Monthly Archives: March 2026

Independence Forged in Ink

The Declaration and Constitution at Washington-on-the-Brazos, 190 Years On Picture a raw, unfinished wooden hall on the banks of the Brazos River—leaky roof, dirt floor, the chill of early March seeping through cracks in the walls. Rain drums outside, wagons creak in the mud, and inside, 59 men from across the scattered settlements of Texas crowd benches or stand along the walls. It's March 2, 1836—exactly 190 years ago today—and while cannon fire still echoes faintly from the direction of the Alamo (though the full horror of its fall won't reach them for days), these delegates put quill to paper and…

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Coaching Series: Lou Holtz

Lou Holtz: The Coach Who Built Champions for Life Today, March 4, 2026, the college football world lost one of its greatest teachers. Lou Holtz, the legendary coach who led Notre Dame to the 1988 national championship and inspired generations with his no-nonsense wisdom, passed away at age 89 in Orlando, Florida. Notre Dame Football captured the moment perfectly in their tribute: “Remembering the life and legacy of Lou Holtz.” If you haven’t watched the video yet, pause and take it in—it’s a powerful reminder of the man who didn’t just win games; he changed lives. Remembering the life and legacy…

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Why Talarico Won’t Win Texas

The Preacher Candidate Texas Evangelicals Will Reject in November Calm down, panicans. The national press and the Democratic donor class are already treating James Talarico’s Senate nomination like the second coming of Beto 2.0. Slow your roll. This race is not competitive, it’s not close, and it’s definitely not the “blue wave” moment some folks are hallucinating. Talarico is a preacher candidate selling a version of Christianity that most Texas believers will recognize as straight heresy — and that alone dooms him before the first general-election ad even airs. Let’s start with the theology, because that’s the brand he’s running on.…

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This Is Statecraft

Trump's Masterstroke Against Iran and the Horseshoe Hacks Who Miss It Heed this: What we're seeing with President Trump's Operation Epic Fury isn't some knee-jerk bombing or endless quagmire. It's pure, unadulterated statecraft. This is the 2025 National Security Strategy in full force—a calculated gut-punch to the anti-U.S. axis. It starts with decapitating Iran's mullahs, then ripples out to starve China's oil lifeline and cripple Russia's drone arsenal. We're talking 13-15% of Beijing's crude imports disrupted—the discounted slop Tehran funnels to evade sanctions. Xi scrambles for pricier sources while his green energy fantasies crumble. Simultaneously, it severs the Shahed drone pipeline…

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Draining the Carbuncle

Trump's Bold Surgery on a Festering Global Threat In the annals of medicine, there's an ancient maxim that cuts straight to the heart of decisive action: "ubi pus, ibi evacua"—where there is pus, there evacuate it. This isn't some quaint Latin proverb gathering dust on a shelf; it's a timeless surgical principle, harking back to Hippocratic wisdom, demanding that when an infection festers into a swollen, toxic abscess—a carbuncle, if you will—you don't pussyfoot around with half-measures or endless palliatives. You lance it, drain it, and give the body a fighting chance to heal before the poison spreads and claims the…

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