“Europe should strengthen its external borders to discourage migration. Hungary last week decided to extend its border fence with non-EU member Serbia to parts of its border fence with fellow EU members Croatia and Romania, which are outside Europe’s open border Schengen area.” “Tensions between Hungry, Croatia and Romania rose amid the crisis, with Hungary […]
Archives for September 2015
From Our Paris Window
Pat Buchanan suggests that it is in America’s interest not to have Assad fall. America and NATO were 100% responsible for taking out Saddam and Kadhafi, thus destabilizing the Middle East. No destabilization, no ISIS. Now, the very same neocon crowd that pushed Bush to invade Iraq and Obama to take out Kadhafi wants to […]
U.S. #16 Economic Freedom Index
The Economic Freedom of the World index is out and once again the U.S. is slipping in the rankings. Global economic freedom increased slightly in this year’s report, but remains below its peak level of 6.92 in 2007. The average score increased to 6.86 in 2013, the most recent year for which data is available. […]
Brady’s Revenge
Yesterday, against loud mouth coach Rex Ryan and the Bills, New England Patriot’s Tom Brady made NFL history, according to ESPN Stats, as the first quarterback to throw for 450 yards, attempt 55 passes, and throw for three touchdowns with no interceptions. Go Pats! Here are some historical statistics from the win, as the Patriots […]
Far Out Trips
The WSJ suggests seven trips for intrepid travelers to enjoy cultural festivals that offer insight into far-off places at their most interesting “and sometimes strangest” times. From the Golden Eagle Festival in Mongolia, which is described as “a cross between a sporting event and a fashion shoe; to a camel fair in India where thousands […]
Presidential Debates Intelligence
Nothing is learned in these early going debates as to who may become the next president. Early polling results have a habit of throwing off misguided information. However, candidates can offer intelligence on their various positions and can also harm themselves with ill-advised pronouncements that come back later to bite. With this disclaimer in mind, […]
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World
Has the world gone mad? On one hand we have a Republican candidate who is the former host of “Celebrity Apprentice.” On the other hand, we have a 74-year-old Socialist who seems to believe “federal revenue is created by pixies.” Both candidates are polling about 30% for their respective parties. Then, course, we have another […]
3 Winners, Second Debate
Greetings from Exeter, New Hampshire where I’m embedded in a three-day precision scoped rifle course at Sig Sauer Academy. I’ll have much more for you on this incredible education in future posts, but the reason I bring it up relates to last night’s second GOP Presidential debate. One of my fellow students in the course […]
Greetings From Paris
This morning’s Le Figaro headline: “Migrants: Paris confrontee a la multiplication des campements.” It doesn’t take much command of French to get the picture that the words migrants, multiplication, and campments paint. Yes, it’s a mess. Anne Hidalgo is Paris’ ultra-liberal socialist mayor and is not up to the task of stemming the refugee horde. […]
Steve Jobs and NEXT
When I was at Babson College I had an internship at a start-up company. At one of our retreats we watched the following video featuring Steve Jobs which I was reminded of reading this WSJ article. I recommend it to anyone thinking about going into business. I also can’t help but think there was an […]
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