D.C. Ain’t a Swamp — It’s a Sewer; And the Rats Run It in Suits and Staff Badges

Let’s clear something up right out of the gate: Washington, D.C. is not a swamp. Swamps are natural. Swamps have frogs, cattails, and gators that serve a purpose in God’s food chain. What we’ve got in D.C. is man-made. It stinks. It festers. It’s artificial. It’s not a swamp — it’s a sewer.

What Are Democrats Whining About? Obamacare Was Designed To Fail

What Are Democrats Whining About? Obamacare Was Designed To Fail

Obamacare’s short term goal was to slice payments in half for Medicare doctors, discouraging younger doctors from becoming Medicare doctors. The long term goal was as an interim step toward full socialized medicine completely controlled by the federal government.

Are You Tired of Winning Yet?

  The White House had threatened mass layoffs of federal government employees if Senate Democrats didn’t end their filibuster of the continuing resolution to fund the government, and many of us were wondering when, or if, it was going to happen. From The Wall Street Journal: White House Starts Mass Layoffs of Government Workers Many …

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(Future) History 304: Pandemics and Policy Failures of the 21st Century

It was a rainy afternoon in 2125, and the university coffee shop was buzzing with chatter and the smell of synthetic espresso. History 304: Pandemics and Policy Failures of the 21st Century had just let out, and a group of students huddled around a table, half-mocking, half-processing what they’d learned.

America’s New Warfighting Military: Old Blood and Guts Would Be Proud

Late last month, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told an unprecedented gathering of generals, admirals, commanders, and senior NCOs that from this moment on, the only mission of the newly named Department of War is this: “warfighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win, [and being] unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit.”

The Civil War: When “United” Started Meaning “Centralized”

History, they say, is written by the victors—and edited by their public-school textbook committees. So let’s talk about the War of Northern Aggression (as my Southern friends call it) or, as the winners prefer, the “Civil War.” Either way, it’s when Uncle Sam went from lean constitutional minimalist to big-boned bureaucratic overlord.

The Department of War Is Back — And About Time

I entered the Army in July of 1993, before President Clinton’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” experiment. Back then, the military was still primarily about blowing holes in things, breaking enemy armies, and defending the Republic. Then slowly, like a frog in a pot, the Pentagon began feeding the social science laboratory every “good idea” — except the good ideas about how to win wars.