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After last week’s election in America, Republicans likely will control both chambers of Congress in 2025. Given that advantage, the GOP’s first signature piece(s) of legislation should be

Tax reform (as was the case when Trump took office in 2017)

Election reform (which Democrats failed to achieve in 2021)

Repeal portions (or more) of the Inflation Reduction Act

A “50 in 50” package of bills to enhance American security

Ban federal funds from being used for political “lawfare”

Ban biological males from participating in women’s athletics

Close the border and begin deportations

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Why do nations rarely declare war or surrender?

In the nuclear age, the threat of annihilation restrains overt and unlimited wars.

Globalism has suppressed religious, ethnic, racial, and ideological differences and made wars less existential.

War is now waged mostly outside the nation-state among terrorists, insurgents, and non-state actors.

The United Nations, the European Union, and U.S. global presence discourage wars of annihilation.

War is no different than in the past; declarations of war and surrender are simply needless anachronisms.

Declarations of war and surrender still occur—although mostly in Africa and the Middle East.

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This week in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address. An apt Lincoln quote as America recovers from a divisive presidential election

The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.

Let us then turn this government back into the channel in which the framers of the Constitution originally placed it.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will do its part only indifferently well.

I do not deny the possibility that the people may err in an election; but if they do, the true cure is in the next election.

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As Los Angeles and California examine the whys and wherefores of this month’s devastating wildfires, an apt policy question

Why can’t a modern metropolis’ water system meet the demand from multiple fires?

Will L.A.’s rebuilding of scorched areas see less red tape and restrictions, ala 1994’s Northridge Earthquake?

What happens next for home construction and “WUI” (“wilderness-urban interface”)?

Will private insurers choose to keep doing business in fire-prone areas, or abandon California?

Should local fire departments make it a habit to donate safety equipment to other nations?

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What are the causes of, and remedies for, the current dramatic shortfalls in U.S. military recruitment?

U.S. fertility rates are now well below 2.0, so there are simply fewer people to recruit.

Increased drug use, gang affiliations, and obesity have diminished the pool of fit recruits.

Draconian COVID vaccination mandates led to massive retirements and discouraged future recruitment.

Potential recruits felt that woke DEI protocols had replaced meritocracy in recruitment and promotions.

Pentagon inferences that white middle-class soldiers are racists/ragers/supremacists have alienated them.

Recent military disasters convinced soldiers that their commanders may be incompetent or insensitive to losses.

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This week, America goes to the polls to choose a new president and the composition of the next Congress. What we’ll know by the end of the week

After last week’s election in America, Republicans likely will control both chambers of Congress in 2025. Given that advantage, the GOP’s first signature piece(s) of legislation should be

Why do nations rarely declare war or surrender?

This week in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address. An apt Lincoln quote as America recovers from a divisive presidential election

The quote that best captures this most unusual of holiday seasons

The most important development in 2025

As Los Angeles and California examine the whys and wherefores of this month’s devastating wildfires, an apt policy question

This week marks the beginning of America’s 47th presidency and a peaceful transfer of power in Washington, D.C. What was/is America’s most critical juncture, as new presidents took/take office, in the past or in 2025?

What are the causes of, and remedies for, the current dramatic shortfalls in U.S. military recruitment?

This week in 1798, an ugly exchange between two members of the House of Representatives – an insult hurled, followed by tobacco juice face-spitting – led to the first congressional brawl. The most noteworthy “fighters” in Washington this year

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This week, America goes to the polls to choose a new president and the composition of the next Congress. What we’ll know by the end of the week

After last week’s election in America, Republicans likely will control both chambers of Congress in 2025. Given that advantage, the GOP’s first signature piece(s) of legislation should be

Why do nations rarely declare war or surrender?

This week in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address. An apt Lincoln quote as America recovers from a divisive presidential election

The quote that best captures this most unusual of holiday seasons

The most important development in 2025

As Los Angeles and California examine the whys and wherefores of this month’s devastating wildfires, an apt policy question

This week marks the beginning of America’s 47th presidency and a peaceful transfer of power in Washington, D.C. What was/is America’s most critical juncture, as new presidents took/take office, in the past or in 2025?

What are the causes of, and remedies for, the current dramatic shortfalls in U.S. military recruitment?

This week in 1798, an ugly exchange between two members of the House of Representatives – an insult hurled, followed by tobacco juice face-spitting – led to the first congressional brawl. The most noteworthy “fighters” in Washington this year