Year: 2026

Americans’ role in the surveillance state

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Americans increasingly confront a growing surveillance state, yet public demands for safety help fuel its expansion. License plate readers, privacy concerns, gun-control laws, and reliance on police raise questions about limited government, personal responsibility, self-defense, and the tradeoffs citizens accept in exchange for greater security…

Senate Moves Major Crypto Regulation Bill Toward Vote

The CLARITY Act would establish a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrency and other digital assets.

If you have nothing to hide, what’s the big deal?

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Like the Texas legislation that requires insurance companies that cover gender transition also cover rehabilitation for those who detransition. What about the woman who stood up to the University of Michigan Health-West when they demanded that she use a person’s “preferred pronouns” and provide referrals for so-called gender…

Former Air Force secretary’s security clearance revoked over Air Force One leak…

“Effective immediately, the Department of War has REVOKED former Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall’s eligibility for access to classified information and his ability to hold any sensitive position.
The U.S. Department of War has revoked former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s eligibility to access classified information over what the department says was an unauthorized disclosure involving Air Force One’s capabilities.

Supreme Court Justice Alito Says He’s Sticking Around for Another Term

His comment comes after NPR retracted a June report that incorrectly stated that the 76-year-old justice was retiring.

Navigating history with a broken compass

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Have you ever tried to navigate without a compass, or with a compass that’s broken? If you cannot navigate the world around you without a functioning compass, how can you navigate society when the compass of history has been manipulated? The Democratic Socialists of America not only have a twisted view of our history…

Almost $4T Added to National Debt Since January 2025, $1T Since Iran War Began

Overall, Trump’s two terms have added about $11 trillion to the national debt, some 30 percent of its nearly $40 trillion total. …

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The costs of Mamdani’s ‘free’ day care keep getting higher…

So far, he hasn’t uttered a peep about one major cost: the way this is already making private child-care more expensive, since those centers have to match pay at the city-run competition.
The latest bad news: Where the mayor’s put the cost to taxpayers at $6 billion a year for universal care (for kids as young as 6 weeks), an outside estimate just came in at $9 billion.