My friend, Cato Institute’s Chris Preble’s aptly titled post is both shocking and depressing. Americans are being played the sucker by our own government. You may have thought that your government was spending your tax dollars to subsidize the defense of wealthy nations around the world. But I bet you had no idea of the actual […]
Archives for May 2014
The 10 Largest Bond Funds: Part II
Yesterday I wrote to you about how the 10 largest bond funds are increasing risk by loading up on junk bonds. The only fund company of the group not doing this is Vanguard. No surprise there. Vanguard always seems to do the right thing for investors. But there’s another narrative inside this grouping of behemoths […]
Shame on Us
On reading an article on Eric Shinseki, a retired four-star general and now secretary of Veteran Affairs, I was puzzled and saddened to learn of Mr. Shinseki’s history. Obviously, the guy is no slacker and certainly not immune to pain and suffering. From what was presented in the article, he appears to be a caring, […]
Supreme Court Predictions
Cato expert Ilya Shapiro predicts how the Supreme Court justices will vote before their summer vacation: As we head into the last month of the Supreme Court term – the Court releases its final, typically highest profile, opinions the last week of June – it’s time to take a deep breath and survey the lay […]
VIDEO: Solar Roadways: Technology to Drive the Economy
Unstoppable: Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader has written a masterpiece on how to dismantle the corporate sate that has engulfed our Federal Republic. Every American, whether liberal, conservative or libertarian, will come away from a thorough reading of Unstoppable with new hope for the future of a Federal Republic form of government. Mr. Nader envisions an emerging left-right alliance […]
Fahrenheit 451?
Frisking, invasive body scans, racial profiling, needless checking of liquids and nail clippers—something lifted out of a page of Fahrenheit 451? Indeed not. For nearly 13 years, fliers have been subjected to TSA indignities to the taxpayer-funded tune of $60 billion. But as Dylan Matthews at Vox writes here, there is no empirical evidence suggesting […]
“Delay, Delay until We Die”
In Morning Jolt, NRO’s Jim Geraghty reports on a 2005 Veteran Affairs study that rated Chicago the worst regional office in the country. In 2013, five veterans died while waiting for care at Hines. VA secretary Eric Shinseki has now appointed the man in charge at Edward Hines VA Hospital in Cook County, Illinois—Dr. Jeffery […]
Rick Scott for Florida
I have met Governor Scott a couple of times at Cato Institute conclaves. Rick Scott came into office with the goal of helping to bring business to Florida. The governor has absolutely delivered on his promise and in the Florida gubernatorial race is the hands down choice against the insipid, party hopping Charlie Christ. As a […]
Did Putin Win?
In The New York Times, Thomas Friedman explains how Putin and Russia took it on the chin after Ukraine’s independence movement began. Friedman writes here that Putin blinked when faced with the punishing economic sanctions and a cold shoulder from the developed world. Friedman thinks Russia’s annexation of Crimea has done the country more harm […]
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