NATO member, Turkey will now take a more active role against ISIS. This parliamentary vote was required to kick off a Turkish offensive. Al Jazeera America reports on Turkey’s vote here: Turkey’s parliament has approved a motion giving the government new powers to launch military incursions into Syria and Iraq, and to let foreign forces […]
Archives for October 2014
China: A Climactic Battle is Coming
Pat Buchanan explains how both Democracy and communism can not win out. For the eighth year, Freedom House has reported a decline in freedom with “modern authoritarianism” a global growth stock. Hong Kong may tell us which way the wind is blowing in the 21st century. Either the city is going to move toward a […]
Obamacare—an F Rating
Although it’s true that not all the bad stuff that was predicted about what was going to happen under the Affordable Care Act happened, there are plenty of black marks to garner an F rating under the disastrous rollout of healthcare.gov. Here, Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute gives a breakdown of the Obamacare report […]
Pension Cuts in California
This is what happens when pension promises can’t be met–government files for bankruptcy and cuts them. What are Californians thinking? Politicians can’t be trusted with money. It’s not helping that investors supply piles of money buying municipal bonds to escape California’s taxes. When the music stops judges, who are on the dole too, won’t have […]
Cato Club 200 Retreat and Report Cards
The lyrics “You want to go where everybody knows your name”, from the TV show Cheers gives you a pretty good idea of what it’s like to be part of the Cato Club 200 retreat. “Lucky us!” is how Becky and I felt as we spent the weekend with friends, experts, and scholars that are pretty […]
Iran is the Key for Iraq
Here Peter Van Buren offers a well thought out ten point outline of what to look for in the battle against ISIS. 1) “Inclusive” Government A cornerstone of any longer-term resolution in Iraq is the formation of an inclusive government, one that addresses the needs of Sunnis, Shia, and Kurds, gives each a sense of […]
America’s Dysfunctional “Slobocracy”
The astonishing recent lapse in White House security has some media sources arguing that budget cuts are the underlying cause of the Secret Service’s dysfunction. But as the WSJ points out, the Secret Service budget of $1.7 billion for 2014 has doubled in real terms since 1998. This past May, Peggy Noonan opined in the […]
One of America’s Great Benefactors
Forget your political slant, ii’s hard to minimize the awesome contribution David Koch makes to American society each year. Read here: A couple of weeks ago at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, several hundred people went to their feet to applaud a speech delivered by David H. Koch. The occasion was the opening of the […]
Greetings from Paris
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The Downplaying of Obamacare
Here PBS downplays the negative aspects of Obamacare, like higher costs, fewer choices, and opacity. Medicare beneficiaries who want to make changes to their prescription drug plans or Medicare Advantage coverage can do so starting Oct. 15 during the Medicare’s program’s annual open enrollment period. There will be somewhat fewer plans to pick from this […]
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