
If a 13-year-old got caught doing something wrong and answered every question by blaming the teacher, the kid next door, the weather, the rules, the store.

If a 13-year-old got caught doing something wrong and answered every question by blaming the teacher, the kid next door, the weather, the rules, the store.

The SAVE America Act Targets the Way New Jersey Votes, Which Is Infuriating if Enacted, Changed and Executed

I’ve had a strange dichotomy hit me over the last day. It just happened, and I’m trying to make sense of it as I go.
Source: Looking Back at Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County

The sequence of events around the Iran conflict has not followed a clean or linear path, and that is the starting point for understanding where things stand
Source: A Ceasefire, a Declaration of Victory, and the Gap Between What We’re Told and What Actually Changed

There is a longstanding American instinct to describe policy as the product of principle, law, order, safety, and the abstract promise of justice.
Source: Private Prisons 2.0! The Rise of Immigration Detention as Big Business

The Deafening Silence Around America’s Oil Dependence—and Why the Conversation We’re Not Having Matters More Than Ever

You know that saying in sports—and even at work—that you’re only as strong as your weakest player or person?

There is a persistent disconnect in American politics right now, and it is not subtle because it is still playing out in real time, in interviews
Source: The Democrats Still Sound Out of Touch even as of today in March 2026

Balanced Budget Amendment Fails in the House as Congress Rejects Its Own Opportunity to Rein in Spending
Source: Congress Can’t Even Pass a Bill to Balance the Budget – They Are Not Even Trying!

The problem is not complicated. Democrats are bad at messaging, and Republicans are very good at it. That gap is deciding what people believe
Source: Democrats Still Don’t Understand Messaging—And It will Continue to Cost Them