With 2026 right around the corner, it's that time of year to reflect on the highs and lows of this voyage around the sun.

First, let's consider the three best developments of 2025 from a policy perspective.

The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), which President Trump signed into law on Independence Day, earns the top spot in my mind because it will pay big dividends to hard-working Americans who got the short end of the stick under the Biden administration.

In 2025, the cost-of-living crisis was the main issue. To put more money in people's pockets, the OBBB extended and enhanced the middle-class tax cuts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and slashed federal taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security.

As Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says, hard-working Americans will receive "very large refunds" when they file their taxes early next year.

Don't buy the media lies about the tax cuts going to the rich; lower- and middle-class Americans will benefit big time from the OBBB's tax cuts.

In second place comes the end of climate alarmism and the resurgence of commonsense energy policy focused on affordable, reliable, clean energy.

Thanks to Bill Gates' blog post, blackouts in Europe, exorbitant prices at the pump,........

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