pop Culture – What Radicalized Cole Allen?
We may not want to admit it, but… There is a reason why so many Democrats have tried to kill President Trump, and a Republican Congressional baseball team, and President Trump’s cabinet members, and members of the Supreme Court.
Pain at the Pump and Misplaced Blame
Yes, fuel prices are high, but the war with Iran is only a small part of the pain at the pump. Why has the government spent the past half century quietly building so many costs into the petroleum industry, that the added cost burden of even a brief war is the straw that breaks the camel’s back?
The Impact of Tariffs, and the Economy at Large
Do new tariffs marginally increase prices? Yes, but not as much as their opponents claim. And the benefits of on-shoring, to America’s communities, America’s jobseekers, America’s economy at large, are most certainly worth it!
Pope Leo XIV and the Political Arena
Pope Leo XIV and the Trump Administration are clashing on important matters, from immigration to the welfare state, from natural defense to the 1400 year struggle against global jihad.
Mail-In Ballots and the Odds of Fraud
If you don’t really believe in elections – if you want an elite bureaucracy to rule the land, rather than a constitutional government consciously chosen by the citizenry – then there’s one simple path: undermine the legitimacy of every election, by introducing error at every stage.
Inflation, Affordability, and Reasonable Expectations
We hoped to stop the frightening inflation. We succeeded. Then we were asked to return prices to the way they used to be. That’s a taller order, but surprisingly, in some ways, we are making headway in that direction.
For 47 Years the West Tried Diplomacy – While Iran’s Mullahs Wanted Armageddon
An outsider would expect the mullahs to face the reality that they are soon to be deposed, but instead, they defiantly keep on appointing new placeholders to fill the roles that the coalition has made vacant.
Two Terrorist Attacks, Two Constitutional Amendments
News coverage like the reporting on Thursday’s terrorist attacks in Virginia and Michigan lead one to question the abilities of far too many of today’s reporters. What should be done about it?
As the Trade War Adjusts, What’s Next for Manufacturing?
American businesses are managing the changing tariff landscape by attempting re-shoring projects, but in their hurry, are they remembering to fully manage the other issues raised by re-shoring?
The Cost of Action, and the Cost of Inaction
The cost of military action is real. But there are times – and the Iran situation is exactly such a time – when the cost of inaction is infinitely greater than the cost of action.
General Washington: The Education of a Virginia Patriot
The greatest president of them all, George Washington – surveyor, planter, trader, legislator, executive, and soldier – had no “higher education” at all. How ever did he manage it?
SCOTUS, the Tariffs, and You
The reciprocal and fentanyl tariffs have been overturned, and the Trump administration is responding. How should the individual business respond to this latest disruption?
If This Isn’t an Emergency, What Is?
Soon, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on President Trump’s use of IEEPA provisions in the creation of “reciprocal tariffs.” How they rule is at least in part based on a single question: Does the current state of the American economy constitute an “emergency?”
The Case for Ending the Iranian Regime
There are many foreign entanglements that America should avoid. Fixing the 47-year disaster in Iran is not among them. The time has come to free the world from the malevolence of the mullahs.
From Crime to Energy, Choosing Sides Reveals All
Why does the mainstream press report that a woman committed a mass murder, when it was immediately known that the perpetrator was a man in a dress? The mainstream press has its reasons, and they go far beyond school shootings.
Fifty Years Ago, Jimmy Carter Emerged from Nowhere
It is now a half century since Governor Jimmy Carter took the Democratic primaries by storm in the spring of 1976, winning the Democratic presidential nomination away from much smarter, much more talented candidates