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Archives for March 2016
Republican Renegades and Turncoats—Part I
For Donald Trump, the 2016 presidential election hangs in the balance at midnight 15 March in Florida. Trump must win Florida or he will almost certainly not have enough delegates to win a first ballot nomination at the convention. This would guarantee the end of his candidacy. Donald Trump’s supporters, across the state, are going […]
Donald Trump, the GOP, and the Wages of Threat Inflation
During the 1990s, neoconservatives were suffering a terrible case of ennui. Sure, the Clinton administration had expanded NATO and gotten the nation into several brushfire wars in remote locales, but nothing really exciting had happened. After nearly a decade of nothing to write about but peace and prosperity, David Brooks urged the nation to emulate […]
The Nanny State—Protecting Us from Ourselves
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” (Ronald Reagan) The quote from President Reagan is worth remembering the next time a politician promises to get a law passed because it is for our own good, writes Cato Institute’s Michael […]
The Big Short and The Prudent Man
If you want to lose even more faith in the big banks on Wall Street then see the movie The Big Short. It’s an excellent portrayal of what ignited the Great Recession based on Michael Lewis’ book of the same title. It never ceases to amaze me how little we learn from history—one that’s littered with financial […]
Donald Trump and “Taharrush Gamea”
Why has Donald Trump been setting attendance records at his huge political rallies? Perhaps because Mr. Trump is the only candidate in the 2016 presidential race who is willing to come out and address the threatening issue of Muslim/radical Islam front and center. Europe and America face no bigger threat than radical Islam, and Americans […]
We’re the Government and We’re Here to Help
Here’s how government fixes income inequality using taxpayer money. In this case it is “affordable housing” built with federal “stimulus funds “ in the Mantua area of Philadelphia. “After sixty plus years, West Philadelphia sinks ever deeper into disrepair and despair,” writes Francis Menton in The Manhattan Contrarian. He then notes how redistributions (public housing, […]
An Island of Peace and Prosperity
Originally posted April 28, 2015. Richard W. Rahn, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, reports that, according to the United Nations, the #1 place to be happy is Switzerland. The United States, for example, ranks #15. Read here from our friend Richard Rahn how landlocked Switzerland, without much in the way of natural resources, with […]
Detroit Republican Debate Irrelevance
Here is America’s travesty: Last night in Detroit, the 2016 presidential candidate, the one with far and away the best formula for America—Rand Paul—is long gone. The honorable Dr. Ben Carson also has fallen by the wayside. When looking at remaining Republican and Democratic candidates, it looks as if Americans are going to send to […]
Trump—a One Man Wrecking Crew
Of the recent debates, Peggy Noonan writes in her column in the WSJ that she realized she was witnessing something grave, something historic. “Something important is ending. … What is happening now is bigger and less remediable in part because the battles in the past were over conservatism, an actual political philosophy. … It is […]
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