In tribal politics, we are not supposed to raise this. Someone should, and the truth does not care about your feelings. Republicans built a decade-long movement on two promises: drain the swamp, and expose the Biden Crime Family. That investigation established Biden relatives took more than ...
Political parties tend to harshly reject the idea that they are a threat to the constitutional order, but the Democratic Socialists of America are making it part of their brand. The DSA has released a new program that, besides contemplating the advent of a classless society, calls for ...
"A Face in the Crowd" is the prophetic 1957 movie about a charismatic drifter "discovered" in an Arkansas jail. The face belongs to "Lonesome" Rhodes, a scoundrel whose folksy act catapults him to national prominence. "Lonesome" (Andy Griffith) abuses women, but the crowd only sees a lovable ...
Like two sides of a coin imprinted with the nation’s motto, “e pluribus unum” — out of many, one — America’s political factions are cast in opposition, but they are intrinsically bound together as parts of a larger whole. From the beginning, the United States has aspired to build a more perfect union. When our founders convened the Constitutional Convention in 1787, they disagreed about the structure of government, the balance of power and the protection of individual versus collective rights. But when they debated — and they often did, with great conviction and intensity ...
RAGBRAI has come and gone, and by talking with well over a hundred riders, Marshalltown rocks and is on some riders top 5 lists of towns they have ever visited over the years of riding the event. Every single rider was more than impressed with us, not a single negative remark was made. None, ...
Gold and Silver Losing Meddle Rising crude prices and a stronger dollar have helped move the outlook for gold lower. With US-Iran tensions high, many analysts fear potential inflation. Changing their view, some experts now see Fed rates remaining unchanged through the year or even rising. While gold exceeded $4,150 Friday, many speculators noticed a sideways pattern. Silver contracts are also showing the same sideways pattern. Fertile Geopolitics for the Farm Shipping constraints and the continued Middle East conflict centered around the Strait of Hormuz continue to push up global ...
