Maybe we would all be better off if Mr. Obama just stayed on the golf course. As Dana Milbank writes in The Washington Post, “Images of Obama lining up his putt undermine his attempts to play the populist, which he has done this year on unemployment insurance, the minimum wage and income-inequality.” With the growing […]
Archives for June 2014
Empty Promises from the FDA
In order to make some types of organic bread, for example, it is essential to use baking soda, which is nonorganic. Today, more than 250 nonorganic products are on the list allowed by the National Organic Standards Board. Michael Potter, a founder of organic food producer Eden Foods, calls “the certified-organic label a fraud and […]
Nouri al-Maliki’s Sheer Incompetence
In “Understanding Political Islam,” Cato Institute’s policy analyst Dalibor Rohac writes, “… Iraq, where the divisive politics, authoritarianism, and sheer incompetence of the government of Nouri al-Maliki have played a decisive role in the process of radicalization of Iraqi Sunnis.” The rise of political Islam into prominence poses important questions both for people in the […]
PODCAST: Rushing to No Judgment on the Iraq War
Dick Cheney and John Bolton would prefer that Americans not examine the decade of the Iraq War, but understanding those errors will help the U.S. choose its fights more carefully. Chris Preble comments.
American Foreign Policy—an Abject Failure
Here Cato Institute’s John Mueller explains, “American foreign policy at its most active over the last dozen or so years, routinely decorated with extravagant alarmism, has been an abject failure.” On Sunday, Senator Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) tried his hand, explaining that an Islamist takeover of parts of Iraq would provide terrorists with a “staging […]
Your Mother Was Right…Stand up Straight
I, like so many people, come from a long line of bad backs. My grandfather, a fireman in Nashua, NH, was a wiry man with major back issues. I’ve battled congenital sciatica nerve problems for over 40 years. The saving grace in my life has been yoga. About 16 years ago, after needing a regime […]
Rand Paul’s Right
Here Pat Buchanan states that if Barack Obama wants to start a new war effort in Iraq by sending in drones and missiles, he will have to go to Congress for authorization. Pat correctly opines that the American people want no part of a renewed U.S. military campaign in Iraq. Pat concludes that if Congress […]
U.S. Supporting a Sectarian Regime?
Here Cato Institute’s Jennifer Keister writes, “Backing Maliki’s government puts the United States in a position of supporting a sectarian regime.” For partnerships to be effective, they generally require effective partners. To be sure, U.S. engagement may aim to improve these states’ capabilities, but a policy based on partnerships still needs a litmus test to […]
Your Success is a Choice
Over the weekend I read an article on the top 50 annuities. It was the weekly feature in a major financial publication. I can only conclude that someone has to pay to keep the lights on at the publication. Most investors have a number of investing options they should do first, like max out their […]
Rand Paul at his Best
MEET THE PRESS Kentucky’s junior senator joins David Gregory to talk Iraq and the prospects for a Hillary Clinton 2016 run.
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