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Why Sanctuary Cities Make Good American Sense
Well, here we go again. Another round of red-faced shouting over “Sanctuary Cities,” as if your local sheriff were secretly running a coyote ring out of the jail basement and giving undocumented immigrants a free pass to Disneyland. You’ve heard the chorus. “They’re...
What Kind of Country Builds Alligator Alcatraz?
They built it in eight days. Dropped it right in the Everglades. Surrounded it with alligators and pythons like some kind of bad Florida joke. Wrapped it in razor wire and gave it a name that belongs in a comic book: Alligator Alcatraz. This isn’t a plotline from some...
The Supreme Court Just Turned the Constitution Into a Zip Code Lottery
Today’s Supreme Court decision didn’t just sidestep the meaning of the 14th Amendment—it cracked the door open to a fractured republic. At issue was a challenge involving birthright citizenship, the guarantee that anyone born on U.S. soil is a citizen. It’s one of the...
Sneaker-Net, Cloud-Speak, and the Fog of Milspeak
“We are streamlining the secure exchange of information between unclassified and classified networks via the Amazon Web Services Cross-Domain Solution. By eliminating ‘sneaker-net’ methods of data transfer, we’re boosting collaboration and empowering Warfighters with...
Strike First, Ask Later
Well, it looks like we just rang Iran’s doorbell—with 14 precision-guided bunker busters and cruise missiles. Late Saturday night, U.S. aircraft struck Iranian nuclear facilities. Not a rumor. Not a rehearsal. An actual, coordinated operation across multiple sites,...
The Age of Artificial Nostalgia
There’s a photo floating around Facebook again. You’ve probably seen it. It shows a couple of 1930s streetcars, some early sedans, and a row of pedestrians framed by weathered buildings. The caption reads something like: “Pacific Highway cuts through the heart of...
The Truth Can’t Compete with a Confident Lie
Let me put it plainly: AI is full of it. Not always. Not everywhere. But often enough — and confidently enough — that it’s becoming a real problem. We are living in an age where artificial intelligence systems are spitting out facts, figures, timelines, and...
Read the Damn Thing
Some folks walk around waving the Constitution like it’s a VIP club card—citizens only, no foreigners allowed. To which I say: read the damn thing. It doesn’t start with "We the Citizens." It starts with "We the People." And that little distinction? While the Preamble...
A Heated History of “Global Warming” vs. “Climate Change”
Back in 1896—when the ink on the Industrial Revolution was barely dry and folks still thought burning coal was just a good way to stay warm—Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius sat down with a pen, a brain, and too much time on his hands. He figured out that pumping...

Isaac Cubillos
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