Originally posted August 26, 2015. Pat Buchanan offers an updated and concise view on what Pat labels “Trumpism.” Pat believes, “Whatever becomes of Trump the candidate, i.e., economic and foreign policy nationalism, appears ascendant.” Mr. Buchanan cites the following Trump points on pivotal issues: He speaks of Mexico, China, and Japan as tough rivals, not […]
Archives for February 2016
Trump, a Blue State Powerhouse
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison explains to readers: Trump can and does run very strongly in blue state primaries. (A new poll out today shows Trump with a large lead in Michigan. That makes sense since the profile of blue state Republican voters matches up fairly well with many Trump supporters in that they tend […]
Roger Babson Quoted in Book: 1929
Here’s a reminder about the markets, emailed to me by a client from the Greatest Generation over the weekend. What she sent was not only relevant because I went to Babson College, named after Roger Babson. The quoted passage below shows that with open eyes, a heavy dose of skepticism and abundant caution, you can prepare […]
DNC Stacking the Deck for Hillary?
Bernie Sanders, despite losing in Nevada to Hillary Clinton, is crushing Hillary among young voters. Bernie won voters aged 17 to 29 by 68 points and those aged 30 to 44 by 27 points, reports Jim Geraghty in NRO. Democratic voters consistently say Mr. Sanders is more honest and cares more about people like them. […]
Rubio/Cruz- Possible Suspects in a Police Line Up?
In the late 1980s, David Franke collaborated with Dick on The Financial Armadillo. Dick and I got to know Dave quite well as he was also managing editor of Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report for a number of years. Recently in The American Conservative, Dave opined on the CNN Town Hall, hosted by Anderson Cooper, […]
Trump’s Win-Win
Donald Trump scored another win this weekend, this time in South Carolina. One of the key drivers of the win was his repudiation of globalism and interventionism. Americans are tired of losing their jobs, of wondering if their kids will get jobs, and of seeing their kids fighting futile wars for the elites in Washington. As Pat […]
Competent Gov. Kasich Faces Long Odds in S.C.
The Cincinnati Enquirer writes of Governor John Kasich: In many ways, it is. Kasich is averaging less than 10 percent in recent GOP polls here and doesn’t expect to repeat his New Hampshire runner-up performance when South Carolina Republicans vote Saturday in the GOP’s third nominating contest. Donald Trump is expected to win, and Ted […]
Let the Voters Decide
The modern left has become increasingly unappeasable, writes Peggy Noonan in the WSJ. Progressives now accept no limits. We can’t just have court-ordered legalized abortion across the land, we have to have it up to the point of birth, and taxpayers have to pay for it. It’s not enough to win same-sex marriage, you’ve got […]
Donald Trump to The Rescue
Pat Buchanan outlines this startling “free trade” fact about China: “Last year, China ran up the largest trade surplus in history, at our expense, $365 billion. We exported $116 billion in goods to China. China exported $482 billion worth of goods to us.” With the exception of Trump, none of the GOP candidates seems willing […]
GOP Candidates: Trumped on Trade
If you look at the back of your iPhone it reads: “Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China.” And there in a nutshell you have a fortune cookie sized explanation of our service/design vs. China’s manufacturing/assembly economy. Which one is more perishable? How long will it take for a call center in India to turn another U.S. […]
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