President Trump released a proposal for “2017 Tax Reform for Economic Growth and American Jobs,” in May that he labeled the “biggest individual and business tax cut in American history.” While the economy reflects high hopes for major tax reform, the GOP’s failure to pass a much-promised Obamacare repeal and replacement bill has resulted in … Continue reading “Why the Delay on a Tax Cut?”

On the 1200 block of West Hollywood’s North Laurel Avenue lies the home of 62-year-old Democratic donor Ed Buck, a multimillionaire who made his fortune in the insurance industry before turning to philanthropy and funding leftist causes. One of those causes was the impeachment of Republican former Arizona Governor Evan Meacham in 1988. Buck founded … Continue reading “A Prominent Democratic Donor Seems to Have Something to Hide”

Of the countless bad ideas born from the left, safe spaces are perhaps the most insidiously destructive. It’s easy to dismiss the notion as silly and frustrating, but the problems run deeper than that. Safe spaces are a powerful step towards authoritarian rule, and they teach impressionable minds how to completely avoid constructive criticism and … Continue reading “The True Dangers of Safe Spaces”

Progressives and math just don’t get along. Maybe this is what happens when you pursue liberal arts and social justice degrees at the exclusion of learning hard science, engineering and other practical skills. Nevertheless, these social justice warriors never seem to run out of steam, and they continue to make baseless demands in order to … Continue reading “The Key to Progressivism: Ignoring Basic Math”

As the crisis in North Korea over missiles and weapons plays out, it’s rapidly becoming clear that this is a problem that three successive American presidential administrations let fester while the North Koreans worked overtime at advancing their capabilities and weapon technology as quickly as possible, resulting in the “breakout” (or post-breakout, depending on which … Continue reading “Why Allowing North Korea to Have Nuclear Weapons Is a Very Bad Idea”

Of late, much of the talk in Washington has been about the crisis with North Korea. The upstart nation in recent weeks has become much more aggressive in the wake of sanctions on the country being discussed by the United Nations, a set of which were formally agreed upon on August 5. More than $1 … Continue reading “Has China Infiltrated the Deep State?”

For some purists, the term in office of Donald Trump started to go wrong when former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was forced to resign just 24 days after being on the job in February. His replacement, Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, was a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, having achieved the … Continue reading “Is National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster a Globalist?”

The CEO of Merck, Kenneth Fraizer, tendered his resignation from President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council this week in response to Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend. Fraizer said, “I am resigning from the American Manufacturing Council. Our strength stems from diversity and the contributions of by men and women of different … Continue reading “Merck CEO Resigns, Blames Racism: Trump Responds”

In 2014, the US State Department lent support to Ukraine in order to remove their pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. The stated intention was to turn the Ukraine into a nation that would be NATO friendly, existing along the western border of Russia. But now according to reports echoed by the New York Times, the transformation … Continue reading “Ukraine Suspected of Providing N. Korea with Nuclear Materials”

James Damore made a lot of headlines over the past week. He sent a memo across Google that was later leaked. In the memo, he dared to suggest that Google’s diversity and inclusion programs weren’t working. Even worse, he suggested that non-discriminatory hiring and retention programs might actually be more successful. The memo itself is … Continue reading “Understanding the Leaked Google Memo”