Second Glance

The current state of affairs: the Trump-Led Republican Party Continues to Reject Latinos, But Expects Them to Vote Red. Makes sense, right? Within the last week, Republican Texas legislators released designs for new congressional maps in the Lone Star State. This move followed Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Special Session Agenda announcement. Sandwiched neatly between actually […]

These sort of pop culture advertisements don’t exist in a vacuum, immune to ongoing political phenomena and discourse. To say otherwise would be ignorant. Ads mean something, and they mean something especially in the context of a given moment. We can agree that jeans are American. So, what does it mean when you take the token white woman in Hollywood as the spokesperson for jeans talking about her eye color and hair color while flaunting her body? Is that what America is?

From energy bills to education, from welfare to sanctuary cities, these ideas trap people in dependency, stifle opportunity, and erode self-reliance. And that’s the point. Because an independent citizen doesn’t need big government—or the Democratic Party. So when liberals promise to “help,” remember: what they’re really offering is control.

We live in a culture that speaks uncomfortable truths—until those truths challenge its ideological comfort zone. Case in point: fatherlessness. 82% of school shooters grew up without both biological parents together. 85% of youth in prison come from fatherless homes. This isn't casual correlation; it's documented social science that policymakers refuse to confront. A society full of dad-deprived boys is a society without emotional brakes. The evidence is overwhelming. The solutions are clear.