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.

Let’s Start The New Year With A Laugh: Liberals Can Be So Entertaining

Let's Start The New Year With A Laugh: Liberals Can Be So Entertaining

I find listening to & talking with Liberals an endless source of amusement. Granted, there are few discussions because they quickly descend into insults & threats when you ask a question the Lib doesn’t like. Here are nine short vignettes of my interactions with Liberals since businessman Donald J. Trump won his first election.

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.”

Trust Us? No—Show Us; Who Really Owns Our Elections?

Gretchen Whitmer and Dana Nessel didn’t inherit this mess—they chose secrecy over sunlight. They chose control over confidence. They chose to tell citizens to sit down, shut up, and trust the experts. That decision still bleeds trust today. Call it metaphor if you like, but the damage is real: when legitimacy dies, leaders don’t get clean hands.