DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: We the People... taking out the trash

You do not become the most powerful nation in the world by smoking a peace pipe and singing kumbaya.In my last 30 years of traveling around the world, the peace pipe was rarely discussed.What people did suggest was the United States was the biggest bully on the block.

OPINION: The Trump-Johnson-Thune budget victory

The passage of the continuing resolution to keep the government open was a remarkable example of the revolutionary movement through which we are living.Traditionally, a continuing resolution requires a bipartisan agreement to get through the Senate.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (March 20, 2025)

YOU CAN’T FIX STUPID“Anyone of us could find ourselves being deported.” – “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg“When my mother came from Guyana, she realized it is not a land of opportunity [the United States] for people like us.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (March 13, 2025)

OPINION: Entrenched bureaucracy no friend to veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is processing disability claims faster than ever, but that doesn’t mean the broken system is fixed.Veterans are still trapped in a bureaucratic “good old boys” system, one enriching a handful of boutique law firms in Washington, D.C.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: The winds of change are blowing – are you blowing with or against the gale?

Before I sat down to write my column tonight, I scrolled the latest headlines.Fear, fear, hate, more hate… into ad nauseam.When will it be time to break the cycle that is feeding the propaganda machine fueling the matrix?Ask yourself why you believe what you believe.

OPINION: How the House Democrats became zombies

After attending President Donald J. Trump’s address to the Joint Session of Congress, it occurred to me that the House Democrats have become like zombies.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (March 13, 2025)

SAY WHAT?“It is not a criminal violation to enter the country illegally.” – Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett  NOT MY VIEW“I expected the rest of [Al Green’s] Democratic caucus, the rest of his colleagues, to walk out with him. Because alone you can survive, but together you thrive.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (March 6, 2025)

OPINION: Is President Trump inheriting Joe Biden’s recession?

Don’t look now, but the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GPDNow estimate for the first quarter of 2025 shows the U.S. economy potentially contracting 1.5 percent annualized.