U.S. Treasuries have functioned as a safe haven for investors during global turmoil for decades. Here’s Investopedia describes their role in providing financial stability:

Certain politicians have recently stated that Americans are paying more for what they buy because greedy corporations are hiking prices to fatten profits at their expense. Is this so? Legislation that governs the securities industry requires companies to disclose financial statements to ensure honesty and fair play. These financial statements should tell us whether companies are profiting at the expense of ordinary Joes.

The total public debt outstanding of the U.S. government has grown by $7.4 trillion since the end of 2020. That’s causing a lot of concern for the CEOs of foreign financial institutions, who don’t see it as a risk-free investment.

Sadly, the presidential race is unfocused on America’s most critical issue. This issue is so crucial that everything else, such as inflation, geopolitical conflicts, immigration, the decline of manufacturing, and cultural conflicts, depends on where you stand on it. I’m referring to the limits of government. Based on both candidates’ approaches, there seem to be no clear limits, except for Trump’s spasmodic criticism of excessive regulation.

In case you missed it, the U.S. government’s total public debt outstanding surpassed $35 trillion on July 26, 2024. This amounts to over $102,350 for every person in the country, based on the population of 341,963,408 in 2024. On average, this would be more than $255,875 per household, assuming each household has 2.5 members. These figures may seem daunting, especially when top executives from financial institutions who oversee high-priced deals express concern about them.

Mark Pulliam is a good fellow. He is retired from big law and regularly writes for publications such as Chronicles and the Law and Liberty Blog. Pulliam often sends me links to his publications and 99 percent of the time, I love his material. I enjoy my correspondence with him. However, I must take issue with his recent article entitled Nullification of the Constitution, in which Pulliam advocates for a supreme national government that dictates to the states. He argues that libertarian constitutionalists such as Tom Woods and the folks at the Tenth Amendment Center are off base for suggesting that the states may nullify/defy/reject federal dictates.

Vice-Presidential candidate J.D. Vance has been widely criticized for his gratuitous advice to American women on childbirth. The criticism can be extended to the broader goal of Vance and other isolationists, which is to defend American culture from past and future foreign influences. Their intent to purify culture from things foreign demonstrates extreme ignorance of American immigration history. For example, they appear to be unaware of a broad historical literature that includes Russell Kirk’s book, America’s British Culture and John Kennedy’s book, A Nation of Immigrants, which depict America as a melting pot that has always embodied foreign influences.

The California Department of Education reports that in the 2021-2022 school year, there were more than 10,000 teaching vacancies in the state. 

Sanctions have become very fashionable in the United States, which currently imposes them on over 15,000 individuals and entities, three times more than anyone else, in 20 countries with 2.5 billion people, i.e., 31% of all humans on planet Earth. From use sparingly in Cuba (since 1962) to Iran (1979), sanctions have proliferated this century and exploded under the Biden Administration.[1] Given their near-total lack of success, why do we continue imposing sanctions and expect a different result?

After an alarmingly bad debate performance and widespread pressure to drop out, President Biden formally announced he would not pursue a second term. Shortly after his announcement, the President endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, and many joined him.