I Could Be Wrong.

  The hidden tax. Tariffs cause a hidden tax that never really goes away. I hope that Americans are tired of being told fairy tales about why everything costs more. Our elected officials point fingers. Corporations blame supply chains. Commentators blame inflation. The truth is much simpler and infuriating: tariffs are a tax on ordinary people, and the pain does not stop when the policy ends. It sticks. It lingers. It rarely delivers what we were promised. This is the mess we are in now because of the tariffs imposed by the current administration. Tariffs are sold as strength, as toughness – a way to punish governments and to bring back manufacturing jobs. That pitch works on conservatives who want control, moderates who want fairness, progressives who want domestic industry, and politicians trying to get elected. It is a message built to unite. The policy itself does the opposite. It drains the wallets of the very people that it claims to protect. Here is how it actually works. ...

  When I was young, I was told that “Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll” was going to ruin the country. What I am seeing today is that “Sex, Politicians, and Espionage” is actually what is ruining the country and our democracy. Just think about it. When sex, secrecy, and political power get mixed together, every intelligence service in the world pays attention. The Epstein files aren’t just about a criminal and the rich people that he surrounded himself with. They show how sexual exploitation creates the kind of vulnerabilities foreign governments like Russia dream of. The most uncomfortable part of that truth is that other countries, such as Great Britain, are taking that threat more seriously than we are. Jeffrey Epstein didn’t just commit crimes. He built a system. He targeted vulnerable girls, groomed them, controlled them, and used them to gain access to powerful men. That abuse wasn’t just immoral; it gave him power and leverage. Victims were scared, ashamed, and often silenced. P...

  When Women Lose Freedom, America Loses Freedom: How the Rollback of Women’s Rights Helps the Powerful and Hurts Epstein’s Victims . For years, Americans have been told that the fight over women’s rights is just another “culture war.” Something about morals. Something about tradition. Something about protecting families. But if you look closely at what’s actually happening—not the slogans, not the talking points, but the real‑world results—you see a very different picture. What’s happening right now in America and around the world is not about protecting families. It’s not about faith. And it’s definitely not about freedom. It’s about control—who has it, who loses it, and who benefits when ordinary people are distracted and divided. And here’s the part many MAGA supporters have never been told: When women lose rights, the powerful gain more control over everyone, not just women. The same system that rolls back women’s rights is the one that protected Jeffrey Epstein and aban...

  When justice fails the vulnerable and when they are protecting the powerful, that is exactly what happened when the Justice system abandoned the Epstein victims. For decades, Epstein operated a trafficking network that preyed on vulnerable girls while moving through the highest levels of wealth, politics, and global influence. His crimes are monstrous, but the deeper scandal, the one that will haunt the historical record, is how thoroughly the American justice system fails the children who have been abused. The Epstein story is not just one of Epstein the predator. It is the story of a system so bent and broken that it was contorted to protect the powerful while leaving victims to fend for themselves. Even now, years after his death, the system continues to harm the very people it should protect and protect the very people it should be holding accountable. Understanding the failure requires looking beyond the headlines and into the very weaknesses in the system that allowed Epste...

  Is it a violation of their oath of office if a president is a racist? I don’t think that would be a good thing, but the short answer would be no. Even if you believed that Trump is the most racist President since before the Civil War, being a racist is not a crime, and it is not a violation of the Constitution. Courts don’t rule on “oath violations” anyway. That is the job of the voters and of Congress. The court decides whether a specific executive action violates a constitutional provision or a valid statute. When a court finds an executive action unconstitutional or unlawful, that action could be interpreted as a violation of the executive's oath. The oath requires loyalty to the constitutional and statutory limits. In my opinion, when historians analyze many of the Trump-era actions that the courts have found to be unconstitutional or unlawful, future generations will ask why he was ever elected. Probably most presidents had unconstitutional rulings that could be interprete...

  Every elected official swears an oath to defend the Constitution. Not a party. Not a President, nor any individual. Not a social media following. They swear an oath to the Constitution. They take these oaths of their own free will. No one pointed a gun at their head to seek the office that requires obedience not to a leader but to a document that is our Constitution. What I wonder all the time is how someone can take that oath and then so easily break it. The saddest thing is that it is just all too common. So common that many people don’t notice, and so common that many people don’t care. Here are some very common things that elected officials have done that are actually a violation of their oath. Trying to overturn an election. Pressuring state officials to change election results. Voting to throw out certified votes without evidence. Lying to the public about things they know are not true and using their office to help themselves instead of the country. You don’t need a law de...