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California has achieved something almost spiritual in its public policy: it can spend historic sums of money, produce visible collapse, and still scold you for noticing the smell.

That’s the racket

Have you ever looked at something and thought, if I adjusted it marginally, it could be awesome? Then, the next thing you know, you’re pulling at threads on a metaphorical sweater and realizing you’re nearly naked, but you’re in too deep to stop. That’s where I’m at. I had an idea, it consumed my mind, and now I’m in the middle of an entire renovation project.

I hou...

By a former Special Forces Officer

“I know that I will be called upon to perform tasks in isolation, far from familiar faces and voices.”

-The Special Forces Creed

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Romanian Ministry of Defense (Image Credit: This other World website)

There’s an uncomfortable truth buried beneath the headlines—and like most uncomfortable truths, it’s being ignored.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), long regarded as the nation’s moral referee on extremism,

On April 19, 2026, I completed the Boston Marathon Tough Ruck for the tenth time. Ten years of stepping to the line, putting weight on my back, and moving 26.2 miles with purpose. You would think after a decade it would become routine, something predictable that experience alone could carry you through. It never does. If anything, it becomes more revealing every year. The dis...