Politics

Donald Trump won the 2024 election. In fact, he won both the popular and electoral votes. Republicans did well up and down ballot. Democrats have been missing a trick since Donald Trump was elected in 2016. Stereotyping Over the summer, I got to go to a young niece’s birthday party in San Antonio, Texas. I’m a white male, no college education. My wife is Hispanic along with her side of the family, and brother-in-law is several races. My nieces, for instance, are Hawaiian, Hispanic, Chinese if that gives you an idea of their parents. My wife and I were the only Harris voters at the party. I was the only “white non-college educated” person at the party and I (a registered Republican) was voting for Harris along with my wife (registered Dem). Every single person the Democrat party would deem a minority or person of color was voting for Trump. We were outnumbered 4:1 at least. ...

The Minimum Wage and Youth Unemployment The minimum wage is a hot topic across our nation in the US. Many left-leaning Americans want to push the minimum wage ever higher, to combat cost of living increases and inflation. Right-leaning Americans often decry the minimum wage, but their reasoning often just boils down to ‘communism’. However, it’s absolutely true that the minimum wage has an impact on our unemployment rates in the US, particularly when it comes to teenagers. ...

Thomas Sowell comments on political leaders.

How It Started Expectations: Non-Existent. During debate season, I’m frequently reminded of the Nixon/Kennedy debate which aired on both TV and radio for the first time. People who watched on TV took away a cool-looking Kennedy, while the radio listeners took away a confident-sounding (but not looking) Nixon. Certainly there were demographic arguments that those likely to own a TV were likely to vote for Kennedy, and vice-versa. This might ring true to an extent as well. ...