We fund the largest government in human history, yet for decades we’ve been told – by both parties – that competence must be rationed. One administration handles domestic policy while foreign policy implodes. The next plays global chess while Americans drown in inflation, crime, and bureaucratic neglect. We’re expected to applaud “progress” in one column while the other bleeds red ink and failure.
If you are having a really difficult time keeping up with the rapidly rising cost of living, you are certainly not alone. This year, “affordability” was a buzzword that was constantly on the lips of politicians, economists and talking heads on television. As you will see below, Americans are being slammed by rising prices from a multitude of directions. Meanwhile, “layoffs” has been another buzzword that has been widely used in 2025. Thanks to the rise of AI and our steadily deteriorating economy, we have seen far more mass layoffs this year than we did last year. Unfortunately, one survey has found that executives are gearing up for an even larger round in 2026.
This is what happens when you flood the system with money and you go into unprecedented amounts of debt. Eventually a day of reckoning arrives. Continue reading
Self‑examination is a deeply Christian discipline. It requires humility, honesty, and the willingness to confront one’s own failures; traits that historically lead to repentance and course correction. But the modern hard‑left, and the Democratic Party increasingly shaped by it, appears fundamentally incapable of such introspection. To look inward would be to unravel the very foundations of what they have built. Continue reading
The Wrath of God
It truly is amazing what difference a little knowledge, and a great deal of thought, can make upon one’s perceptions, beliefs, and opinions. I can’t remember what grade I was in when this happened, but I do recall having to pick someone from American History to write a short biography about; in essay form. For some reason I chose Andrew Carnegie, the steel magnate who, for a short time, surpassed even J.D. Rockefeller in wealth. Had I known then what I know now I would never have chosen Carnegie to write about; or if I did, I would have been a lot less praising of his achievements. Continue reading
A constitutional attorney says he feels encouraged the right-leaning U.S. Supreme Court will apply the law and common sense when it tackles the issue of birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment.
U.S. slaves on a Virginia plantation
The nation’s highest court announced late last week it has agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump’s executive order, which ends automatic birthright citizenship for children born on U.S. soil, is unconstitutional. The court will hear the case in January.
The famous addition to the U.S. Constitution, the 14th Amendment, was adopted in 1868 after the U.S. Civil War to address freed slaves. The amendment replaced the infamous 1857 ruling in Dred Scott v Sandford that found African slaves living in the U.S. were not citizens. Continue reading
(Eric Sailer)
In the early days of National Review, William F. Buckley Jr. liked to draw stark lines. One such line is right there in the November 1955 mission statement: “Conservatives in this country — at least those who have not made their peace with the New Deal, and there is serious question whether there are others — are non-licensed nonconformists,” Buckley wrote.
Buckley helped make support for free markets — what the same document called the “competitive price system” — a foundational element of the conservative movement. It’s not surprising that a movement so dedicated set its sights on the New Deal: the watershed moment of government involvement not just in the private economy but also in everyday life, by which the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt responded to the Great Depression. Continue reading
It might sound like something straight out of science fiction, but AI experts warn that machines might not stay submissive to humanity for long.
As AI systems continue to grow in intelligence at an ever–faster rate, many believe the day will come when a ‘superintelligent AI’ becomes more powerful than its creators.
When that happens, Professor Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize–winning researcher dubbed the ‘Godfather of AI‘, says there is a 10 to 20 per cent chance that AI wipes out humanity.
However, Professor Hinton has proposed an unusual way that humanity might be able to survive the rise of AI.
Speaking at the Ai4 conference in Las Vegas, Professor Hinton, of the University of Toronto, argued that we need to program AI to have ‘maternal instincts’ towards humanity. Continue reading
A new study has revealed that ChatGPT will provide detailed instructions to teenagers on dangerous activities, including getting drunk, concealing eating disorders, and even writing suicide letters to parents when asked. The research was conducted by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which had researchers pose as vulnerable teens to test the AI chatbot’s responses.
According to Apnews, the Associated Press reviewed more than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and the fake teen profiles. While the chatbot typically provided warnings against risky activities, it went on to deliver detailed and personalized plans for drug use, extreme dieting, and self-injury. The researchers also conducted large-scale testing, classifying more than half of ChatGPT’s 1,200 responses as dangerous. Continue reading
The Wizard of Oz is being ruined, and (according this author) it’s fine. It’s fine because the movie is now falling out of cultural relevance, and our choices are to live in a world where no one under the age of 20 will have seen or probably even know what The Wizard of Oz is, or do something really stupid and gimmicky with it to try and get people interested in the original movie.
So, how is it being ruined? They’re using AI to modernize it for viewing at the gigantic Sphere in Las Vegas. Continue reading
We’re all familiar with the story behind this article’s headline. It was the last day of the Constitutional Convention, Sept. 18, 1787, when a prominent Philadelphia socialite, Elizabeth Willing Powel, confronted Benjamin Franklin outside of Independence Hall and asked him, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy”?
