The Significance of Trump’s Actions in Iran
Well, we are a republic, with a constitutionally organized separation of powers. In the USA, to start a new war, the Congress declares it after taking a proper vote.
John F. Di Leo
Battlefield Los Angeles: 2025
There are many public policy decisions that are difficult, decisions that require serious thought and perhaps consultation with advisors. And then there are public policy decisions that are easy. The crisis in Los Angeles in June 2025 is one of the easy ones.
The Trump-Musk Spat of June, 2025
After joining President Trump on the campaign trail, providing inestimable service in the election, followed by brilliant work leading a modernized Grace Commission this spring, Elon Musk seemingly turned on Donald Trump
A Party of Contradictions
The Democratic Party has long cried out for more peaceful, cordial politics, for an end to the divisiveness of modern times, despite the fact that their politicians are the ones who always call for violence against their opposition.
A Sanctions Regime as a Foreign Policy Tool
When a head of state – such as the President of the United States, for example – wants to encourage certain behaviors in a foreign government, the toolbox is limited.
President Trump and the Video Screen
Diplomacy has rules. No matter how serious the subject matter, the negotiators are expected to be cordial, respectful, no matter what they may privately think of the person or persons sitting on the other side of the table….Most days.
The Hijacking of American Citizenship
The conventional wisdom today is that President Trump is trying to “reinterpret” Amendment 14. Is that true? NO
Retail Bias in the Headlines
More people read the headline than read the story itself; it’s sometimes quite effective for a biased news source to write a relatively fair story if they can put their spin into the title.
Free Speech, Free Trade, and the English-Speaking Worldview
Vice President Vance has informed British PM Keir Starmer that fixing Great Britain’s outrageous constraints on free speech will be a requirement to achieve a trade agreement between the U.S.A. and the U.K.
President Trump and the Fight to Save American Retail
If you think bringing American manufacturing jobs back is a steep climb, it’s nothing compared to one of the key efforts this year: saving America’s retail sector.
The Restaurant, the Bag, and the Lesson
You can learn a lot from a woman’s purse. Men learn this as little boys; it may be the first thing we learn about women.
Manufacturing, Onshoring, and the Trouble with Timing
American manufacturing has been declining for half a century. It hasn’t disappeared, of course; manufacturing is still a big part of the American economy. But it’s not what it was, and that’s a problem.
October 7 Lawsuit Reveals American Accomplices
A number of American families of victims of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attacks have filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C. court, against the many alleged American collaborators and financiers of the demons of Hamas who carried out that vicious torturing, kidnapping, and killing spree.
New York Violence as a Mayoral Election Approaches
On Sunday morning, April 6, NYC police responded to a 911 call in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, where a 49 year old man named Longqian Chen, armed with cooking knives, had allegedly attacked a group of young girls ranging from 8 to 16, at least one of them, reportedly, his own niece.
Temporary Delusions, Societal Dysfunction, and Public Policy
Every so often, a politician says something that reveals much more than he intends. There are several states in which the rational legislators (usually the Republicans) are trying to reintroduce common sense, in subject areas where the irrational legislators (usually the Democrats) have banned or even forbidden it. Wisconsin is the site of such a …
When Does an Energy Source Really Work?
When you do the math – the real math, the “big picture” math – you find that wind and solar energy cost about seven times as much as traditional sources like gas, coal, oil and nuclear power plants.
George Washington and the Ides of March
Thirteen upstart colonies had declared themselves states, and united in a loose federation to fight for independence from the greatest military power on earth. And they handed over the reins to George Washington, to make it happen.
The Fabric of Society Suffers Another Blow
Joann’s bankruptcy is both a casualty of a cultural shortcoming and a contributing cause of that shortcoming’s growth. It is a vicious circle.
George Washington – Legislator
The great George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732, and served about seventeen years as a delegate in the Virginia colony’s House of Burgesses. He is remembered for many other things as well. The Father of his Country was known as a successful merchant, farmer, and horticulturalist, a prominent frontier …
The Reindustrialization of America – and Its Most Stubborn Opposition
President Trump’s campaign to bring back serious manufacturing – light, heavy and in-between – has never been popular with the Left. I wonder why.