Edifice of Trust

Explain This

Reality is beginning to replace euphoria in the Middle East and around the world about the ceasefire in Gaza and the hostage release by Hamas.

Oct 17 • 

Victor Bolles

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Darkness before Dawn

There is an old saying that it is “always darkest before the dawn.” (Actually the weatherman on my local TV station explained that there are three dawns…

Oct 3 • 

Victor Bolles

September 2025

Hairbrained

Recently, President Donald Trump had a great idea.

Sep 25 • 

Victor Bolles

Vertical War in America

News and videos of the bloody assassination of right-wing evangelist Charlie Kirk spread like wildfire acrossthe Internet and social media. Even before…

Sep 18 • 

Victor Bolles

August 2025

Unaffordable Abundance

The Democratic Party, a political party that promotes the disparate goals of different identities, is going through an identity crisis of its own.

Aug 27 • 

Victor Bolles

Faux Outrage

Democrats all across America are screaming their outrage at Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s plan to redraw the Congressional districts in the state.

Aug 11 • 

Victor Bolles

A Living Document

Is the Death of Democracy

Aug 6 • 

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July 2025

Homo Duplex

The toxic divisive politics that afflicts our poor country is usually attributed to dueling ideologies on the far left and far right.

Jul 30 • 

Victor Bolles

Three Kevins

The business world is abuzz with speculation about who President Trump will name to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell whose term expires in…

Jul 14 • 

Victor Bolles

My Fourth

I find that truly patriotic songs are pretty scarce on all the Fourth of July specials on television.

Jul 4 • 

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The Difference between Capitalism and Socialism

The difference between capitalism and socialism is easy to explain, capitalism creates wealth and socialism distributes wealth.

Jul 2 • 

Victor Bolles

June 2025

Who Needs Allies?

My most recent copy of Foreign Affairs Magazine arrived with the headline, Who Needs Allies?

Jun 25 • 

Victor Bolles