Looking back, perhaps Lot’s wife would disagree, but new studies have found that salt is probably not going to kill us. Several related papers from the New England Journal of Medicine cast doubt on the USDA and Food and Drug Administration’s guidelines that limiting the consumption of salt will reduce the risks of high blood […]
Archives for August 2014
Democrats and Republicans: Foolish Interventionists
With Maliki out the door in Iraq, the Cato Institute’s Chris Preble concludes, “While President Obama’s approval rating goes down, including his handling of foreign policy, it isn’t obvious that the GOP can turn this to its advantage.” Any time Iraq is in the news, Americans are reminded about those who pushed for war there […]
VIDEO: Flat Tax vs. National Sales Tax
In the video above Cato Institute Senior Fellow Dan Mitchell discusses the differences between a flat tax and a national sales tax. In a related article, here, he responds to some criticisms of the Fair Tax.
No Garden of Eden
Writing on the painful racial tensions unfolding in Ferguson, Missouri, Kevin Williamson of NRO pointedly asks who has been running the political cogs for the last 10 years in such places as Newark, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, or L.A.? Philadelphia, for example, has not had a Republican mayor since President Truman was in office. These […]
A Tectonic Shift in America
Pat Buchanan explains the prospect of Obama giving amnesty to 5 million illegals by executive order. In America, a tectonic shift has taken place in public opinion with the arrival on our border of 60,000 children from Central America and the threat by Obama to issue executive amnesty to 5 million illegals. Last week, Alabama […]
Curative Powers from the Sea
I was reading an article on Anne Wiper, a vice president for SmartWool, the outdoor apparel company whose products use merino wool from specially selected sheep in New Zealand. The company claims that SmartWool’s products have the ability to regulate temperature and resist odor—without the itch. The article was mainly about the benefits and enjoyment […]
VIDEO: James Brown performs Night Train at TAMI: 1964
From YouTube: James Brown performs and dances to “Night Train” to a live audience on TAMI Show. James Brown recorded “Night Train” with his band in 1961. His performance replaced the original lyrics of the song with a shouted list of cities on his East Coast touring itinerary. The song became a hit, charting #5 […]
The Bogeyman in Your Wine
You know, of course, that there are sulfites in your wine. On the back of each label the percentage of sulfites is listed in the bottle you just uncorked. Wine is volatile food product, and sulfites act as a preservative. The use of sulfites in winemaking began in the 1900s to stop bacteria and other […]
Libertarian Surge
Libertarians are all about limited government and minding our own business in the world. Libertarians are about dumping the progressive income tax, school choice, defending our 2nd Amendment rights, attacking wasteful discretionary spending, and genuine entitlement reform The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell lays out here what Dan refers to as America’s Libertarian Moment and ties […]
Another Middle East Debacle?
A new air war in Iraq or Syria or, as Pat Buchanan asks, World War III for Iraq? Pat writes, “Congress must be forced to debate and vote on this war so we can hold them accountable for what is to come.” Pat points out, “Finally, why is this our fight, 6,ooo miles away, and […]
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