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We Jews are going through a historical moment that no one anticipated. In its turbulent wake: unexpected developments, unbounded hatred...

The first ever Burkean Nation seminar was somewhat of a pilot, an MVP ("minimum viable product") in Silicon Valley-speak. Fortunately, it was a blast to mount and well received by the fellow patriots who joined me in the Community Room of the Monterey Public Library on Saturday. We had well over a minyan in a classroom setting, so I felt good about the group, especially given their active engagement and positive feedback. Discussion Before covering the seminar's content, let

Wind farms kill whales. Save the Whales is so twentieth-century. Kill the Whales is 2024, if Big Wind gets their way in the Pacific....

America enjoyed well-oiled prosperity during the Trump presidency. The Ayatollah's Iran is enjoying well-oiled growth during the Biden presidency. People are suffering as a result: from California to Maine, from Israel to Gaza. American oil production grew strongly under President Trump, yet is growing slowly under President Biden. On the flip side, Iranian oil production collapsed under Trump's Maximum Pressure Campaign, but is now growing very strongly under Biden. This cha

AMERICA FIRST It worked before. It’ll work again. People with COMMON SENSE understand this. Donald Trump's first term was an America First presidency. For Trump, America First means Americans First. He boils down every issue to get the best deal for Americans, present-day Americans, not end-of-century Americans, albeit future Americans will also be better off if Donald J. Trump becomes POTUS 47. This is evidently true given the great results his America First actions deliver

Please make the unrelenting storm of MAKE AMERICA WEAK AGAIN stop. Dear Lord, please make the MAWA stop. Please make Joe Biden — the MAWA...

Presidents Biden and Trump are a study in governing contrasts. Their positioning on the Burkean Gridiron shows this. Biden governs from...

A Visual Model for Positioning Economic Alternatives Intentions don’t matter in politics or government. Results and only results matter.  Economic and political results stem from control mechanisms. Those mechanisms and results can be plotted on the Burkean Gridiron, a graphical model of economic and political alternatives, their positioning and likely results. Similarly, politicians, Presidents' economic ministrations and governmental programs can be plotted on the Burkean G

The wars on Ukraine and Israel have triggered a torrent of takes about America's role in supporting those victimized countries. Many of...