Alan's Commentaries

THEY SERVED. WASHINGTON DOESN’T

A Veterans Day reflection on who really serves—and who just gets served. Every November, politicians dust off their flag pins, give a speech about sacrifice, and try to look humble for thirty seconds before heading…

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THE POLITICS OF SPITE

Somewhere along the way, politics stopped being about ideas and started being about enemies. The measure of a good policy is no longer whether it helps Americans, but whether it hurts the right people —…

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A NOBEL SNUB

In 2007, Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his crusade against climate change and then parlayed that into a $300 million net worth. Two years later, Barack Obama received the same honor for…

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A HIGHER LOYALTY; A LOWER BAIL

Democrats are so precious, aren’t they? Bless their little hearts. If it weren’t so pathetic, though, it might even be entertaining to watch Democrat politicians collapse into angst over the long-overdue indictment of former FBI…

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