The True Reason for Negative Growth in U.S. Tourism
Is the reason for the evaporation of tourist dollars, as suggested at left, that the U.S. has long wait times for visas? “Border friction, whatever exactly that means?
How about this? Our country is among the most reviled on Earth.
I’m reminded of a Canadian woman I met a few days ago who was in town for a wedding, who told me that she never would have considered for a second stepping foot in the United States were it not to be a part of her cousin’s daughter’s marriage service.
“I’m leaving on the first plane tomorrow morning, and I hope never to return.”
I met a woman from Minneapolis this morning, appeared to be in her 70s, grandmother of six, who was in town for an annual family gathering. I mentioned that I thought it was a shame that such a productive, peace-loving and beautiful city as hers had been through such intense violence.
One of the more bizarre aspects of life in America today is our government’s obsession with inserting itself into meaningless parts of our lives.
I’m happy to report that I don’t know a single person who would conclude, beyond a reasonable doubt, that “86 45” is a suggestion that Trump should be assassinated.
According to the Brookings Institute, the actual percentage of fraudulent votes in 2024 was a minuscule .0000845%, and no election outcome was altered by ballot fraud.
While Raskin’s bill sounds good, this “Whack-a-Mole” approach to preventing dishonesty in government is doomed to failure. Trump and his criminal administration will always find new ways to cheat.
When 
Oh. Well, if a professional liar says that something about Trump is “an objective fact,” I guess it must be true.
Basing a claim on a single incident, e.g., the murder of Charlie Kirk, has no real validity.
The meme here speaks volumes to life in the United States and free market capitalism as a whole.
