Even after Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, and the closing of the port of Boston—even after the creation of a Continental Army and the appointment of Washington as its commander—most colonists in late 1775 still hoped for reconciliation with England. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Thomas Paine’s pamphlet hit the streets.

Last Sunday, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice announced that they had concluded that Jeffrey Epstein did not have a list of clients and that the convicted sex offender and formerly well-connected financier really did die by suicide.

“Americans’ attitudes on immigration have largely returned to where they stood before the recent border surge.”

Like a child with his new favorite toy at Christmas, President Trump is using tariff taxes not only to attempt to centrally plan the pricing of thousands of goods and services in the economy, but also to engage in election interference in other countries. The latter statement refers to how he recently put the government of Brazil on notice that 50 percent tariff taxes would be imposed on Brazilian imports to the U.S.