For my money, the guy is on track. Charles Cooke offers cogent perspective here. With just seven little words, the freakout began: “The government holds a monopoly on violence.” These were written by David Brat, a professor of economics at Virginia’s Randolph-Macon College and, now, the Republican party’s nominee for the state’s seventh congressional district. […]
Archives for June 2014
Not What the Doctor Ordered
A paper recently published by Stephen T. Parente and Michael Ramlet of the Medical Industry Leadership Institute shows how the Affordable Care Act’s structural problems are going to take years to fully come to light. In the WSJ, Mr. Parente writes, “WSJ Industry experts say consumers should once again brace for significantly higher premiums.” Furthermore, […]
The Fortunate 500
The GOP establishment got rocked this week when House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost to Tea Party favorite David Brat. Many of the titans in the Fortunate 500 have government in their back pocket. David Brat is right to be against crony capitalism. And this is a problem countrywide as Cato’s David Boaz writes: Around […]
VIDEO: Iraq crisis: Islamists force 500,000 to flee Mosul
Kurds Control Kirkuk
Anti-Sunni Kurds are now in complete control of Kirkuk, Iraq. The BBC reports on the developing situation in Iraq. Iraq’s Kurds have long sought to incorporate Kirkuk into their autonomous region in the north. Parts of Kirkuk province were overrun by the Sunni Islamists this week, and some of the civilians fleeing Mosul and other […]
Al-Qaeda Overrun Mosul
Iraq is in turmoil with the government unable to slow down the insurgent rampage. The Fiscal Times reports on the deteriorating situation in Iraq here. Fighters for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) took Mosul today, giving the militant group control of Iraq’s second largest city and setting the country on a […]
Bike Paths to Nowhere
Here’s another example of a politician calling for fiscal restraint and spending money like crazy. This time it’s Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY). Cato’s Chris Edwards writes: Maloney has recently scored $1 million for airport funding, $1.86 million for hurricane clean-up, $130,000 for arts grants, $6.7 million for bike paths, $3.8 million to fix highways, […]
Obama’s Afghan Failure
In National Review, Victor Davis Hanson notes that Obama campaigned in 2008 on the premise that he would increase pressure on and defeat the Taliban. But six years later, there have been more U.S. casualties under Obama then there were under Bush. As Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote in Duty, “(Obama) doesn’t consider the war […]
Praying for More Scandals
Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner explains that the twin headliners of the disgraceful Veterans Affairs scandal and the Taliban prisoner swap for Sgt. Bergdahl were actually a welcome relief to congressional democrats. Thanks to Obamacare, most of the major health-care insurers are calling for double-digit rate increases next year. And because there have been so many […]
Earthquake in Virginia
Despite a huge financial advantage, Eric Cantor lost to David Brat, an economics professor at Randolph-Macon College, in the Republican primary for Virginia’s seventh congressional district. Yes, Mr. Brat’s focus was on immigration, but he also hammered away at Eric Cantor on Mr. Cantor’s support of increasing centralization in education (Common Core), crony capitalism, and […]
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