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New year, same problems as old year

The Romans set January as the first month of the year. Originally, March had been the start of the new year. But the early Roman kings, before the republic, moved it to coincide with Janus, a two-faced god who looked backward with an old face and forward with a young face. Julius Caesar ...

The 21st century so far: a flop

As we reach the quarter-century mark, the 21st century has turned out a tragic disappointment. Hopes were high, leaving the world wars and Holocaust of the 20th century behind. Once, even globalization sounded good. If the 21st century were a Broadway show, it would be a flop, closed by ...

Scandalously stupid immigration system

Over Christmas, Elon Musk and his tech allies started a yeasty intra-MAGA debate over recruiting top immigrant talent to the United States and the role of the so-called H1B visa program. Musk is right that we should want to get exceptionally gifted people into the country, and the immigration ...

In short time, Carter left a lasting legacy

Jimmy Carter’s presidency began with a simple act meant to signal a new relationship between the people and their government: He and his wife, Rosalynn, got out of their limousine and walked a short part of the inaugural parade route, hand in hand. His time in office ended four years later ...

Fear ‘Trump’s Censorship Arsenal’

Point and laugh at The Hollywood Reporter. After four years of Team Biden pressuring Big Tech to crush dissent on social media, not to mention Team Biden pressuring the news media to crush any word of President Joe Biden’s mental decline, they’re going to warn the world about Donald Trump ...

Biggest US fear speaks volumes

The issue that most kept Americans awake at night over the past year wasn’t health or work issues, or even relationship troubles. It was the corrupt establishment. A whopping 65 percent of Americans say that they’re more worried about “corrupt government officials” than even loved ...