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Reader's Question:  It's confusing. Maybe say something about principles being values in action, so it's clearer. Author's Reply:  I hear you but it’s not always true. Luigi Mangione values healthcare for everyone as many of us do. Was equitable healthcare then a value in action when he shot the CEO of UnitedHealthcare? Values are not always in harmony with principles and this I’m afraid has been lost on so many. You hear too many today say they will stand on their principles

Immigration has a simple, enforceable fix mostly ignored by both political parties for decades: require every employer in the United States to run every new hire through E‑Verify. E‑Verify is a federal, online system that confirms whether a worker is authorized to work in the U.S.; where it’s already mandatory, it reduces unauthorized employment and raises incentives for legal migration. Extending universal E‑Verify would close a major pull factor for illegal immigration, pro

End division by bringing equality to the tax code and providing one universal social assistance standard creating a common purpose now missing. Change our current path leading to certain destruction to one of mutual prosperity. Consider America is growing more divided and partisan—and the data show it’s real. Compared with the brutal ethnic conflicts around the world, our divisions may look mild, yet their consequences are still dangerous. Strategic nuclear weapons—long‑range

I've been a registered independent for decades, and I have consistently voted for the candidate who demonstrates the greatest adaptation of principles through their actions. When imperfectly voting in 2016 for the Gary Johnson/Bill Weld ticket, both Republican governors in blue states, I was lectured repeatedly by Clinton and Trump supporters about how I was wasting my vote. Now a retired successful entrepreneur, having started our company with my wife on the back of high-int