Originally posted November 10, 2015. Obamacare’s health co-ops—government-sponsored nonprofits that Americans were told would increase competition—are causing the greatest insurance disruption in decades. As the 10 November WSJ notes: The majority of ObamaCare’s insurance co-ops—12 of 23—have now folded, and their $1.24 billion in federal loans has all but vaporized. More will fail, nearly a […]
Archives for December 2015
The Founders Also Fought Jihad
In a letter to John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both American diplomats, report on a conversation they had in London with the ambassador from Tripoli regarding piracy by the Barbary States. From the WSJ’s Notable & Quotable: We took the liberty to make some enquiries concerning the ground of […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 8 days
I will never forget the first time I saw the movie Star Wars as a kid. It was in New Bedford, MA and I remember telling my mom after the show how I needed to see it again. I was hooked. It was such a powerful movie for me. Now, the latest installment, The Force […]
Greetings from Key West – Grand Daddy of Iguanas
A Stampede to Gun Stores
Pat Buchanan chronicles the mood of our nation as well as that in France. I have been observing the momentum for Front National’s Marine Le Pen for a number of years and was surprised only by the margin of victory won recently by the hardline Front National. FN’s well-publicized target is radical Islam. Here in […]
What Is Terrorism?
Senator Ben Sasse recently visited San Bernardino and spoke on the terrorist shootings: We are not at war with terrorism, which is just a tactic. We are not at war with some empty sociological label called extremism. We are not even just at war with ISIS; though we’re obviously at war with ISIS, but there […]
France: Authorities Raid Mosques, Capture Weapons
Felipe Araujo writes in the Express: POLICE investigating the Paris terror attacks have shut down three mosques in a series of raids to close the net on Islamic extremists. Police in France also arrested the owner of a revolver found during Wednesday’s raid, France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. Security officials found jihadist documents at […]
The Jihadist Storm Gathering on Obama’s Watch
In a 23 May 2013 speech, President Obama told listeners at National Defense University that Americans should move past the post-9/11 war footing. He then went on to compare the Islamist terror threat to “many forms of violent extremism in our history.” As the WSJ notes, “Few speeches in presidential history have been repudiated so […]
“We Need A New President—FAST”
Donald Trump probably provided as good a one-two punch as will emerge against Barack Obama’s half-hearted Oval Office address to the country Sunday. Mr. Trump asked, “Is that all there is?” and concluded, “We need a new president-FAST.” Is that all there is? We need a new President – FAST! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) […]
France’s Front National Scores Historic Gains
Both Marine Le Pen and her niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen soared to surprisingly easy first-round victories. Read more from The Local here: One is a pragmatist: a 47-year-old lawyer by training who has steered France’s far-right National Front (FN) from pariah status to mainstream. The other is an ideologue: her 25-year-old niece, a Roman Catholic traditionalist whose easy […]
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