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Congress’s Unfinished Business

Congress’s Unfinished Business

Part II: The Ruling Settled the Case. It Didn’t Settle the Question. AMERICA'S CHARTER, REVISITED · PART II OF II Part I of this series laid out what the Supreme Court actually decided in Trump v. Barbara, and what the Fourteenth Amendment was actually built to do. The

Soil, Not Blood — Birthright Citizenship

Soil, Not Blood — Birthright Citizenship

Part I: What the Court Actually Ruled — and What the Fourteenth Amendment Was Actually Built to Do AMERICA'S CHARTER, REVISITED · PART I OF II This series does not argue that presidents can rewrite citizenship law by executive order. It points to the deeper constitutional and civic question — whether

The China Chip Conundrum: How U.S. Restrictions Accelerated the AI Power Shift They Were Meant to Stop

The China Chip Conundrum: How U.S. Restrictions Accelerated the AI Power Shift They Were Meant to Stop

"Chip Gambit" questioned US export controls, "China Chip Conundrum" reveals the uncomfortable truth: Selling chips boosts China's AI; restricting them spurs their independence. No easy answers, only tradeoffs.

Energy Policy Has Consequences: California’s Energy Reality Check

Energy Policy Has Consequences: California’s Energy Reality Check

California’s Gas Price Crisis was Created by Policy. When government reduced domestic energy resilience, it increased dependence on unstable foreign markets instead. Energy independence is an economic and strategic advantage.

The Chip Gambit: How America's Attempt to Slow China May Have Accelerated It

The Chip Gambit: How America's Attempt to Slow China May Have Accelerated It

A look at the unintended consequences of U.S. semiconductor export controls—and what we may have cost ourselves in the process.