The Federalist makes a great case for Jim Webb, as did Jim’s outstanding keynote address at the recent TAC foreign policy conclave, which Debbie and I sponsored. This is the best version of Trump’s foreign policy, and one he consistently discussed during campaign speeches and debates. Jim Webb for secretary of defense. Webb ran for […]
Archives for November 2016
Here’s How to Put Public Unions Out of Business
You shouldn’t have to join a union if you don’t want to. But that’s exactly what happens to teachers in states that don’t have right-to-work laws. A friend on mine who is a history teacher in non-right-to-work Boston, Massachusetts complains about the dues automatically deducted from his paycheck. He has stood up in meetings to […]
Trump Passes Over Best Choice, Bolstering Establishment
Rather than choose the impeccably qualified John Allison as his nominee for Treasury Secretary, Donald Trump has chosen instead to nominate a former Goldman Sachs banker, Steve Mnuchin. Despite Trump’s promise to drain the swamp, appointing Mnuchin is more of the same. The Wall Street Journal reports: President-elect Donald Trump will name longtime banker and former Goldman […]
Two Leaders–One Shot Pheasants, the Other Peasants
Except for Queen Elizabeth II, Fidel Castro “held on to power longer than any other living national leader,” noted the NYT. That is an intriguing comparison, writes Bret Stephens in the WSJ, “except that one of those leaders shot pheasants, while the other shot peasants.” As the progressive left showers the dictator with praise as […]
Fillon: Russia Poses No Threat to the West
Pat Buchanan, writing at The American Conservative, asks “why NATO and why are U.S. troops in Europe?” Pat explains: Now that the British have voted to secede from the European Union and America has chosen a president who has never before held public office, the French appear to be following suit. While Fillon sees Margaret […]
Trump Plan to Plug American Infrastructure Deficit with Private Capital
During the presidential election campaign, Donald Trump’s probable pick for Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, and economist Peter Navarro, wrote a comparison of Trump’s infrastructure plan to Hillary Clinton’s. In the report they wrote that America faces a huge infrastructure gap and attributed that gap to a lack of adequate financing options. President-elect Trump has said […]
Preble: Any Nation with Vast Power will be Tempted to Use It.
At WarontheRocks.com, Cato Institute vice president for defense and foreign policy studies, Chris Preble writes that “Any nation with vast power will be tempted to use it.” But perhaps after years of foreign adventurism with little to show for it, Americans are becoming warier of new interventions in foreign conflicts. Unfortunately, as Chris reports, Washington […]
Announcing New Rolling Stones Blues Album
On December 2, the Rolling Stones will revisit their roots with a new blues album pulling songs from the group’s early influences. Represented on the album will be Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, Memphis Slim and more. The Wall Street Journal reports: Though it informs the Stones’ music, traditional blues haven’t been […]
Two Things Our Children and Grandchildren Won’t Understand
The end of the year is a good time for reflection, and usually in column form, it means taking stock of what the past year has meant for politics, or society, or what have you. I’ll leave that to others this year. Instead, I’ll take a crack at predicting a few things our descendants won’t […]
The Fed’s Dubious Dietary Guidelines
Originally posted February 1, 2016. Even though observational evidence seems to indicate that obesity, leading to heart disease and diabetes, is rampant in the U.S., government dietary guidelines continue to urge Americans to avoid full fat dairy products and instead consume reduced-fat dairy products like skim milk and reduced fat yogurt. Contradicting advice, however, comes […]
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