Barry Brownstein
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For Now, The American Republic Stands
If Republicans win one of the two U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia, America will have avoided the Constitutional disaster of one party rule under President Biden. → Read More
Masks Don’t Have to Divide Us
The most visible manifestation of intolerance in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is the way we hate people on the other side of the great mask debate. → Read More
How to Resist the Woke Steamroller
A recent survey has revealed that young liberal voters are quite ready to support a wide variety of radical changes in America. What's the best way to combat this trend? → Read More
How to Resist the Woke Steamroller
A recent survey of young voters found significant support for the destruction of Mt. Rushmore and public buildings deemed “Eurocentric.” This survey, → Read More
Booker T. Washington's Rule for Living
When the world is falling apart, we need to learn to live in the present instead of worrying about the past or future. → Read More
The President is Not Our National Savior
Many Americans view the presidency as the be all and end all of political power. That runs contrary to the founders' intent, and to the preservation of our liberty. → Read More
How to Choose a True Leader in the 2020 Election
While Joe Biden and Kamala Harris go on and on about leadership we should look back to leadership lessons from Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address → Read More
Reagan’s Farewell Warning Was Ignored (And Now We Are Paying the Price)
In his 1989 farewell address, President Ronald Reagan gave a prescient warning about what would happen to America if it did not reinstitutionalize freedom in its culture. → Read More
Jerry Seinfeld’s Advice for Marital Happiness
In an age where our fleeting feelings have been elevated to the sacred, exercising emotional self-regulation in marriage is sacrilege, except for Jerry Seinfeld. → Read More
Why Facts Don’t Matter to People
Americans are starting to think like North Koreans, finding it difficult to believe that their leaders and experts might also be fallible humans just like everyone else. → Read More
Bearing Witness to the Destruction of America's Small Businesses
Small businesses are starting to collapse under the burden of COVID-19 regulations, and its our job to tell their stories before it is too late. → Read More
COVID-19 Lockdowns May Destroy Our Immune Systems
The coronavirus shutdowns may be counterproductive not just from an economic standpoint, but also in preventing the spread of disease long term. → Read More
How Fanatics Hack Our Minds (And Why We Let Them)
In any crisis, fanatics proclaim that their way is the only way forward. They want us to believe we have no choice but to follow them. → Read More
How New York Officials Spread the Coronavirus Among the Working Poor
While New York politicians claim to want to save lives, they are seemingly unconcerned about the working poor who must take jam-packed trains to work. → Read More
After Trump, Who Will Progressives Hate?
Haters make every problem into the fault of their hand picked devil. After Trump is gone, who will progressives select as their next devil? → Read More
Releasing Fear During the COVID-19 Crisis
When our fears and worries occupy our attention, we quickly become overwhelmed, but our fearful thinking often provides poor advice. → Read More
Bill Gates and the Middle Ground of COVID-19
Bill Gates' assertion that there is "no middle ground" in deciding how to respond to COVID-19 is not only a false position, but a reckless one as well. → Read More
The Myth That the President and the Fed Direct the Stock Market
The relationship between the stock market and interest rates is not what many believe. → Read More
On Netflix’s Love is Blind, Mistaken Ideas Are the Villains
Netflix's new dating show is yet another that offers the American public an extremely problematic view of what love ought to be. → Read More
Boost Your Immune System to Fight the Coronavirus
Acting now to boost your immune system is prudent. Here is how. → Read More