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Remember the more important focus this week

During the past two weeks, as the national press and Democrats have cared deeply about Jeffrey Epstein and political buzz has amplified U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s lurch leftward, the more Americans are offline. And the more they spend away from the constant Sturm und Drang of 24-hour ...

Thankful to be free from back pain this holiday

Reflecting on gratitude for this holiday, I want to highlight something that can be shared with the wider world. Last year at this time, I focused on reasons to be thankful despite Donald Trump’s reelection: Trump ran on promises he cannot possibly fulfill. He swore to reduce prices and ...

Panicked POTUS is still flailing around

It’s a pretty reliable rule of thumb that when President Donald Trump calls something a “hoax,” it’s true. He insists that the strong indication, which seems likelier by the week, that he participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s exploitative exploits is another hoax. Assume that on this ...

Republicans have a failure to communicate

In the 1967 film “Cool Hand Luke,” the “Captain” says to Luke (Paul Newman) “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” The same could be said of the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress. While they have much to brag about — from a closed border, the ...

Michelle Obama’s hair-raising theory about Blacks doesn’t hold water

No, this isn’t a satirical Babylon Bee headline: “’Black Women Can’t Swim Because of Societal Expectations’: Michelle Obama’s Viral Claim Sparks Controversy.” The former first lady, in a live podcast, recently said: “Let me explain something to white people. Our hair comes ...

Don’t understand entrepreneurship? You don’t understand U.S.

A few years ago, I was invited to speak at an event in Mobile, Ala. Driving from Indiana, I stopped for the night in Nashville, Tenn., but on the way back, I decided to drive all the way from Mobile to Indianapolis. I had planned an early start, but, enjoying the company of good friends, I ...