In August, Abdul El-Sayed defeated Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary, making El-Sayed the Democratic nominee for United States Senate for the state of Michigan. Though the primary is long over, on Friday, Stevens, who is a Democratic US House of Representatives...
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Gun-Free School Zones and Students’ Safety
by Adam Dick | Oct 30, 2026 | Congress Alert
Earlier this month, a mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon appears to have been cut short by Kaylub Giamanco, a father of two students at the school. Giamanco, using a handgun in contravention of gun-free school zone law, killed the murderer....
City Government Scheme Imposes ‘Nuisance’ Data Center Neighbor on Residents
by Adam Dick | Oct 28, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Pew Research Center poll conducted July 20 through August 9 found that 60 percent of polled Americans do not view data centers as good neighbors, answering that they would be “not to” or “not at all” “comfortable with a new data center operating in their area.”...
Some Pinocchios are Criticizing President Trump for Saying ‘Shylock’
by Adam Dick | Oct 21, 2026 | Featured Articles
The name of Shylock, a character in William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice has long been embraced in the English language as a means of referring to charging high interest for loans or engaging in business ruthlessly. That second meaning also applies to the...
Vice President J.D. Vance’s Deceptive ‘Antiwar’ Campaign Speech
by Adam Dick | Oct 17, 2026 | Featured Articles
J.D. Vance is approaching the halfway point of his term as vice president in an administration that has committed the United States to wars in locations from Ukraine to Venezuela to Somalia to Iran and beyond. All the while, the administration has threatened sending...
In 2006, Republicans Lost Big in the Midterm Election. The Situation Looks Similar Now.
by Adam Dick | Oct 15, 2026 | Congress Alert
The midterm election coming up in November is looking bad for Republicans. This is supported by polling. It also is supported by similarities between the situation in America now and the situation twenty years ago. Merrill Matthews described in a Wednesday USA Today...
President Trump Has Gone Berserk Against Free Speech
by Adam Dick | Oct 12, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is distressing to see the details of President Donald Trump’s efforts to suppress free speech laid out. Such details were provided by Reason writer Jacob Sullum in a Sunday article titled “Trump Has Been Trampling Free Speech for More Than 40 Years — and It Keeps...
Making Pfizer Pay for Coronavirus Shots Fraud
by Adam Dick | Oct 7, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
During the coronavirus scare, pharmaceutical company Pfizer raked in huge profits from its experimental coronavirus “vaccine” shots that were touted as “safe and effective.” Those marketing claims were incorrect: The shots instead were dangerous and ineffective. Last...
Phantom Trump Checks
by Adam Dick | Oct 5, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Donald Trump’s promise to send 5,000 dollars to each adult American citizen after the November election has one big contingency explicitly built in — that Republicans must first keep control of the United States House of Representatives and Senate in that...
Trump’s Pump and Dumps
by Adam Dick | Oct 5, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In the Wednesday episode of his Peter Schiff Show, economics and current affairs commentator Peter Schiff focused in on two situations in which he argued United States President Donald Trump has worked to pump up the value of an asset so that holders of it can sell it...
Thank You for Your Coup
by Adam Dick | Sep 25, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
For argument’s sake, let’s assume that Donald Trump is the worst United States president in history. Still, is he so bad that you would like to see him overthrown via a military coup? A new survey from the Center for Strategic Politics, reported on Tuesday by Ryan...
Taking with a Grain of Salt the Campus Climate Brief
by Adam Dick | Sep 22, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
You can tell something is off with the Alums for Campus Fairness’s Campus Climate Brief from the cover of the report. There you see the odd secondary title of “The Strongest and Most Concerning Campuses for Jewish and Pro-Israel Students.” Catch that? The report...
May the US Government’s Ban on Making Liquor at Home End Soon?
by Adam Dick | Sep 16, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Cracking down on freedom related to alcohol was one of the early emergences of authoritarian tendencies in the United States government, as demonstrated by President George Washington leading troops to confront people in Pennsylvania who were participating in what...
Trading in Dollars for Nickels can Beat Buying US Government Bonds as an Investment
by Adam Dick | Sep 13, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Economics and investing commentator Peter Schiff, in the Tuesday episode of his Peter Schiff Show, suggested people consider an offbeat investment strategy — buy nickels. Indeed, Schiff suggests that this investment strategy is superior to the often touted as risk...
House Republicans Posture against Socialism and for the Constitution
by Adam Dick | Sep 10, 2026 | Congress Alert
The advance of socialism and rejection of the United States Constitution have been continuing themes in America over several decades irrespective of which party has majorities in the US House of Representatives and Senate. Yet, on occasion — and especially as biennial...
Paramount Throws Sham Antisemitism Accusation at Mark Ruffalo
by Adam Dick | Aug 31, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Mark Ruffalo put on a great performance in what I consider one of the best movies released this year — Crime 101. People should consider giving the film a viewing. They should also give consideration to Ruffalo’s comments last month regarding the relationship between...
Is the Solution to No Measles Deaths to Just Make Some Up?
by Adam Dick | Aug 30, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On August 4, I wrote about how the effort to scare Americans about the threat of measles was running up against the fact that nobody in the country has died from the infection this year. Without measles deaths, how are the measles scare promoters going to build up...
More Parents Obtain Shots Exemptions for their Children
by Adam Dick | Aug 20, 2026 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Americans this century have moved away from supporting the loudly proclaimed exhortation that it is extremely important that children take a slew of shots states impose for school attendance in vaccine mandates. This changing sentiment is manifesting among parents in...
Pennies Have Been Abandoned. Now What Will Be Done with Nickels?
by Adam Dick | Aug 19, 2026 | Congress Alert
The United States government minted its final penny in November of 2025. This came after fiat money inflation succeeded in depriving pennies of nearly all their value. Pennies are still circulating, but it is increasingly common for stores to round cost totals to...
Marching into Colombia
by Adam Dick | Aug 14, 2026 | Featured Articles
In January, with the United States military having just attacked Venezuela and rushed off the South American nation’s president to incarceration in the US all in the name of fighting drugs, I warned that US President Donald Trump may soon use the same excuse to sic...
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