U.S. Representative Walter Jones just scored a monster victory in North Carolina. The War Dogs savaged Walter and threw down the intervention gauntlet from day one against this most principled American. Every American can be proud that Walter Jones had the courage and dedication to anti-war principles to smack down the heavily neocon-funded War Dogs. […]
Archives for May 2014
NFL Draft Royalty
No not the top player but the top analyst. Meet Walter Cherepinsky. Walter is far and away number one in my book, and I have been studiously analyzing the annual NFL draft for decades. If you are an NFL fan and are not familiar with Walter, today is your lucky day. I have linked here […]
Putin Not in Control
Dateline Ukraine: Here Cato Institute’s Chris Preble explains the nuanced complexities of today’s Ukraine tinderbox.To get a clear handle on the best track for American Foreign Policy, read the multipart series I have prepared based on the work of Mr. Preble (Part I, Part II, Part III). And, as I regularly advise, order your personal […]
Ukraine May 11 Referendum
Anti-government rebels in eastern Ukraine demand autonomy. Putin looks to have withdrawn his support for the vote. The New York Times reports: Pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine vowed on Thursday to press ahead with a referendum seeking autonomy, a risky move that seemed to defy their political patron, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, whose […]
Inequality—Obama Style
Attending a fund raising event under a tent at the home of Walt Disney chairman Alan Horn were Barbra Streisand, Jeffery Katzenberg, Tom Rothman and James Brolin. Just regular folk out for a down-home dinner with friends. As Jim Gerhaghty writes in NRO, Obama was in L.A. on Wednesday to speak to Hollywood millionaires about […]
Senate Race Update: Coin Flip
You can gauge the race for the Senate daily here using The New York Times statistical-election forecasting machine called LEO. The current odds give Republicans a 55 percent chance of retaking the Senate. What does that mean? Not much. Republicans’ chances of gaining control of the Senate have improved slightly in the time Leo has […]
Britain’s Political Revolution
Britain’s Populist U.K. Independence Party has no seats in Britain’s House of Commons. Nonetheless, UKIP, led by Nigel Farage, could outpace both Conservatives and Labor in the upcoming European Parliament elections that begin May22. Also expected to do well is France’s hard-line, right wing Front National, led by Marine Le Pen. FN is strongly against […]
France’s Hollande Clueless
With his 18% approval rating, one would think Francois Hollande might really get on a better track. Unfortunately for France, the burdensome taxes and regulations of the Socialists continue to kill incentives as unemployment climbs.The upcoming European elections will certainly provide Hollande and the Socialists with a nasty awakening. In an expansive television interview on […]
O’Care’s Rising Cost
Early this past April Obama bragged from the White House Rose Garden that Obamacare was reducing the growth in health-care costs. Here Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute points out that, in fact, health-care expenditures last quarter have grown 9.9% on a year-over-year basis. Some of the growth can be attributed to the economic recovery, […]
Missourians Win Tax-Cut
Missouri Democratic Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a tax cut that was thankfully overturned by a Republican legislature Tuesday. The new top income rate is lowered to 5.5% plus there’s a new tax break for small-business owners. Mr. Nixon’s concern and his reasoning for the veto, cue the music, is to protect education and public services. […]
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