Hopes of a good wine harvest in Burgundy have been dashed for the third summer in a row, thanks to a three-minute storm that unleashed golf ball-size hail and heavy winds to the vineyards of Cote de Beaune. A wet spring followed by a hot and sunny June had winegrowers optimistic in the region, home […]
Archives for June 2014
A Taste of New England, Harley Style
Bar Harbor, Maine at dusk. Dick and I just completed another annual 1,200-mile June road trip on our Harleys. We’ve been doing this trip in June for almost 20 years with my sister and brother-in-law who live in Goode, Virginia. Dave is originally from Maine, so a visit to Bar Harbor is always in the […]
Marching Toward Hell II
Michael Scheuer, former CIA Chief of the bin Laden unit, writes in Marching Toward Hell that the Founders intended the United States to be: noninterventionist, commerce-oriented non-ideological, focused on genuine life-and-death national interests, and undergirded by an inflexible bias toward neutrality in other peoples’ wars. Scheuer harked back to the words of George Washington, “our […]
How to Protect Your iPhone
It seems every day there’s a new threat to your digital security. A treasure trove of your personal information is available on your iPhone. You simply can’t ignore it, you must be proactive in your data security efforts. Here a couple “good” hackers show you simple steps to protect yourself from some of the more […]
Criminal Idiocy
From “Morning Jolt” by Jim Geraghty of NRO: Speaking of justice: What recourse do we have in this evolving, growing, and maddening IRS corruption scandal? If you believe the answer is an Obama-appointed special prosecutor, Andrew McCarthy will disagree. The right answer is: impeachment of corrupt IRS officials. Says Andy: The IRS is deeply unpopular […]
A NATO Farewell
It is time for America to retire from our billions-of-dollars-a-year NATO burden. It is decades past time for the European community to provide for its own defense. Here Cato Institute director of foreign policy studies Justin Logan hammers home a scholarly, rock-solid case for America’s departure from the European-centric NATO. Justin notes, “NATO has produced […]
Big Brother and Our Civil Liberties
Should you be concerned that U.S. law enforcement has undergone a dangerous militarization in recent years? NPR reports here that according to the ACLU, using federal funds “state and local law enforcement agencies have amassed military arsenals purportedly to wage the failed War on Drugs.” As both the ACLU and Cato Institute reported, the use […]
Did the Establishment GOP Die Last Night?
Debbie and I received this letter from Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, last night. In it, Kibbe outlines the outrageous behavior of the GOP establishment. Dick and Debbie, Did the establishment GOP die last night? I think so. Let me explain: by now you have already read about the craven tactics employed by self-described “Republican” […]
Where the Right Went Wrong
“The Quagmire in Iraq … Staggering Budget Deficits … and a coming Civil War in the GOP,” all the fireworks one has come to expect from Patrick J. Buchanan and succinctly packaged up with a bow in Where The Right Went Wrong—How Neoconservatives subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency. Pat asks, “Who […]
Iraq: We Had it Won
The neocons aren’t the only group to champion the Iraq War. It was a bipartisan effort going back to 2003 when it was supported by Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and Madeline Albright points out Cato’s Gene Healy. And with a 14% success rate for democracy at gunpoint, you’d think we might have learned a thing […]
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