Steve McCann rips apart the IRS, the Obama administration and complicit Republicans at The American Thinker.
Archives for June 2013
Paul Wolfowitz, the Iraq War and a Manipulation of Intelligence
At The American Conservative, Philip Giraldi asks the question “Was the architect of the Iraq War getting advice from an agent of the Islamic Republic?”
Obama’s Denial of Responsibility
My Cato Institute friend Gene Healy V.P., and author of The Cult of the Presidency tells readers “President Bush’s “I’m the Decider” attitude sounded arrogant and grating at the time, but Obama’s denial of responsibility just might make us grow nostalgic for it.” Healy asks where Obama has been on big issues for the years he’s […]
Republican Skepticism about Neoconservative Foreign Policy
Senator Rand Paul talks about his top priorities for U.S. foreign policy, Scott McConnell reports at The American Conservative. I think the top priority for the country, constitutionally, historically and appropriately, is defense of the country. That’s what we’re supposed to do in Washington. That being said Reagan’s motto was Peace Through Strength it wasn’t War Though […]
America’s Grid Vulnerability: One Utility Reports 10,000 Cyber Attacks Each Month
How will you and your family fare in an extended power outage? The electric power grid in the United States is highly vulnerable to cyberattacks and other threats, concluded a report issued on Wednesday by Congressmen Ed Markey (D-MA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA). “More than a dozen utilities” reported that deliberate cyber attacks have occurred […]
Obama D.C. Court Nominations Simply a Political Power Play
“President Obama today nominated three liberals to fill longstanding judicial vacancies on the important Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Will the Senate rubber-stamp the president’s nominees—even though the court’s fine as it is, with the eight judges currently serving enjoying the lightest caseload in the country? In 2006, when the Senate refused […]
George Kennan: A State’s Primary Task is to Protect its National Interest
Jordan Michael Smith explains the complicated views of George Kennan at the American Conservative in recognition of the release of the sixtieth anniversary edition of Kennan’s book, American Diplomacy.
The Obama-Reid Filibuster Contempt
The last thing the second most powerful court in the country needs is more judges. That’s not going to stop the Obama-Reid team. As The Wall Street Journal writes: President Obama supports many things he opposed as Senator Obama—such as unlimited terrorist detention—but for flip-flopping with a high degree of artistic difficulty nothing beats his […]
The Most Exciting Place to Invest in the World?
Looks like the fast money is taking it on the chin. The quarterly earnings crowd is heading for the exits. The Nikkei is down 15% in eight trading days.
Brits Defenseless, Want Their Handguns Back
Cheryl Carpenter Klimek at BizPac Review details the results of a poll by The Telegraph in which readers overwhelmingly expressed their support for a repeal of the ban on handguns in the United Kingdom. Recently the Daily Telegraph put out a request to their UK readers to suggest “Private Member Bills” that they would like […]