Uncle SLIC’s lingering loans
School may be out for the summer, but the Student Loan Industrial Complex (SLIC) chugs along no matter what time of the year it is.
Congress
Not my Father’s (or my Mother’s) Democratic Party
My parents were lifelong Democrats. My mother sometimes volunteered at polling stations during primary and general elections. My father, a lifelong salesman with a great gift of gab, occasionally canvassed for various Democratic candidates.
‘Does This Big, Beautiful Bill Make My Debt Look Big?’
There Is MUCH More to Do Don’t ask anyone MAGA that question. They very quickly get VERY angry. But, of course, it does make the national debt look even bigger. Mostly because it will be. As US Trump voters not under a spell in fact know. Well, the BBB is law (BBL?). Now comes the …
The Big Broke Bill Keeps Getting Worse
Big Bills are awful. Because they’re awful. Nigh no one reads the monstrosities. Certainly almost none of the people voting for them do.
Trump To End The World. Women, Children, And Minorities Hardest Hit
Another week, another screed over Donald Trump destroying the republic. This time, from a former Secretary of Defense.
Trump saves world, Democrats complain
Once again, President Trump has succeeded where his predecessors half-heartedly tried. Iran now is out of the nuclear bomb-making business.
The Mexican Lawsuit Is Only The Beginning.
Did you hear that God once decided to sue Satan? He dropped the idea when he remembered where all the lawyers were.
Men Must Be Purposeful
The services, despite the efforts of leftists, is dominated by the alpha-male. The Pentagon has rediscovered that fact.
Voting en Bloc
To Republican Senators and Congresspersons: You are NOT an Ohio/California/Texas…Senator/Congressperson, you are a United States Senator/Congressperson who happens to be from Ohio/California/Texas
I won’t side with Dems on BBB; Where is Rand Paul’s Big Beautiful Bill? He’s had 14 years to write it
Senator Paul Rand is the latest Kentucky Republican to announce he’s voting Democrat on the Big Beautiful Bill.
Make Tommy Massie the next Liz Cheney
The House passed the Big Beautiful Bill by one vote on Thursday following two months of melodrama. The Senate will take it up next.
Politically, Things Have Gone Wrong; But They Meant Well! By George Mcclellan
Here’s a shocking headline that should alarm all Conservatives: “GOP Congress Breaks 70 Year Record for Doing Nothing Under a Republican President.”
Mr. Trump Goes to the Capitol
DC world focuses like a 2-year-old on the sudden acknowledgement of Biden’s dementia and his begrudging admission that he has prostate cancer that morphed into bone cancer. He likely won’t last until Labor Day.
The Founders Warned Us: How America’s Founding Fathers Feared Political Parties
This is part 3 of a 4-part series on The Founders and their prescient fears and warnings on the dangers of Political Parties.
Taxing the Tip Jar: Why Congress Needs to Act Now
Congressional inaction on the languishing No Tax On Tips Act, is not just bureaucratic inertia; it’s a direct financial hit to millions of hardworking Americans in the service industry.
The Latest Abuse Of Judicial Power
Judges are out of control, and our Constitution provides means to reign them in. It’s time we start.
Beware the Taxman
Historically, April 15 has not been a good day. On April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln died after being shot in the head the previous evening. On April 15, 1912, 1500 people died when the Titanic sank
Sen. Tom Coburn (Doctor of the Budget Before DOGE)
So the GAO team strolls into Sen. Coburn conference room. One woman and three men. The Director of the team was a forty-something East Indian with an accent. He did not appear to be an American which raised my curiousity. More on that later.
14th Amendment: Part 4: Drafting and Ratification of all Sections, Except Citizenship Clause
This is an 8-part series on the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution and how it affects among other things, “birthright citizenship.” Today’s offering is: Part 4: Drafting and Ratification of all Sections, Except Citizenship Clause
Beware the Ides of March!
Some of my good friends on the right have been chortling with glee because Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has refused to try to stop the continuing resolution passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to keep the government from shutting down as the Ides of March come upon us. But Mr Schumer has …