Franklin was overheard replying, “A republic, ma’am. If you can keep it.” Continue reading
“I look at life from Both Sides Now!” ~ Judy Collins
Federal courts have handed a series of resounding victories to the law firms fighting back against President Trump’s targeted executive orders, a sharp rebuke of his retribution campaign against them.
Three judges, appointed by presidents of both political parties, forcefully struck down orders this month aimed at limiting government contracts and access for Big Law firms Perkins Coie, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block.
The early wins underscore the legal system’s ability to withstand the Trump administration’s pressure test, and have led some in the legal community to take shots at other elite firms that struck deals with Trump to avoid punishments. Continue reading
“They say ‘separation between church and state,’ they told me. I said, alright, let’s forget about that for one time.”
On Thursday Trump signed an executive order creating a presidential commission on religious liberty. During the White House event, he openly questioned the principle of separation between church and state.
In a clip circulating on social media from the event, Trump said of his faith advisors, “They work right out of the White House. That’s never been done before. No other president allowed that. They say ‘separation between church and state,’ they told me. I said, alright, let’s forget about that for one time.” Continue reading
Heah cum de Judges…
The U.S. Supreme Court has in some instances failed to issue negative orders against Donald Trump, but that could happen very soon, a legal expert said on Sunday.
Legal expert Norm Eisen, who worked in the White House as special counsel and special assistant to the president for ethics and government reform, is also known for being a thorn in the president’s side. Continue reading
Have you ever noticed how time sometimes seems to drag by at a snails pace, then before you know it, ten, even twenty, years have passed? So it is with my first glimpse into the realm of the dark side, as I’ve taken to calling it; my first introduction into the world of conspiracy theories. It sometimes seems as if it was just a short while ago that I first watched Aaron Russo’s documentary, From Freedom To Fascism. I still pull that dvd of that film out from time to time to watch it; if, for no other purpose, than to see just how far down the rabbit hole I’ve traveled. Continue reading
With April 30, 2025, being the 50th anniversary of North Vietnam’s defeat of the United States in the Vietnam War, it is worth revisiting the role that the U.S. national-security establishment’s assassination of President Kennedy played in that war.
The story begins with the war between JFK and the U.S. national-security establishment that broke out after the Bay of Pigs disaster soon after Kennedy assumed the presidency. The CIA was hoping to manipulate Kennedy into providing air support for the operation, but the scheme failed. Realizing what the CIA had done, Kennedy vowed to “splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.” For it’s part, the CIA was livid over what it believed was Kennedy’s cowardice, weakness, and incompetence for failing to come to the assistance of the Cuban exiles, all of whom were killed or captured by Cuba’s communist forces while invading the island. Continue reading
Crooked Voting
“Americans will always do the right thing – after exhausting all the alternatives.” – Commonly credited to Winston Churchill
The voting situation has already become tense. Lawsuits are everywhere. Democrats are posing as election officials. Cheat-by-mail schemes by Democrats, and printing errors are causing thousands of ballots to disappear or remain uncountable. Ballots are being overcounted. Ballot box fires are being reported in several states. And, of course, voting by illegal aliens has affected almost every state. Thank you, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. As of September 2024, only five states are actively purging non-citizens from their voter rolls. Continue reading
As the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) carries out widely-criticized responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, officials say the agency’s Disaster Recovery Fund is incapable of handling a third major storm.
While some are circulating false accusations that disaster funds have been diverted to immigrants or poured into the proxy war in Ukraine, a review of the agency’s 2024 outlays reveals a different, ongoing drain on FEMA’s coffers: Long after the end of the declared Covid-19 emergency, FEMA is still pumping out billions of dollars to pay for pandemic expenses — including, believe it or not, up to $9,000 each for funerals.
As previously detailed at Stark Realities, governments’ response to the Covid-19 pandemic was disastrous on many fronts. While the Pandora’s box of collateral damage included widespread harm to the physical and mental health of individuals, it also dealt a blow to the nation’s fiscal well-being, as the federal government recklessly showered trillions of dollars it didn’t have on people, businesses and state and local governments — with much of that money intended to offset the effects of government’s own tyrannical and counterproductive policies. Continue reading
That “goddamned piece of paper” – again
It is both apt and ironic that the anniversary of 9/11, which paved the way for the government to overthrow the Constitution, occurs the week before the anniversary of the day the U.S. Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787.
All sides are still waging war on our constitutional freedoms, and “we the people” remain the biggest losers.
This year’s presidential election is no exception. Continue reading
These attacks are ‘unusually aggressive and sophisticated’ and have allowed hackers to gain access to at least two major internet service providers with a combined reach of millions of customers
Chinese hackers believed to be backed by the government have gained access to American government and military accounts, according to a new report.
These attacks are ‘unusually aggressive and sophisticated’ and have allowed hackers to gain access to at least two major internet service providers with a combined reach of millions of customers. Continue reading