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- Article · Oct 15, 2026Reader Comments
party, do not see such evident fraud, then it is time to ‘down check’ their physicals and send them out the door. But only after a total financial audit … Obama, ostensibly for ‘extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.’ In reality, it was awarded for being elected as the first half-black, socialist president
- Article · Oct 9, 2026Tax Cuts Did Not Cause the $2T Deficit
debt largely because of decreased revenue, which it estimates based on flawed static scoring. Reality showed why that prediction was flawed. However, the federal deficit has risen — thanks to never … spending and the inevitable inflation are why Trump’s pitch for $5,000 dividend checks is such a horrible idea . I’ve been trying to look at various news items
- Article · Oct 7, 2026Please: Vote With Purpose
just check the box; think long and hard about how each candidate would actually use the gift of your vote. The midterm elections are just four weeks away. Those “experts … unnecessary) post-pandemic internal spending. That’s not finger-pointing; it’s economic reality. For the most part, inflation consequences are a one-way trip, permanently baked in. Even after
- Article · Oct 2, 2026How to Lower Healthcare Costs — and How Not To
removes incentive for providers, insurers, and healthcare facilities to keep costs down. The reality is no one cares about the cost of a product if someone else is paying … health plans mask the true expense. Workers don’t question or even bother to check healthcare costs if the bill is paid. But the money comes out of paychecks that
- Article · Sep 30, 2026College Sports — Back to the Future
high-level college teams and then transition to the professional ranks. And now, the reality check: Unbaking that new and very delicious (and lucrative) cake may be impossible — particularly with
- Opinion · Sep 30, 2026Beyond Christian Aid: The Poor Ask for Policy Support
India, Africa, and Southeast Asia through mission hospitals, famine relief, and child sponsorship checks. Everyone in the underdeveloped Global South remembers that generosity. Many of the leaders there learned … from its mission fund to install solar arrays at rural clinics in India . In reality, solar panels deliver only a fraction of their rated output, because the sun sets, clouds
- Article · Sep 28, 2026SCOTUS Throws Trump an Election Bone
flag some eligible voters as noncitizens.” Before we pop any champagne corks, though, a reality check is appropriate. “States’ use of the SAVE program is voluntary,” the AP continues, “limiting … states as a quick-and-easy way to update their voter rolls, but in reality has been used by Democrat operatives to drive Democrat voter turnout . Leave
- Article · Sep 15, 2026Tuesday Short Cuts
dependency, politics devolves into an arms race in who can send voters bigger checks.” — David Harsanyi “Those who abuse liberty are not merely making private decisions that only affect those … them to pass us in the AI race by subterfuge. ... There’s also the reality that AI will be a necessary tool in protecting against the malicious
- Article · Sep 10, 2026Fourth Branch Claims Ruling Rights
American governmental system of three coequal branches is intended to both complement and check the accumulation and usurpation of power. The executive branch, which has long been the largest branch … their motivation; however, their own objection to his changes to the bureaucracy belies this reality. As Capital Research Center Director Michael Watson observes, “It should not be surprising that
- Opinion · Aug 20, 2026Socialist Surge in the Sunshine State
Hasan Piker and Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed are merely a few fringe voices denies reality. There is no massive “moderate middle” in today’s Democrat Party. Occasionally, we hear about … Electoral College . That’s a direct attack on the Constitution and the system of checks and balances created by our Founding Fathers. He uses the Bible to justify abortion
- Article · Aug 20, 2026Reader Comments
socialists like to talk about ‘the people’ owning the means of production, but in reality, the party apparatchiks own it. Capitalism, particularly since the invention of mutual funds, allows … Chinese business practice.” —Minnesota Re: Zuckerberg’s Bet: Open Source AI as a Check on Big Tech Power “Over the decades, most of the mainstream media have become spokespersons
- Alexander's Column · Aug 19, 2026Mr. President, Can You Get Iran Right?
Trump had wavered from his strategic compass. Bell noted: “Sir, the last time I checked, we are the United States of America. We are the world’s largest economy … very real threat of a nuclear attack on our nation. The hard reality is this: Trump’s effort to seek a permanent solution with Iran’s Islamist madmen is tantamount
- Article · Jul 29, 2026Hypocritical Politics as Usual?
example, persistent Trump critic and California Congressman Ro Khanna, finger in the air to check which way the wind is blowing, announced this weekend that he too thinks arresting Netanyahu … citizenship is a ticket to vote. Moreover, furnishing proper ID is an everyday reality of 21st-century life (just try to board an airplane or buy a beer without
- Article · Jul 27, 2026The Perils of AI in the Courtroom
follows rules they didn’t write and runs on infrastructure they can’t check. When it makes a mistake, who is responsible? The vendor, the arbitrator who accepted its summary … judge’s mood. Arbitration clauses sit buried in contracts nobody reads. Measured against that reality, a system that never tires and never has a bad day can look like
- Opinion · Jul 23, 2026The Left-Wing Unicorn Hunt for the White Male Working-Class Voter
privileged “person of color” launched into the accustomed anti-white racial rant without “checking their own privilege” first. The new batch of socialist candidates only confirms how deeply embedded this … registered voters. In 2024, they backed Trump by a 66-34 margin. That reality means that any further Democratic hemorrhaging among Hispanic and black middle-class voters will be fatal
- Article · Jul 20, 2026Making Trucking Great Again
rising number of fatal incidents over the last few years has exposed the reality that many of these immigrant drivers have no business sitting behind the wheel — especially those without … Border Protection] can’t even get access to the DMV database to run the checks.” But President Trump’s approach to solving the problem is not just stricter requirements
- Article · Jul 9, 2026Thursday Short Cuts
totally crucial that the U.S. forcefully react.” —NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte “Reality check: Trump’s effort to seek a permanent solution with Iran is tantamount to Israel’s effort
- Article · Jul 9, 2026The Nolan Wells Tragedy: Truths We Can’t Ignore
more profound understanding and, ultimately, a safer community for all. (For a reality check, read Mark Alexanders’s “ Race and Violence: A Politically Inconvenient Truth .” Systemic racism, the police, Republicans
- Article · Jul 1, 2026Is America Still ‘Indivisible’?
media or political personnel that endangers the lives of public figures. And now the reality check: We know only too well that partisanship is driven more by political opportunism than
- Opinion · Jun 25, 2026Fog of War: When Political Rhetoric Meets Strategic Reality
destination that looks remarkably familiar. That is not a partisan observation. It is a reality check. And reality checks are often the first casualty when nations find themselves