My Cato Institute friend Chris Preble, author of The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free, and his associates concentrate on America’s vital interests. The end of the Cold War ushered in a unipolar world, cementing U.S. dominance over a generally liberal international order. Yet where once it seemed […]
Archives for July 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Supreme Court Litmus Test
In an effort to woo Bernie Sanders followers to vote for Hillary, Mrs. Clinton is intensifying her promise to rewrite the 1st Amendment, which would limit political speech that she and Bernie’s followers don’t like. In a taped speech to Netroots Nation (a conference of progressives), here’s what Mrs. Clinton promised: Today, I’m announcing that […]
Cato Institute on the EU
The Cato Institute’s Marian L. Tupy explains to Americans that The EU’s claims about prosperity and stability are at odds with reality. The EU started as a free trade area and a customs union. Over time, it has become a supranational entity that resembles a federal state and is governed by a byzantine bureaucracy in […]
Saab Reveals Cheaper F-35 Rival
The Gripen E is said to have 20% more thrust, greater fuel capacity, more pylons, in-flight refueling capability, increased take-off weight, and still cost significantly less than the F-35. Source: Saab The next generation Gripen, the Gripen E, is built to adapt to changing threats and operational requirements that modern air forces face. Based on the […]
Donald Trump and America First
Pat Buchanan explains to Americans that voters have caught on to the free-trade globalism of the Washington elites. A policy that has closed American factories and sent tens of thousands of good American jobs off to low wage countries is a totally failed policy that, as Mr. Trump explains, will change in a Trump administration. […]
U.S. China Policy: Hic Sunt Dracones
To the chagrin of foreign policy wonks, U.S. presidential elections are almost never about foreign policy. This one is no exception. The American people, quite reasonably, care more intensely about things that impact them more directly than U.S. foreign policy. America’s size, power, and remoteness insulate voters from grave danger. The think-tankers churn out reams […]
The One Guy Accountable
President Obama at the memorial service for five dead policemen in Dallas: “We refuse to fund drug treatment and mental health programs.” Francis Menton responds in the Manhattan Contrarian: Huh? You sure wouldn’t get that impression about “drug treatment programs” from reading the National Drug Control Budget from your Office of National Drug Control Policy. […]
Stand with the NRA
A friend forwarded this to me and I’m doing the same for you. Pass it on… Following the horrific terror attack on a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in June, all of the usual suspects—from President Barack Obama to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer—began calling for the same old non-solutions […]
The Small Get Smaller, The Big Get Bigger
A friend of mine recently opined on the state of the elite vs. the regular folks. I never post anything political. I like putting up my nature pics etc. I never have a serious horse in the race in the presidential election etc. because I’m a libertarian at heart, I just want government to let […]
Giuliani: Fired Up for Trump!
It’s time to make America safe again. Giuliani spoke to the recent violence against police, and to the character of Donald Trump: It’s time to make America safe again. It’s time to make America one again. I know it can be done because I did it by changing New York City from “the crime capital […]
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