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  • LawnmowerCommentary

    AI told me hilariously wrong things about Elon Musk’s childhood job at a landscaping company—here’s why that matters on Labor Day

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  • Close-up on a red sign in the window of a shop displaying the message: Out of business.Commentary

    Private equity roll-ups are undermining the free enterprise system—and the American Dream

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  • Elon Musk holds a chainsaw reading “Long live freedom, damn it” during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025. The chainsaw was a present to Elon Musk from Argentina’s President Javier Milei. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    You’re gonna need a bigger chainsaw to reduce government debt

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  • Tesla CEO Elon MuskCommentary

    Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and the $35T national debt—entrepreneurs to the rescue

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  • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JUNE 27: Guests at the Old Town Pour House watch a debate between President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee former President Donald Trump on June 27, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. The debate is the first of two scheduled between the two candidates before the November election. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Commentary

    Blame the presidential candidates all you want—but this one is on us

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    Second Chance Month is a failed promise for former inmates. Here’s how we can fix that

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  • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA &#8211; FEBRUARY 11: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs reacts at Head coach Andy Reid in the first half against the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)Commentary

    Travis Kelce’s Super Bowl behavior is emblematic of the ‘rise of the jerk’

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  • Google-Criminal-Justice-SearchCommentary

    If Google wants to reform criminal justice, it should start with its search results

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  • President Donald Trump signs the First Step Act in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 21, 2018.Commentary

    Trump Signed the First Step Act for Criminal Justice Reform. Here’s the Second Step

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  • Father And Two Sons Sat On Bench In CountrysideCommentary

    What My Young Sons Taught Me About Finding True Happiness

    By Brian Hamilton and Bethany Cianciolo
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    6 Ways to Kill Your Startup

    By Brian Hamilton and Entrepreneur