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Why MAGA won’t become the ‘disco’ of the twenty-first century
President Donald Trump is too shrewd of a politician to allow public opinion to trail away from his movement. 2026 will provide numerous opportunities for Trump to demonstrate how “great” America has become again. The economy almost certainly will improve. And the “MAGA Republican” will be in demand, once more.
Some of the things that will – or may – happen in 2026. What holds the future?
We’ll find out how this story ends in 2026. The list of potential headlines for this year is too large to list, and it’s always nice to leave much of the anticipation to fate. What holds the future? The nice thing is we won’t have long to wait to find out. Happy 2026!
2025 – The Year of Trump and His One Big Beautiful Bill
Sizing up 2025 can’t be done in one short recap piece. The change from senile Joe Biden to Donald Trump was like the dark night transitioning to a clean, bright new day. Not everything Trump did was popular or agreed with, but it was terrific having solid, competent leadership again. 2026 should be even better. Happy New Year!
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2026 is a pivotal year for Trump’s second term
W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner Trump heads into 2026 with a job approval rating of 43.4%, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average. That’s comparable to where former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush were at this point in their second...
Minimum-wage hikes affecting hourly workers in 19 states
Sean Salai, Washington Times Hourly workers in 19 states will enjoy a salary bump in their next paycheck, even as economists warn that minimum-wage hikes reduce jobs and add to inflation. The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute estimates the increases that took...
GOP Fiscal Hawks Balk at $5.7B for Refugees in 2026 HHS Funding Bill
The Center Square (Therese Boudreaux), The Star News Network When Congress returns next week, lawmakers will have less than a month to pass the remaining nine appropriations bills funding federal agencies in fiscal year 2026. Already, however, there are signs of...
Where we’ve been
Mid Pines Restored — Donald Ross is back in Southern Pines
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; photos by Kevin Gaydosh and Jeff Rendall SOUTHERN PINES, NC – “It was really a dream come true to work on and be a part of the restoration of Mid Pines,” remarked course architect Kyle Franz, the lead mind behind returning the Donald...
The Oconee Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee – Golf’s Hippocratic Oath taken to its logical extreme
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Matthew Rendall GREENSBORO, GA – When a medical student is ready to embark on a career as a physician, he or she must first take the Hippocratic oath, which originated in ancient Greece and roughly translated today means “First, do no...
Maui Nui Golf Club — A Hawaii golf experience that won’t break your wallet
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Charles Rendall KIHEI, MAUI, HI – I don’t know about you, but one of the things I dread most about traveling to a touristy destination like Hawaii is the prospect of paying supersized prices for products and activities that just don’t...
Kinloch Golf Club — Nourishment for Future Comparisons
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos By Kevin Gaydosh and Jeffrey A. Rendall Kinloch's Website MANAKIN-SABOT, VA -- Kinloch Golf Club's been called the 'Augusta National' of Virginia. Most folks, when talking about golf courses, categorize...
Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s Ocean Course — An Exhilarating Pounding
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Photos By Kevin Gaydosh CONGRATULATIONS to Phil Mickelson for winning the 2021 PGA Championship. It's often said that golf is the sport of a lifetime, and Mickelson proved it. If a 50-year-old can compete with the best a sport has to offer, it...
PGA West Stadium Course — The Hardest Examination You’ll Ever Love
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Scot Rendall LA QUINTA, CA – It isn’t often you walk off a golf course having struggled mightily and subsequently learn your troubles were exactly what the owners had planned from the beginning, but it’s not every day you see a layout...
Stuff that’s useful – and fun
Miura Golf’s Series 1957 Wedges — Good golfers will find them
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Miura Golf HEMIJI, JAPAN – Japanese golf club-making guru Katsuhiro Miura is a confident fellow, and has adopted a philosophy for the company which bears his name: ‘The good golfer will find me.’ Miura has a reason to be...
Brava Driver Shaft from Breakthrough Golf Technology – Long and Straight adds years to your life
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from Breakthrough Golf Technology RICHARDSON, TX – “I’m 83 and would gladly welcome an advanced blend of ingredients in pill form that would move me back to 73,” remarked innovative golf club design legend Barney Adams when I asked him if...
ASICS GEL-ACE PRO M STANDARD Golf Shoes — No need to think about it
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from ASICS HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA -- Don’t think, just do. It’s something Tom Cruise’s Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell character instructed his students to do in the aptly named box office hit “Top Gun: Maverick”. I can’t speak for Pete,...