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by | Aug 14, 2022

The federal government continues to place harmful burdens on the American economy: tariffs, deficit spending, regulation, and excessive money supply, which is the primary cause of inflation. Inflation is the worst possible burden for members of the lower and middle…

by | May 12, 2021

Can we solve poverty just by handing out money? What about unemployment? President Biden and many of the Democrats in Washington, D.C., think so. Their decision to extend the $300 weekly unemployment insurance (UI) bonus is continuing to drive unemployment…

by | Jan 6, 2021

Good news! The American dream is still alive and kicking. The Walton Family Foundation recently conducted a survey of 4,004 young Americans across the nation. It found that while Millennials (aged 24-39) and Gen Z (aged 13-23) remain keenly aware of…

by | Jul 27, 2020

At a time of crisis, we need hope more than ever. We need positivity and optimism. We need the American Dream. What is the American Dream exactly? Being a Brit, I didn’t really know, though I had a foggy notion…

by | Jul 20, 2020

The writers’ mission statement for the spring/summer print edition of The American Spectator calls for speculations on the state of the American Dream in this melancholy and totally nutso spring. Other than to state the obvious, that most Americans are…

by | Jul 16, 2020

Sacramento Not surprisingly, California’s Democratic officials have been tripping over themselves to weigh in on racial-justice issues in the wake of the protests over the troubling police-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Their various and sundry proposals range from…

by | Nov 30, 2018

Book Review: Congratulations, Who Are You Again? By Harrison Scott Key Harper Collins: $15.99 | 368 Pages This is a book about dreams that’s surprisingly…real. No grand overtures about how wishing hard enough and wanting it badly enough results preternaturally…

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