As I write , the U.S. can play a part in a defined mission to kill the head of the ISIS snake. But as Pat Buchanan correctly posts: “As the Syrians, Turks, Kurds, and Iraqis have the proximity and manpower to defeat ISIS, they should do this job themselves.” In otherwise boots-on-the-ground mop up work […]
Archives for August 2014
Is Warren Buffett Benedict Arnold?
Charles Krauthammer in NRO discusses America’s “absurdly uncompetitive” corporate tax rate, the highest in the world, and how companies are legally lowering their tax liabilities through tax inversions. Even Warren Buffett, President Obama’s favorite plutocrat, is on board. As Mr. Krauthammer points out, a solution to the problem of corporations buying foreign companies in order […]
Obama, Clinton Misfire on Syria, ISIS
Rand Paul, in an on-the-money WSJ article, correctly advises Americans that “to interventionists like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, we would caution that arming the Islamic rebels in Syria created a haven for the Islamic State. We are lucky Mrs. Clinton didn’t get her way and the Obama administration did not bring about regime […]
Washington’s Statists Killing America
The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell explains “the left’s reaction to corporate inversions takes political rhetoric to a new level of dishonesty.” As Dan notes, “Every study that looks at business taxation reaches the same conclusion, which is that America’s tax system is punitive and anti-competitive.”
Can ISIS Continue to Win?
In Iraq’s Sunni dominant North West, ISIS has made rapid gains while only fielding a combat force estimated at between 6,000 and 10,000 soldiers. It’s not surprising that local Sunnis haven’t put up much of a fight given the rough treatment they’ve received from the Shia dominated al-Maliki administration in Baghdad. Why would they fight against […]
What Will it Take to Stop ISIS?
Angelo Codevilla describes here his plan to defeat ISIS by “by war in the dictionary meaning of the word. To make war is to kill the spirit as well as the body of the enemy, so terribly as to make sure that it will not rise again, and that nobody will want to imitate it.” Codevilla […]
Notes from Babylon
In the August issue of The Crane Report, our friend Ed Crane, founder and president emeritus of the Cato Institute, focuses on Washington’s “growing bureaucratic disdain for the American people.” Touching also on the shenanigans in Congress this summer, Ed writes, Raise your hand if you think the Veteran’s Affairs scandal/fiasco is due to a […]
Pat Buchanan on Killing ISIS
In To Defeat the Islamic State, Pat Buchanan outlines the most likely scenario for the leader of ISIS. “As for Abu al-Baghdadi,the self-proclaimed successor to Muhammed, my bet is that he closes out his brief career at an unscheduled meeting with Seal Team 6.” Pat writes: The decisions that determined the fate of the great nations […]
Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?
Baghdadi, a nom de guerre, is the treacherous leader of ISIS (ISIL). The U.S. has already designated Baghdadi a “terrorist” and placed a $10m reward on information leading to his capture or death. It is clear that the latter choice is now mandatory. Americans can get behind this option once the specific mission is explained […]
Morning in Newport
In that New England has taken on autumnal tones too soon for most gardeners, especially after the beating from this past winter’s bitter cold, cooler weather in mid August was a bit unsettling. A 5:40 sunrise hinted of fall mornings coming—perhaps too early—our way. Debbie Editor-in-Chief Richardcyoung.com
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