THE RIVER BETWEEN US AND 2036 – Cross While You Still Can.

Elon Musk says money won’t matter in ten years. The real question is how anyone gets to the other side. By Craig Bushon | The Craig Bushon Show — Bold Talk for a Brave America Elon Musk sat down with The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, for a ninety-minute conversation this past week, and buried […]
Is Your Grocery Store Rigged at the Register? The Truth About Surveillance Pricing

The experiments have already been run, the hardware is already on the shelf, and the algorithm may already have a number in mind for you. By The Craig Bushon Show Media Team You’ve probably noticed the price of groceries creeping up. What you may not have noticed is that the grocery industry is quietly changing […]
The Permanent Campaign, the Permanent Deficit: Why Changing Parties Has Not Changed America’s Direction A Four-Part Craig Bushon Show Investigative Series Part IV: Finding The Compass

Part IV: Finding the Compass Again From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team If you have followed this investigation from the beginning, you may have noticed that we have intentionally avoided telling readers what political conclusions they should reach. That was never the purpose. The purpose was to encourage a different way of measuring government. […]
The Permanent Campaign, the Permanent Deficit: Why Changing Parties Has Not Changed America’s Direction A Four-Part Craig Bushon Show Investigative Series Part III: Beyond The Balance Sheet

Part III: Beyond the Balance Sheet From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team If America’s fiscal trajectory were the only trend pointing in one direction, this investigation would end here. Budgets matter because they quantify government activity, but they do not tell the entire story. A nation’s direction is shaped not only by what it […]
The Permanent Campaign, the Permanent Deficit: Why Changing Parties Has Not Changed America’s Direction A Four-Part Craig Bushon Show Investigative Series Part II: Measuring the Direction

Part II: Measuring the Direction From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team If the merry-go-round is the image that frames this investigation, then the federal balance sheet is the first place we should look for evidence. Campaigns are designed to persuade; budgets reveal priorities. Campaign speeches describe what leaders hope to accomplish, while budgets show […]
The Permanent Campaign, the Permanent Deficit: Why Changing Parties Has Not Changed America’s Direction – A Four-Part Craig Bushon Show Investigative Series Part I: The Merry-Go-Round

Part I: The Merry-Go-Round From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team Every election season, Americans are told that this is the one. This is the election that will change everything. The speeches become more urgent, the campaign ads more dramatic, and the promises more ambitious. We are assured that if the right party wins, Washington […]
When the Pulpit Becomes a Political Weapon: The Danger of Preaching an Anti-Constitutional Gospel

If a Church Leader Taught That Jesus Was a Socialist — and That You Should Be Too From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team America was founded upon a revolutionary principle: that free men and women, endowed by their Creator with free will and unalienable rights, would govern themselves under the rule of law rather […]
The Chinese Auto Trojan Horse: The Three Walls Protecting America—and the Loopholes That Could Bring Them Down

Tariffs, connected-vehicle restrictions, and state franchise laws still protect the American market, but direct-sales loopholes and Chinese battery technology may be opening a back door through the nation’s industrial base. The Craig Bushon Show — Bold Talk for a Brave America By Craig Bushon Tomorrow, the Senate Commerce Committee votes on the Connected Vehicle Security […]
The Machine That Won’t Play the Music: Was Aaron Lewis Blacklisted for His Politics – or Is There More to the Story?

An Investigative Op-Ed | By Craig Bushon Show Media Team — Bold Talk for a Brave America Aaron Lewis says the music industry turned its back on him. In an interview promoting his sixth solo album, “Give My Country Back,” due out July 17, the Staind frontman turned country artist told podcaster Andrew Pope that […]
The Real Problem Isn’t Student Loans—It’s The Business Model Behind Them: Why Aren’t Universities Sharing The Pain?

The Student Loan System Is Failing Everyone Except The Institutions From the Craig Bushon Show Media Team The headlines announcing that roughly 30,000 borrowers are receiving student loan discharge emails under the Sweet v. McMahon settlement will undoubtedly reignite the familiar political arguments over forgiveness. Some will celebrate. Others will criticize another round of debt […]