“Attack Business, as Usual”
Washington’s Current Slump (And the Solution) Growing or Shrinking? To pay for the national debt, including the unfunded mandates and entitlements ahead, “Uncle Sam needs more than $429,108.73 per...
View ArticleChallenges with the Trump Administration?
Problems in History I recently recommended an article from The Wall Street Journal because it addresses the fact that during the Obama Administration the executive branch greatly expanded its power....
View ArticlePART TWO: Free Enterprise is Better than Capitalism
Part II: The Central Issue of the Trump Era* “The median [U.S.] family debt went from an average of $25,000 per family in 1989 to over $70,000 in 2010. It’s getting harder to make ends meet, and harder...
View ArticleCan Trump Actually Improve Washington?
The New Reality The election is over, and the new Trump Administration has a problem. In fact, it’s a major problem. To begin with, governing is a whole different thing than running for office. And...
View ArticleThe Obama Legacy by Oliver DeMille
(What it Means for the Future of America) President King First of all, the very idea that each president must aim to leave a lasting legacy of some sort is wrong-minded. Some of the best presidents in...
View ArticleThe Era of Extreme Media by Oliver DeMille
(How Bias in Media is Getting Even Worse, and What To Do About It) Part I The U.S. media hasn’t been so blatantly biased since the days of the muckrakers. For decades many Americans have known that the...
View ArticleSymbol vs. Substance
(The Reality of Today’s Political Protestors) Thought vs. Feeling No doubt about it. Symbols matter. The flag. The national anthem. Stories about great heroes from history, such as Paul Revere or...
View ArticleUnderstanding Trump’s Election, Part Two
Why Did the American People Give Donald Trump the Presidency? (If you haven’t read Part One of this article, do so here. This installment is a continuation of that article.) The Big Question Now that...
View ArticleHow to Get the Real News
“Wait!” she said. “Where did you hear that? That’s the opposite of what the news is telling people.” “Of course it is. I didn’t get this from the news. Or social media.” Long pause… “Where did you get...
View Article“The Coming Tide”
A Prediction For decades the Democrats proudly saw themselves as the party of the little guy and the working poor. Republicans were considered the party of Wall Street, white collar professionals, and...
View ArticleThe Madison-Jefferson Debates: What Isn’t True
Reality or… Not? Some things just aren’t true, even if we think they are. Even if we are assured that “everyone” says they’re true; and even if the experts—almost always unnamed—have formed a consensus...
View ArticleJefferson-Madison Debates: Mobs, Mobs, Everywhere
Rising Emotions, Rising Problems If you’ve watched the news recently, you’ve seen a lot of protestors. They protest policies. Proposed policies. People. Statues. History. Elected officials. Nominated...
View ArticleThe Jefferson-Madison Debates: What Are We NOT Teaching Today’s Youth?
THE MISSING TOPIC IN MODERN EDUCATION What Was Lost I thought he was convinced, but then he leaned forward in his chair and shook his head. He wasn’t officially my student, but we’d had a number of...
View ArticleDon’t Miss This Book!
A Note from Oliver DeMille… Summer – 1985 or 1986: I couldn’t believe it. I found myself holding my breath. Hanging on every word, page after page, waiting to see if freedom would be lost forever…...
View ArticleThe Jefferson-Madison Debates: Socialism in Our Time
The Mantra of Today’s Media and Universities “These were the pleasantest days of Sam’s life, these days in the woods, far from everywhere—no automobiles, no roads, no people, no noise, no school, no...
View ArticleThe Jefferson-Madison Debates: How to Get the Real News in 2019
by Oliver DeMille Part I Since the night of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the rules concerning media have changed. Before this watershed event, a person could get a decent understanding of what...
View ArticleLet’s talk presidential election 2020
News of the Day May 2019: Let’s talk politics briefly–specifically the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Who is the leading candidate for the Democrats? According to the polls, it’s Joe Biden. But it’s...
View ArticleTHE JEFFERSON-MADISON DEBATES: A New Cold War is Coming – PART I
The 3 Superpowers and The State of the World Right Now (WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD KNOW) America isn’t supposed to act this way, the experts say. After all, we invented the liberal international...
View ArticleTHE JEFFERSON-MADISON DEBATES: A New Cold War is Coming PART II
What Americans Can Do To Effectively Protect American Freedoms in the Decades Just Ahead (Book Review of American, by Shanon Brooks) Note to reader: read Part I of this report here >> I. The...
View Article“The Coming Tide”
A Prediction For decades the Democrats proudly saw themselves as the party of the little guy and the working poor. Republicans were considered the party of Wall Street, white collar professionals, and...
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