Bryan McGrath

The sort of guy who cheats on his wife cheats at other things. Conscientiousness is consistent across a person's lifetime. It's a perfectly fine reason to think less of a candidate for public office.

James Talarico’s girlfriend is a lobbyist for abortion and vaccine mandates And she’s also a vegan. 🚩

You just won a 2-week, all-expenses-paid vacation. But there’s a catch: you have to stay within one region the whole time. What are you picking?

This is a Stephen Miller production and it is an utter failure. Worse, it asks the US military to carry out criminal acts.

Talarico's way to describe women: "Our neighbors with a uterus." 🤦

This Memorial Day let’s honor the 13 servicemembers who were kiIIed during Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. Johanny Rosario Pichardo Nicole L. Gee Darin T. Hoover Hunter Lopez Daegan W. Page Humberto A. Sanchez David L. Espinoza Jared M. Schmitz Rylee J. McCollum Dylan R. Merola Kareem M. Nikoui Maxton W. Soviak Ryan C. Knauss Remember their names.

Our seniors should not pay property taxes.

The irony of this is that Chip Roy has criticized Republicans in the House for not cutting the budget enough. Instead, he voted to explode it.

Venice built the greatest commercial empire in European history without a central bank, without industrial policy, and without a single economic development agency. While Byzantine bureaucrats strangled Constantinople with regulations and Frankish kings debased their currencies, Venetian merchants created wealth through voluntary exchange and sound money. The lagoon dwellers who fled Attila's hordes in 452 AD had nothing but salt marshes and fish. No natural resources. No agricultural surplus. No inherited infrastructure. What they possessed was something far more valuable: distance from the coercive apparatus of mainland states. This geographic accident forced them to survive through trade rather than taxation, commerce rather than conquest. Venice's constitution deliberately fragmented power to prevent any single authority from controlling trade. The Doge held ceremonial functions while competing merchant families checked each other's ambitions. No guild could monopolize an industry without rivals organizing alternative trading networks. When the state tried to restrict private commerce in 1297 with the Serrata del Maggior Consiglio, it marked the beginning of Venice's decline, not its peak. The Venetian ducat maintained its gold content for over 500 years while every other European currency suffered debasement. Merchants could calculate profits across decades, plan investments across generations, and accumulate capital without worrying about monetary manipulation. Compare this to England, where Henry VIII cut silver content by 83% in just 20 years. Voluntary association and sound money create abundance. Coercion creates poverty. Venice proved this. The same economic laws that enriched Venetian merchants still operate today, waiting for governments brave enough to get out of the way.