The media, in this case the neocon media, will always bend an event to its own purposes. The way events like the Ukrainian uprisings are reported in the media are always much less complicated than the facts on the ground. When this editorial appeared in The Wall Street Journal, I asked Chris Preble, Cato Institute […]
Archives for February 2014
Johnny Winter at 70: Still a Bluesman
In Johnny Winter’s 70th year, he’s still going strong. The Wall Street Journal details Johnny’s rise to fame here, and introduces his new box set “True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story.” In December 1968, guitarist Johnny Winter and his manager Steve Paul went to New York’s Fillmore East to hear blues-rockers Mike Bloomfield and […]
“Obamacare Enrollment Crash”
The deadline is the end of March. That is the date that the administration is going to have to admit that its projections for paid enrollees were just so much hot air. Here writing at National Review, Patrick Brennan gives you the bad news for the Obama administration. ‘We may not get to 7 million, […]
M4 Ready for Battle?
A recent article in the Washington Times and another in Soldier of Fortune Magazine call into question the quality of the military’s M4 carbine. The issues with the carbine have apparently been understood by the military for some time, but the articles claim not much has been done about it. From the Washington Times: Documents […]
Anti-EU Swiss Peoples Party Wins Immigration Battle
Switzerland has voted to curb immigration, and this could be only the beginning. Foreigners now make up 25% of the Swiss population and the right wing Swiss Peoples Party is on the move to slash the foreign headcount. After its recent groundbreaking victory, the Peoples Party is on track to put forward an initiative to […]
Bitcoin Unreliable?
Talking with NPR, Campbell Harvey, a financial economist at Duke University, contends that Bitcoin is 10 times more volatile than the changes in the price of gold and 20 times more volatile than holding U.S. dollars. But just as the fluctuation can take you from rags to riches, bitcoin transactions can also go downhill for merchants. […]
Tiny Finland Wipes Away the Smirk
Boston Bruin’s star goalie Tuukka Rask, playing for Finland, helped to shutdown mighty Russia in the quarterfinal round of men’s ice hockey. The huge win should wipe the smirk off of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s face. Things aren’t exactly turning out as planned. His Winter Olympics are the most expensive in history, his hockey team […]
Swiss Vote for Strict Immigration Quotas
Big change is in the wind. Switzerland is not a member of the EU, but has to this date abided by the Schengen Agreement on freedom of travel across European borders. Now, as Pat Buchanan explains, Switzerland wants to be rid of Schengen—and any more immigration. As Pat continues, populist parties all over Europe have […]
You Can’t Fix Stupid
There’s a reason why businesses have migrated to the South. Lower taxes and right to work laws are the draw. But what may be most important is the attitude of self reliance. Self reliance is the antithesis of what union bosses are selling. They’ve ruined Detroit and will continue to bully in Tennessee. The VW […]
Entrepreneurial Federalism Vs. Union Cronyism
It is commonly but erroneously stated that the U.S. government bailed out the auto industry. But truth be known, the Obama administration bailed out only two of the three auto companies. Those two companies were in one of the two U.S. auto industries—the UAW-organized one. The other industry—the one not saddled with the industry-ruining UAW—was […]
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