228 Years Ago, John Adams Warned Us — And We’re Proving Him Right

John Adams didn’t write the Constitution like a motivational poster. He wrote it like an engineer handing over a machine with a warning label: this will fail if misused. When he said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other,” he wasn’t sermonizing. He was stating a design limitation.

Two Moral Operating Systems, One Broken State

Historically, America understood this. Immigration was not just about crossing an ocean. It was about assimilation. Italians, Irish, Poles, Germans—none arrived culturally identical to Anglo-Protestant America. But the expectation was clear: you adopt the civic moral framework of the country you’re entering. Loyalty to tribe yields to loyalty to law. Institutions outrank kin networks. No exceptions, no special carve-outs.

Shah back in 2026?

After 46 years of people predicting this, I am beginning to doubt that 92 million Iranians are about to topple their theocracy, considering 78 million of them were born after the ayatollah took over in 1979. This is the only life they have known.

Starting The New Year With Less Crime In Blue Cities: US Murder Rate Drops

Starting The New Year With Less Crime In Blue Cities: US Murder Rate Drops

The United States appears headed for the largest one-year drop in murders in our history, according to a well-known crime analyst. That’s the conclusion of crime statistics expert Jeff Asher, who says new national data show killings plunging at a pace not seen in modern recordkeeping.

Inflation and Gen-Z

A few weeks ago, I asked a young woman in Leelanau County whether she and her husband planned to buy a home. She laughed bitterly: “Between interest rates and property taxes, we’ll never afford it.” When I suggested she was still young, she replied: “I’m 37. You boomers took all the money and slammed the door behind you on your way out.”