As we'll explain in more detail, this favorable trend in private-sector construction can be directly attributed to three major economic bills proposed by President Biden and passed by the 2021-2022 Democratic Congress: the Semiconductor (CHIPS) bill, the Infrastructure bill, and the Inflation Reduction Act. These bills included some direct spending, but also contained tax breaks and other incentives for businesses as well as consumers.

If U.S. Citizens can come to a consensus on two key questions regarding guns, the seemingly never ending argument over gun ownership can get resolved.

In 1527, Luther addressed how people should respond to the bubonic plague: If you promote your "independence" and won't use your God-given intelligence and medicines, God will not be pleased.

Looking for a gun show, military collectables, or political Americana show to attend? Here is a list of 2024 shows our readers recommend.

Politicians (especially the GOP) have been rigging the system to get their folks elected and people are finally saying enough is enough: no more gerrymandering.

Three years into the Trump Presidency, momentum from the Democratic recovery continued driving job growth, while Donald's ham-handed trade war and tax cuts for the well-off didn't help at all... Here's some of the detail on why, when it comes to the economy, we'll stick with the Dems.

After a few sodas, this topic frequently comes up among NFL fans, so we decided to weigh in with our take on one of America's favorite NFL points of discussion.

...and, despite the rhetoric you may have heard from the right-wing media and many far right politicians, Social Security is not impacting the federal budget deficit either.

A lot of people are saying just that and it's difficult to make a convincing argument against it.

Throughout his few years as a politician, Donald Trump has made more unusual assertions than most politicians have in a lifetime. We'll evaluate just how accurate some of these are.

For those of you who may have been misled into thinking that if you're pro-gun you have to vote Republican, even though we think it's pretty clear that doing so is not in the country's best interest, nor in your own...

If you're thinking about going solar, better hurry before the Kochs come calling in your state.

It's said that a picture is worth a thousand words; hence the popularity of political cartoons and memes. Here are some of our recent favorites.

Regardless of their politics, most Americans agree that Mr. Trump's personal behavior is not that of a role model. Here are some lesser known, but (mostly) clean examples to support that fact.

Voter Fraud, Deep States, Death panels, Benghazi, etc. For too many on the far right, the truth is secondary to their politics. Unfortunately, a lot of Americans hear the right's claims and actually believe them. This column is dedicated to setting you straight on these right-wing myths and myth-makers.

The key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) were developed by the GOP and supported by them for over 30 years - why are they so dead-set against it now?

With so many US jobs having gone abroad, particularly to Red China, is it time to make a concerted effort to buy American-made products?

The right-wing ideologues are going to hope you don't read this... That's because this story is the exact opposite of what those folks like to tell us regarding government spending and government "interference" with the private sector.

Despite conservatives' ongoing attempts to smear Hillary Clinton on Benghazi, the comprehensive 2014 report from a House GOP panel disagrees.

Sometimes economic numbers actually can be fun to read. Like these, that show the economy does better when the Democrats are in charge.

Despite evidence that shows higher wages are good for the economy, most conservatives have opposed the idea of raising the minimum wage. Until now.