NPR writes up Robert Plant’s personal journey in music after departing Led Zeppelin. Plant is right where he wants to be. Read the full article here. Since the glory days of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant has covered a lot of ground. He has restlessly pursued interests in world music, blues, and country. In 2009 he won five Grammys […]
Archives for September 2014
A Big Deal—Bouncing O’Care back to SCOTUS
The Supreme Court is going to face the O’Care ball in a steady stream of lawsuits against a complex web of subsidies and penalties that are the heart of the Affordable Care Act. Here, the Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro explains that “the issue is whether the executive branch spent billions of taxpayer dollars and subjected […]
Who is Ahmad Musa Jibril?
Read about this troubling US cleric here. Michael S. Smith II reports: Breaking news this evening reveals Shiraz Maher and other ICSR (Kings College) researchers have published a report that provides substantial coverage of the activities of an individual we have been monitoring in recent months, Ahmad Musa Jibril, whom one of my colleagues and I assess […]
30,000 Somalis in Minnesota?
The largest enclave is in Minneapolis. Read “For Jihad Recruits, a Pipeline from Minnesota to Militancy.” Is any American paying attention to our immigration policy? Investigators are looking into what led a handful of other people from Minnesota to follow the same path, said Kyle Loven, an F.B.I. spokesman in Minneapolis. American intelligence and counterterrorism […]
Best Tax Haven, Dan Mitchell Style
Looking for a tax haven in a warm, friendly climate where you do not have to relinquish your passport? Well, the Cato Institute’s tax expert Dan Mitchell has a nifty option for you. Physically moving (your body and your money) to a foreign fiscal paradise such as Bermuda, Monaco, or the Cayman Islands doesn’t provide much value since the […]
ISIS Threatens House of Saud
Karen Elliot House is a former WSJ publisher. She is also an expert on Saudi Arabia and the author of On Saudi Arabia: its People, Past, Religion. Fault Lines—and Future. Ms. House notes in this WSJ article, “ The House of Saud, which has ruled the kingdom off and on for more than 270 years, […]
Old Technology is Hot
I never gave up on vinyl and play records from my huge vinyl collection many days of the week. This shocking report will bring back a lot of fond memories for Americans who grew up with vinyl in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. For the first time since the iTunes Store launched in 2003, sales of […]
A Rudderless Administration
President Obama has referred to ISIS as both the “junior varsity” and a “cancer” that we will “degrade and destroy.” He also says of ISIS that it is a “manageable problem.” Yet in yesterday’s joint op-ed piece with British Prime Minister David Cameron, he writes that our country “will not be cowed by barbaric killers.” […]
The End of Tenure: A Good Start
In California, courts have eviscerated tenure and seniority rules that keep ineffective teachers employed while forcing schools to fire the best new teachers during layoffs. It’s a good start. But public sector unions have crippled schools and government administrations just like their private sector counterparts drove GM into bankruptcy. More must be done and it looks […]
VIDEO: Obama: I Mean What I Say, and I Say What I Mean
This video of Obama will tell you everything you need to know about the leader of the free world. Wait until the end.
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