The Spectacle Ep. 211: The Propaganda Behind Adolescence

Netflix’s current top show, Adolescence, is a chilling tale of a teenage boy who is accused of murdering his female classmate. The show spiked in popularity due to the underlying emphasis on larger issues, such as “toxic masculinity” and violence. (RELATED: Five...

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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:33:59 +0000

Trump Plays Cat to Canada’s Mouse

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump likes to troll Canada. He has been threatening our neighbor to the north with additional tariffs, and he thinks it’s funny to dangle his dream of turning our longtime trading partner into America’s 51st state. (RELATED:...

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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:21:20 +0000

MAGA + MAHA + MATA: Reagan’s Three-Legged Stool Now Has Six

The first person I ever heard describe the three-legged stool of conservatism was Newt Gingrich. Sure, Ronald Reagan may have built the analogy, but, as someone born in 1985, Reagan was long gone from the national scene when I came...

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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:32:47 +0000

Confusion About Tariffs in the Trump Administration

All the talk about tariffs so far this year — and especially with the developments this week — has created massive uncertainty. All of a sudden, complex supply chains that have taken decades and billions of dollars to develop face...

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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:23:52 +0000

Taking Down Planned Parenthood

There are several ways to approach America’s abortion problem. The one most pro-lifers are most familiar with involves overturning Supreme Court rulings and writing legislation that makes it more and more difficult to provide a legal abortion. It’s a good...

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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 02:15:33 +0000

Lessons for the US Economy From Microsoft’s 50 Years in Business

Texaco. ITT Industries. Union Carbide. International Business Machines. Beatrice. Fifty years ago, in April 1975, these were among the largest companies in the United States by revenue, forming the upper crust of that year’s Fortune 500 list and familiar to every...

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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 02:15:31 +0000

Short-Term Consequences of Long-Term Policies

This is part five of a five-part series. Read the first four parts here. The government is a failed company. It works poorly even when it works well. Since we can’t get rid of it, the only solution left is...

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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 02:11:03 +0000

Trump 2.0 Exposes Deep Democrat Rot

The conventional wisdom in Washington holds that President Donald Trump’s November victory, combined with the whirlwind of activity that has characterized his first several weeks in office, has created disarray among Democrats. Like most things “everyone knows,” however, this view...

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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 02:05:19 +0000

Research Debunks Newsom’s Price-Gouging Shtick

Sacramento, Calif. — It’s the dog-bites-man story of the month in Sacramento. Independent research from the USC Marshall School of Business has concluded that — drum roll, please — California’s sky-high gas prices are caused by “self-inflicted” regulatory and tax...

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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 02:05:17 +0000

Is This the End of the Road for Marine Le Pen?

On the day an opinion poll predicted that Marine Le Pen would thrash any political opponent at the next presidential election, a judge in Paris virtually banned her from taking part. The president of the court handed down a harsh...

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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 02:05:16 +0000