NOTABLE QUOTABLES (July 23, 2026)

THE BIG LIE “The SAVE Act … is a ridiculous solution to a problem that does not exist. Foreigners do not vote in U.S. elections.” – Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes “The so-called SAVE Act … is a voter disenfranchisement law that would make Jim Crow look pale in comparison.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (July 16, 2026)

OPINION: Only one revolution ended in liberty

  Two hundred and fifty years ago, men in powdered hair and knee breeches did what no colony had ever done successfully. They broke away from the most powerful empire on earth. They were not bloodthirsty radicals. They had petitioned again and again to remain loyal subjects of the Crown.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: How the ghost of the Supercollider is powering Ellis County’s AI boom

  I have been comparing Ellis County’s former Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) project to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland for years. We won’t go down the nefarious CERN rabbit hole – and trust me, there are stories – but I do want to look at how they stack up.

OPINION: Prescription for a socialist workforce

  America has a socialism problem, and it’s bigger than most citizens realize. When candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America win Democratic party primaries, or New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani hails “the warmth of collectivism,” socialism’s advance is obvious.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (July 16, 2026)

LAW AND ORDER “Just weeks ago, a convicted sex offender and a foreign national was shielded from deportation by the governor of Minnesota.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (July 9, 2026)

OPINION: The Smithsonian’s patriotism problem

  “Warning: The exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don’t want you to love your country.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Whose watch will it be when the US government fesses up to its litany of dastardly deeds?

  As I begin writing my column this week, thoughts of an undercover U.S. government sweeping things under a very thick rug keep creeping into the orifices of my mind.

OPINION: Consistent inconsistencies

  The Second Amendment to the Constitution is a relic of a bygone era of revolution. The Founders could not have contemplated that it would apply to semiautomatic handguns. The Founders absolutely could not have contemplated that it would apply to machine guns.