The good guys from last week’s quiz were duck fat, coconut oil, raw milk, lacto-fermented drinks, and raw vinegar. If you’d like to dig into the interesting story of raw milk, I advise you to read William C. Douglass’s The Milk Book. For details on coconut oil, I recommend The Coconut Oil Miracle by Bruce […]
Archives for June 2010
Sotomayor Argues for Terrorists and Trial Lawyers
The Sotomayor Precedent – Review & Outlook, The Wall Street Journal The verdicts are in at the Supreme Court and Sonia Sotomayor has shown herself to bre every bit the radical leftist, activist justice that conservative Americans knew she would be. In the words of the Wall Street Journal editors, “Justice Sotomayor is already revealing […]
Stunning Border Security Revelation from John Kyl
McConnell Leaves Kagan Filibuster on Table – Carol E. Lee, Politico Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said this weekend on Fox News Sunday that “has basically argued before the Supreme Court that the government could ban pamphlets. I find that very troubling.” Troubling indeed. The whole Elena Kagan nomination process ought to be trashed before […]
A Seat is Waiting for You
Baseball is buzzing once again, thanks to 21-year-old Washington Nationals pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg, who in his first two starts has two wins, 22 strikeouts, and thousands of new fans in awe of his effortless, fluid-like delivery and smoking 100-mph fastball. His next start is tonight at home against the White Sox. Thirty-dollar tickets that […]
China’s Threat to National Security
My son graduated from kindergarten last week, completing a year where some of his greatest lifelong friendships may have been formed. Two of those friends are from other countries, the Netherlands and Australia. Their parents serve in their respective countries’ militaries and have been studying for the last year at the Naval War College in […]
Capital Gains Under Attack
A Stealth Attack on Capital Gains – Richard A. Baker, The Wall Street Journal A political revenge machine is being fired up in Congress. The same loathsome politicians that brought Americans Obamacare now want to tax the hell out of partnerships like hedge funds, private equity firms and venture capitalists. This set is responsible for […]
U.S. On the Borrowing Brink
Take a look at this chart. It’s a chart of the net lending or borrowing (borrowing in the case of the United States) that an assortment of countries did during 2009. Look at where the U.S. is on the graph (highlighted with a red arrow): second-highest borrowing, after Greece. Unless you’ve had your head under […]
The President is Attacking Business
The President’s Animosities – Daniel Henninger, The Wall Street Journal The President has shown himself to be exactly the type of virulent business hater that he promised during his campaign that he was not. His campaigning – I say campaigning because he doesn’t seem to be running the country – is entirely focused on attacks […]
Take My Health and Welfare Quiz
Some of the following foods will do you good, and others will do you harm. Before you try to identify which are which, email this mini health quiz to any friends who might enjoy an instructive diversion. OK, circle the foods you believe will do you good: Duck fat Coconut oil Raw milk Margarine Sunflower […]
Obama Uses Fear to Push Cap and Trade
Oil Talk – Review & Outlook, The Wall Street Journal President Obama surely isn’t going to let a crisis go to waste. He and buddy Rahm Emanuel are surely going to exploit the gulf oil spill for all it’s worth and use it to scare Americans into supporting cap and trade legislation. That is the […]