For a country that chants about greatness, we’ve gotten disturbingly comfortable with failure — not accidental failure, but failure chosen, defended, and repeated by people in power who expect the rest of us to pretend it’s normal. If America feels like it’s slipping, that’s because it is. And it’s slipping for reasons we can name. Let’s start with the rule of law. When Congress issued subpoenas during the January 6 investigation, Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro didn’t just ignore them — they dared the system to stop them. Both were convicted of contempt of Congress. Mark Meadows, a former White House Chief of Staff, refused full compliance and walked away untouched. We also had Jim Jordan, who refused to comply with a subpoena from the House January 6 th Committee in 2022, openly defying the panel's order for him to testify about his actions surrounding the attack on the Capitol. We now have Trump declaring war and attacking Iran without the approval of Congress, which is a di...
Most Americans, no matter their politics, believe in a simple idea: the government should play by the same rules it asks the rest of us to follow. That belief is older than any party. It’s older than a president. It’s the foundation of the country. It matters the most when the stakes are the highest – when a president decides to use military force. That is why the comparison between George H. W. Bush’s Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and Donald Trump’s Epic Fury in 2026 is more than a history lesson. It’s a test of whether we still believe the Constitution applies even when a president says the threat is urgent. Both operations were major uses of American power. Both were justified by the White House as necessary to protect the country. But the way each president made the decision - and the evidence presented – reveals two different approaches to responsibility, accountability, and the rule of law. This isn’t about liking or disliking a president. It’s about whether the process th...