U.S. elections are “under attack” from foreign influence by both individuals and hostile state actors, experts told a House panel on Wednesday.  Although foreign individuals and entities already are prohibited from contributing to American elections, foreign actors find a way, House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., says.  “Foreign adversaries still have loopholes they can exploit to…

Just when you think the world is irretrievably lost, that an incoming tide is going to swamp your castle, along comes another Christmas. Joy fills the heavy heart, and what was lost is found. Sometimes unexpectedly, the tide turns. It did in 1914. You know the facts, or have read them somewhere before, perhaps read…

As the liberal establishment continues its post-mortem of last month’s decisive Democrat losses, one critical factor behind their defeat has largely slipped through the cracks. This omission has allowed both Democrats and their media allies to sidestep accountability for one of their most egregious political errors and morally reprehensible habits: their relentless war on Christians…

As Trump prepares to take the oath of office for the second time, the United States appears poised to lead the world into a new tech golden age. Trump’s policies could be the key to making it possible. From quantum computing to artificial intelligence (AI), self-driving cars, and new energy breakthroughs, the American tech sector…

Serves 10 to 12 Ingredients: 3 Tablespoons high-quality olive oil 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped 2 sticks celery, finely chopped   2 Tablespoons finely chopped garlic 3 cartons (32 fl. oz. each) low-salt vegetable broth* (see note below) 1 (14.5 oz.) can diced fire-roasted tomatoes** 4 carrots, peeled, cut into bite size pieces 2…

Inertia – resistance to change, the tendency of a body to stay at rest – is strong. President Trump will face considerable bureaucratic inertia as he begins to downsize. Theodore Roosevelt (TR) and Ronald Reagan showed it can be done, but it is hard – for presidents and governors. In 1905, having been governor of…

Posted on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 | by Outside Contributor | 0 Comments | Print Last week, after 50 years of tyranny and repression, the government of Bashar Assad fell in Syria. It fell thanks to a combination of three forces: first, Israel’s military utterly eviscerated Assad’s foreign military support…

The Association of Mature American Citizens, better known as AMAC, was formed in 2007 with the mission of defending and upholding your individual constitutional rights. At AMAC, we saw how AARP betrayed its members, supporting big government, the federal takeover of our elections and your healthcare, and the left’s Green New Deal. AMAC is devoted…

Posted on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 | by Outside Contributor | 1 Comments | Print Everyone’s blaming health insurance company greed for the soaring claims denials and roadblocks to care. That’s naive.  Follow the money to find the real culprits: lying politicians. In 2013, before Affordable Care Act regulations kicked…

Bidenomics, with its obsolete preference for big-government central planning, certainly proved lucrative for its namesake Joe Biden’s cronies and political favorites.   For everyday Americans and our innovation economy, however, not so much.   To illustrate, following four years of Bidenomics the average American family pays nearly $20,000 per year more for the same basket of goods and services…