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Trump Dollar ‘Gold Coin’ to Go Into Production

July 15, 2026 · 9:16 am ET · Leave a Comment

“President Trump has added his name or likeness to federal buildings, airports, bridges and even some passports. Now, the U.S. Mint is set to begin striking a dollar coin featuring his face, a rare move to put a sitting president on American money,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled designs for the new ‘gold coin’ Wednesday, which show Trump’s profile on one side next to the words ‘In God We Trust.'”

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Epic Folly

March 12, 2026 · 12:05 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Richard Haass: “It has been over forty years since the historian Barbara Tuchman wrote The March of Folly. The book examines wars that ought not to have been fought as they went against the self-interest of the empire or country that undertook them even when preferable alternatives were available. Tuchman’s thinking aligns with my own, with what I termed ‘wars of choice’ in an op-ed published in 2003, months into the Iraq War, and in my subsequent book, Wars of Necessity, Wars of Choice.”

“The subtitle of Tuchman’s book is From Troy to Vietnam. An updated edition might well read, From Troy to Iran or, better yet, From Troy to Iraq to Iran.”

The March of Folly
From Troy to Vietnam
by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman · Random House · 2011
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Vintage-Look Political Posters

July 27, 2012 · 11:02 am ET · Leave a Comment

Fab has some great political posters designed to look like vintage prints from the mid-1900s.

My favorites are Attack of the Conservatives and Attack of the Liberals but they also have Vote Democrat, Vote Republican, Mitt Happens and No Bama.

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Buy Obama’s Car

January 30, 2012 · 9:38 am ET · Leave a Comment

The 2005 Chrysler that Barack Obama leased from 2005 to 2007 is for sale on eBay for $1 million.

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