Safety Above Freedom: How Good Intentions Built the Modern Nanny State

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These phrases are the verbal equivalent of pulling the fire alarm in an argument. Once someone says them, anyone who disagrees immediately looks like a monster. After all, who wants to be the guy standing up and saying, “Actually, I prefer freedom even if it’s risky”? That’s not exactly a great campaign slogan. But history shows that these exact phrases — the language of safety, fairness, and collective good — are often the first step in breaking down systems built on individual responsibility and replacing them with systems built on control.

The calculus of impunity

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When NYPD officers can be swarmed and assaulted in a snowy Manhattan and the reaction is a collective shrug, something deeper is off. The downplaying of that attack isn’t a quirk of winter news, it’s another sign of a growing culture of impunity built on masked anonymity, weak prosecution, and political rhetoric that treats accountability as optional.

How Long Will It Take Dems To Replace ALL 39 Sheriffs In Washington State With Foreign Nationals, Voters Be Damned?

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How Long Will It Take Dems To Replace ALL 39 Sheriffs In Washington State With Foreign Nationals, Voters Be Damned?

New bill ensures that each county sheriff in Washington State will keep Democrats happy to avoid being targeted for decertification & removal from office. In addition, Democrats will decide who can run for county sheriff and voters will be left to choose among those candidates selected by Democrats.

How Iran’s Weaponry Can Put US Military Under Strain

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The US war effort against Iran is showing signs of strain as Iran’s arsenal of missiles and drones has forced the US to dig deep into inventories of expensive interceptors. Tehran is still hitting valuable military installations and energy infrastructure across the Middle East daily. Bloomberg Economics Defense Lead Becca Wasser breaks down the situation.

Seventeen Pages and the Price of Legitimacy: Restoring Election Confidence Before 2028

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In recent election cycles, public trust in the electoral process has measurably declined. Surveys from multiple institutions show that large portions of the electorate—across party lines—harbor doubts about integrity, administration, or transparency. That reality, by itself, is destabilizing. It does not require proof of systemic fraud to create risk. It only requires sustained disbelief.

Welfare For the Well-To-Do

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On Boxing Day of 2023, I noted an article in The Wall Street Journal concerning investors souring on electric vehicle charging companies. In plug in electric vehicles are the wave of the future, why would investors not be moving into, rather than out of, such companies? Note that the original article was from December of …

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Thin Mints and Thick Waists

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The Girl Scouts were setting up a folding table by the doors of the hardware store.

“Omigod,” I said to the cashier. “It’s March.”

The cashier looked at me flatly.

“Debit or credit?” she said.

“This is March,” I pointed out again. “Don’t you know what this means?“

Clausewitz, Jomini, and DIME-FIL: Why a 200-Year-Old War Theory Still Explains the Iran War

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Start with Clausewitz. His most famous line remains the most brutally accurate description of war ever written: war is the continuation of politics by other means. In other words, wars are not random explosions of violence. Nations fight because they want political outcomes—territory, influence, regime survival, deterrence, or control of strategic regions.

Trump Mulls Using Special Forces to Seize Iran’s Uranium

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US President Donald Trump is weighing the option of deploying special forces on the ground in Iran to seize the Islamic Republic’s near-bomb-grade uranium, according to three diplomatic officials briefed on the matter. Uncertainty over Iran’s highly enriched uranium has intensified because it’s almost nine months since United Nations atomic inspectors last verified its location, the officials said. Bloomberg Economics Defense Lead Becca Wasser breaks down the situation.