From London’s perspective, resistance voided civil protections. Once labeled rebels, colonists could be treated as criminals rather than citizens with rights. Power rested in the judgment of military officers loyal to the Crown, not in neutral courts or oversight. Circa 1775

Results don't happen by dogma.

Some people complain about Trump’s overreach but we too easily forget when Biden’s EPA tried to destroy SpaceX with a $148,748 fine for violating the Clean Water Act.

Clarifying whether a private company is allowed to train its AI models on government and military data is probably the closest thing to an existential question a country will ever have.

The country feels like Bud Fox in Wall Street sucking up to Gordon Gecko, and despite the entertainment, we all knew Lou was right: “Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.”

As a national security strategy “peace through strength” (etched in the framed gift below) can be necessary, but you also don’t need to know much more than what you learned in kindergarten to understand that it is not fundamentally peaceful.

Consumers tend to have short term memories but with all of the indiscriminate tariffs, American exporters will discover that the Europeans and Canadians may not.

John Adams viewed property as essential for liberty, seeing it as a buffer against government overreach, a source of personal independence, and crucial for a virtuous republic, though he also warned against concentrated wealth.

“An inequality of property, with all the power and influence that naturally attend it, is as much to be dreaded in a republic as a hereditary aristocracy.” -John Adams

“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.” - Eisenhower

Good point. But a more important point is to ensure it doesn’t hit an iceberg.

“That it is better 100 guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and generally approved, never that I know of controverted.” -Benjamin Franklin

Keep the conversation going. Show disposable income after housing and food by income level next.

“Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction: therefore it destroys freedom.” -Camus

“Ours is a dream of an open world where all are free to trade and do business together, to enjoy the fruits of prosperity, and to live in peace with one another.” -Ronald Reagan

I love that people are community noting Barack Obama that "he did it too" when the entire premise of the current rise to power was that it wasn't being done the right way.

To all the athletes representing Team USA: I'm so proud of you. Your talent and perseverance have brought you to this moment, and Michelle and I will be joining Americans from across the country cheering you on.

It's a bit crazy that Microsoft is letting Anthropic use Excel as a user interface to learn what people want to do with spreadsheets

This is a good example of why companies should feel comfortable talking about diversity at work.

In favor of allowing any billionaire who volunteers as a nurse for a month to be exempt from the billionaire tax.