Lindsey Graham and the rabid War Dogs are frothing at the mouth and on the war path. Has the dreadful history of Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya taught the War Dogs nothing? Each was a loser for America. America should not have been involved in one of these foreign entanglements. Barack Obama has done […]
Archives for May 2014
State-Based Visa Logic
Here Cato Institute scholars outline a nifty state-based visa plan that places the interests of the states above the interests of federal government politicians. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) recently proposed a regional visa program that would allow immigrants to live and work exclusively in Detroit or other cities in the […]
Eastern Ukraine Falling
BBC reports indicate pro-Russian forces, under Moscow’s guidance, are making daily headway in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian government forces have begun to challenge pro-Russian insurgents in the country’s east more aggressively – and for the first time are winning back territory. After vicious battles in and around Kramatorsk, pro-Kiev troops have reportedly recaptured the town’s television […]
Obama’s Nuthouse Foreign Policy
Here Pat Buchanan lays out the disaster that is America’s foreign policy. Our fair trade policies have allowed countries, like Japan, to hollow out our manufacturing base. Outdated foreign treaties commit America to military action where our homeland security is not threatened. Pat correctly notes that voters have had it with foreign intervention. Clearly the […]
Self-Reliance Works
Residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are the most negative about their state’s taxes according to an April 9, Gallup poll. At least 75% of adults in the New York tri-state region say their state taxes are too high. Half of the residents in Illinois and Connecticut want to move to a different […]
Critical Ukraine Elections
George Weigel lays out the thoughts of Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk on what is at stake for Ukraine on May 25. The May 25 election is “crucial.” As the archbishop put it, this could be and should be “the most free and open election” in Ukraine’s post–Cold War history as an independent state. The Ukrainian Greek […]
Invest in Texas
I’ve been keenly interested in the investment theme surrounding vigorous competition between states. But when I look at Rhode Island and compare it to Texas or North Dakota, I ask is it even a competition? It’s not even close. The WSJ ran a piece yesterday discussing the pressures put on the infrastructure in Texas from the […]
80% Michigan Health-Care Workers Say Goodbye to SEIU
When workers are given a choice to either pay unions dues or keep the money for themselves, they’re choosing to keep the money. In 2012 Michigan became a right-to-work state. Since then, 80% of home-based caregivers have left SEIU according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy: More than 44,000 home-based caregivers no longer are […]
Germany Backing off on Ukraine Sanctions
Germany does big business with Russia and it is understandable that German business leaders do not want the boat rocked. You would think Vladimir Putin would be of a similar mind.Instead Putin has chosen to stick an expansionist thumb in his big trading partner’s eye. The Wall Street Journal reports: In most countries, it would […]
In Texas 58% of Obamacare Enrollees Haven’t Paid
Cato Institutes’s Michael Cannon further reports that the number of Obamacare deadbeats nationwide is one third. Even if Obamacare really has enrolled 8 million Americans through its health insurance exchanges, that’s not good enough. For the exchanges to work, people must enroll and stay enrolled. If too many enrollees drop out, premiums will climb until […]