California has achieved something almost spiritual in its public policy: it can spend historic sums of money, produce visible collapse, and still Continue Reading
Domestic Policy
A “Livable Wage” Where?
A man in California allegedly set fire to a warehouse and recorded a video explaining why. His justification wasn’t geopolitical, ideological, or even Continue Reading
Compassion, Now in Luxury Trim
Nothing in America is more profitable than a sacred category with a billing code. Give a scheme the right moral costume and half the country will Continue Reading
Once You Strike the Match, You Don’t Get to Lecture the Fire on Its Manners
There is a comforting lie we tell ourselves about violence: that it can be summoned, directed, and restrained according to our intentions. That we can Continue Reading
Logistics Lead the Fight, Tactics Finish It
For most of American military history, tactical excellence has commanded the most attention, and battles are remembered by their maneuvers, Continue Reading
Working for Free in the Shutdown Season
Well, as of this morning, I am working for the government pro bono. I’m too “essential” to be furloughed but not valuable enough to be paid during a Continue Reading
Who Decides Who Enters America
Americans argue endlessly about immigration while skipping the only question that actually matters: why immigration authority exists at the federal Continue Reading
California’s Homelessness Money Cannon Still Can’t Hit a Target
California has a special talent. Not Silicon Valley “invent a future” talent. Not Hollywood “manufacture a reality” talent. I mean the rarer gift: the Continue Reading
An Open Letter to the VA and the Trump Administration
By Dan Hollaway This originally published in Dan's Substack. There is a tendency in modern politics to talk about veterans as if they are a cost Continue Reading
The Cost of Inaccuracy
This originally published in Vincent's substack and is republished with the author's permission. I worked for the Department of Homeland Security Continue Reading
The Price of a Sting
I don’t care about politics. I’ve said it enough times that maybe I’ll eventually believe it. Still, I try to balance the daily onslaught of upsetting Continue Reading
The Republic on Trial
An imagined interview synthesizing the documented principles, warnings, and recorded views of America’s Founders Introduction: Inviting the Dead to Continue Reading