Cars, Credit, and the Quiet Madness We’ve Learned to Call Normal

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I don’t think I’m cheap. I think I’m rational. The problem is that we’re living in a culture that has normalized irrational spending so thoroughly that restraint now looks like eccentricity. When my wife and I talk about cars, the conversation always circles back to the same quiet tension. We both drive older Mercedes. Hers […]

Greenland Tariff Threats

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Every Sunday morning, like clockwork, I watch Face the Nation. It has become a kind of civic liturgy for me—coffee in hand ☕, listening not just for answers, but for whether anyone in Washington still understands the weight of the questions. And I have to say this plainly: Margaret Brennan has grown into one of […]

When Power Goes Unchecked: Congress, Intelligence, and the High Cost of Executive Drift

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Part Two: Paralysis, Power, and a Republic on Autopilot ⚖️ In Part One, I focused on what the first interview on Face the Nation revealed about America’s global overextension—how chasing oil, threatening allies, and misallocating military resources has left us late where moral leadership actually matters. Part Two is about something even more dangerous. It […]