I surely love my beautiful red show tractors. They bring smiles to me, as well as to many who pass by, but I also love Old Blue. The old tractor sports faded paint, greasy joints, dents and spots of rust here and there, but Old Blue and I share something special.

Trump has been through a lot over this past year – indictments, trials, contested primaries, and an attempted assassination; the strain is showing. But the time has come for him to make the sale.

As a Jewish parent whose daughter graduated from college in May, I witnessed firsthand the violent anti-Israel demonstrations and commencement cancellations that plagued campuses last academic year. While students are excited for their return this fall, I’m gripped by a sense of dread, fearing a repeat – or worse – of last year’s chaos.

Harris has never earned a single caucus or primary vote for president, neither in 2020, nor in 2024. Given that she came out of the Democratic Party apparatus that dominates California, in point of fact Harris has not faced serious scrutiny in her entire political career, ever.

Free speech is under attack around the world. The individual needs to be very careful about content, checking several sources if you can.

Our country is headed down a path of fiscal disaster. The Biden-Harris administration has created high prices through their reckless spending. It’s contributed to a national debt of over $35 trillion. That’s over $266,000 per household. It’s a second mortgage for many families. It’s raised grocery prices 22%. It’s slowed growth and stifled opportunity.

TCJA lowered tax rates across the board for all Americans, not just – as opponents of the bill suggest – for the uber wealthy. The majority of TCJA’s benefits accrued to working middle class families, who on average received a tax cut ranging from $1,500 to $3,000.  

It took Vietnam to drive the last great U.S. effort at military reform, we cannot let Afghanistan and related military failure be locked in the attic like a crazy uncle. Like a termite infestation or dry rot, ignoring the problems much longer could lead to a collapse of the whole edifice and our nation’s interests and force in readiness, the Marine Corps, depend on it. We are now experiencing the greatest decline in American combat power since the end of World War II. America's military is becoming a hollow force not seen since the Carter years.

The first federal criminal statute, written when the Republic was established, contained fewer than 50 crimes. Now the total number is, by some counts, 5,000.

With the country deeply in debt, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on subsidies for green energy, as the Inflation Reduction Act calls for, is an idea whose time is long past. Green energy "Jeopardy!" may be a lucrative game for the lucky recipients, but eventually everyone loses.

As RFK Jr. explained, he and Trump are aligned on three critical issues, and they are of such existential importance that he was willing to set aside their differences to work together. Beyond being a refreshing break from the mind-numbing drumbeat of Trump’s opposition, RFK Jr.’s remarks were a stark reminder of why two-thirds of Americans believe the country is moving down the wrong track.

I thought I would take a bit of a pause here and offer some clarification on my recent and planned columns from now until November.

To our enemies, this disorderly withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan was more than just a strategic setback for America – it was a symbol of American vulnerability and declining American resolve and principle.

American constitutional government sought to break authoritarianism’s grip. The Declaration of Independence stated that government’s primary task was to secure unalienable rights, starting with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In the original Constitution, the sovereign people protected speech by declining to delegate to Congress the power to regulate it. The First Amendment, ratified two years after the Constitution went into effect, explicitly denied Congress the power to abridge free speech.

The 2022 documentary "Retrograde" explores the final months of America’s war in Afghanistan, capturing footage from January 2021 until the final withdrawal of U.S. troops in August 2021. The charismatic figure at the center of the film is Afghan Lieutenant General Sami Sadat.