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The Word for 2025: ‘Elon’

Elon Musk is flawed. We all are. Nonetheless, Musk is emblematic of the mood of Americans. He symbolizes the can-do, pioneering spirit that made the United States. Forget the moon; shoot for Mars.


  • By Matt Walsh
  • | 5:00 a.m. January 3, 2025
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Yep. “Elon” as in Musk.

That name, that word, should be emblazoned on billboards throughout the U.S. interstate highway system. That name, that guy, is the metaphoric emblem of what we Americans should be all about.

Go back to and renew our national pioneering, optimistic, can-do, reach-for-the-stars, kick-ass roots and go for it. Dream —  Big. Try. Fail. Adjust. Try again … and again. Keep going. Never give up.

 

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