One of the problems facing the U.S. today is that although there are a record number of Americans in the labor force today, there is also a labor shortage. Many businesses are desperately trying to find workers, writes the Heritage Foundation’s economist Stephen Moore. Employers are facing a shortage of either trained employees or low-skilled […]
Archives for March 2015
Survival: Night Fright —Everything Looks Worse at Night!
Originally posted April 2, 2012. You wake up with a start. It’s pitch black. You hear an odd noise and than another. We have all been in just such a situation. But this time, in your fuzzy nighttime haze, you note that neither your alarm clock light is on nor the night light in the […]
Key West Sold Out!
What a shocker. Yesterday Debbie and I heard that one of Key West’s biggest seasonal rental agencies has already sold out for next year. We’re talking 2015/2016. Completely booked even before the end of this season. We have been here for 25 years and this the first time we have heard of such an early […]
A Morally Defective Candidate?
Last Friday we learned that Hillary Clinton wiped her email server clean after the State Department requested her private emails. In light of this news, NRO’s John Fund asks, “Exactly what would a Hillary presidency look like, and could it plunge the nation into another round of debilitating Clinton scandals?” Mr. Fund notes the comparisons […]
Who Was Smedley Darlington Butler?
Butler was a Major General in the U.S. Marines, a recipient of two Medals of Honor, and the author of War is a Racket. From Warisaracket.org: Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, one of the most colorful officers in the Marine Corps’ long history, was one of the two Marines who received two Medals of Honor […]
I’ve Never Been Busier
Originally posted May 27, 2014. “I’ve never been busier”, is a phrase I often hear from retirees. We all think we’ll have tons of free time in retirement. And we do. But the hours still get filled-up with things to do. That’s why it’s crucial to plan ahead and understand some of the pitfalls out […]
Hillary Clinton Embraces Neoconservatives
Originally posted on August 20, 2014. On the surface an unlikely team, but the facts indicate simpatico. Hillary Clinton was all in on Iraq, all for the Afghan surge, and supported Benghazi I and II. Clinton has been for Syrian involvement. Clinton also is supportive of a neoconservative foreign policy defined as the belief […]
GOP Plays Fiscal Wargames
Matthew Fay of the Niskanen Center writes that the GOP Congress is using fiscal gimmicks to put more money into the Pentagon. As both houses of Congress throw fiscal sanity to the side, using budget gimmicks to inflate the Pentagon’s budget through its war funding account, here are articles and reports for your weekend defense […]
James Baker vs. Jeb Bush
James Baker appeared before J Street (Washington anti-AIPAC lobby) Monday evening, as Jacob Heilbrunn writes here, to chide Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for opposing Iran talks and disdaining a two-state solution with the Palestinians. For his efforts, Baker, Mr. Heilbrunn notes, has been repudiated by Jeb Bush in an effort to “shore up his support […]
Common Ground with Iran?
Is there any common ground to be had with Iran? Pat Buchanan argues that the Israelis and their powerful lobby AIPAC, the Saudis and their Sunni allies on the Persian Gulf, a near unanimity of Republicans, and a plurality of Democrats in Congress do not want any détente with Iran, never mind a nuclear deal. […]
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