States Must Lead
States must lead where Congress fails By Paul Renner – February 5, 2024 Despite some stellar leaders from Florida, it’s clear that Congress is incapable of exercising fiscal responsibility. Worse, [...]
Gov Balloons U.S. Debt
US Debt-to-GDP Ratio Worsens Further, Despite Solid Economic Growth, as Government Debt Balloons at a Scary Pace The economy grew solidly. The debt spiked By Wolf Richter - February 1, 2024 [...]
The Original Constitution
Restore the Federal Constitution By Rodney Dodsworth - April 9, 2016 A common remedy among conservatives for the ills of our nation is to just enforce the constitution we have. [...]
Drug Price Hike
Drug makers Hike Prices on Hundreds of Brand-Name Drugs Starting Thursday, the government will begin negotiations on 10 drugs covered by Medicare this week. But those new prices won’t go [...]
Two Americas
The REAL Story Of The Two Americas By Stephen Moore - January 30, 2024 For the past 30 years or so, the Left has invented a narrative that there are [...]
A Failed Recycling
How America’s Recycling Program Failed—and Scarred the Environment Like many problems in American history, recycling began as a moral panic. By Jon Miltimore - May 31, 2022 In March 2019, The [...]
Republic’s Threat
No Interest in Democracy By Bruce Bialosky - January 24, 2024 Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Prickly Pear Editors’ Note: Same message as yesterday – The administrative (deep) state of the Executive branch is the [...]
Elites Taking Over
If Devious Davos Elites Get Their Way, Your Lifestyle Could Be Tracked, Taxed, And Criminalized Davos has become a symbol of the eco-elite agenda, where plans threaten personal liberties, economic [...]
Oops…17th Was a Mistake
The 17th Amendment – A Mistake That Keeps on Giving By Rodney Dodsworth - April 8, 2016 Our previously free republic continues to reel from a one hundred- and three-year-old [...]
Firing Unaccountable Employees
Sacking Unaccountable Bureaucrats Should Be The Next GOP President’s No. 1 Priority Democrats’ control of the administrative state is a DEFCON 1-level crisis for our system of government and, by [...]
A Chance
“So you’re telling me there’s a chance…” Simon Black - January 22, 2024 “In the present position of Europe,” Napoleon wrote to his ambassador in Constantinople, “all my thoughts are [...]
Bible Purchases Trigger Fed
Feds asked financial institutions to flag Bible purchases, terms like 'MAGA,' 'TRUMP' to identify 'Extremists' By Cortney Weil – January 17, 2024 A shocking report from Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman [...]
State Church
The Church of State As people leave organized religion and its attendant moral teachings, they are flocking to politics to fill the void. But this is proving socially destructive. By [...]
Evils of the Deep State
The Deep State is Breaking Down America hasn't been a democratic republic for a long time. But recent events and a few good writers are exposing the rot in a [...]
Freedom, Damn It!
“Long Live Freedom, Damn It” Argentine President Javier Milei’s Wednesday Speech To The World Economic Forum In Davos, Switzerland. By President Milei - January 19, 2024 The Western world is [...]
Constitutional Respect
The Constitution is not a con job The U.S. Constitution under glass. Of the 33 amendments to it proposed by Congress, 27 have become part of the document. By Lisa [...]
Pity the Poor Senator
By Rodney Dodsworth - April 7, 2016 Consider the awful lot of today’s typically abused senator. He or she is pulled this way and that by dozens of interests. Every [...]
Fishermen vs. Admin State
How Disgruntled Fishermen Could Prompt SCOTUS To Capsize The Administrative State While you may not care about fisheries, you should care about Chevron deference, which gives too much power to unelected bureaucrats. [...]
America’s False Powers
Americans Are Fighting For Control Of Federal Powers That Shouldn’t Exist Today’s federal government is almost entirely unconstitutional By Brian McGlinchey – January 15, 2024 It’s no secret that politics [...]
Voter Fraud Convictions
Voter Fraud Convictions Challenge Narrative of Secure Elections Criminal convictions of election fraud across America have called into question the narrative that cheating is rare and of little impact. By Steven [...]