By all reported accounts, president-elect Donald Trump and President Obama had a respectful, congenial meeting at the White House. As well it should have been, since Mr. Trump owes much of his victory to Barack Obama, writes Kimberley Strassel in the WSJ. Tuesday’s results are a response to a government that targeted conservative nonprofits, left […]
Archives for November 2016
The Five Stages of Electoral Grief
In the last three days, you’ve undoubtedly seen the crying, shouting, forlorn looking Americans who voted for Hillary Clinton. They’re grieving. Many Hillary Clinton voters are having a tough time accepting a loss that none of them predicted. After the 2008 election, GOP voters were upset, but they hadn’t had the same level of confidence […]
Ray Kelly: What a Great Hire
Originally posted March 31, 2014. The NY Post reports that ABC has hired former NY Police Commissioner Ray Kelly as a consultant. New York’s two-time top cop will work on “all ABC News platforms,” according to network news chief Ben Sherwood. “One of the world’s most well-known and respected leaders in law enforcement, Kelly is […]
My Encounter with Andrei Illarionov, Former Senior Economic Advisor to Vladimir Putin
Originally posted March 5, 2012. Debbie and I were visiting West Palm Beach’s Anne Norton Sculpture Garden with fellow attendees at Cato Institute’s February Benefactor summit. It turns out that Debbie’s mom had stayed there when a good friend of hers from Newport had been curator for the Sculpture Garden a few years ago. […]
Drone Swarming Technology Takes Major Step Forward But It’s a Secret For Now
During a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington this week, DOD Secretary Ash Carter teased news on the SCO’s swarming drones operating on the sea and in the air. “In fact, this technology took a large step forward this week,” Carter says. “You’ll be hearing about it more in the […]
Did Donald Trump Pull off an Amazing Shocker?
No! Trump did not pull off a shocker to analysts who did not have a horse in the race. Anyone who had an open, unbiased mind and spent the prerequisite amount of time on the road in observation and discussion with voters around the world knew there was little chance of a Clinton victory Debbie […]
Trump Stands Up for the Forgotten Man
The forgotten American middle class spoke up, loud and clear, in Tuesday’s vote for an end to a policy world that focuses solely on elites and entitlements. In today’s Wall Street Journal, Daniel Henninger outlines the backlash these folks had to 2,900 days of a half-alive economy. Let us be clear about the economic status […]
Trump Voters Say No to Oligarchies and Ruling Elites
Hillary Clinton seemed to have it all—a pliant media, tech oligarchs, Wall Street, property moguls, the academics, and the all-around “smart people,” writes Joe Kotkin in City Journal. So how did Donald Trump trump Hillary? What Hillary Clinton didn’t have was flyover country, the economic “leftovers,” the small towns, the unhipstered suburbs, and other unfashionable […]
Peggy Noonan: America Is So in Play
Originally August 31, 2015. Becky and I had the pleasure of meeting Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan last Fall at the Cato 200 in Middleburg, VA. Peggy’s column last week is a must read. It was one of her best: “America Is So In Play.” Donald Trump has hit a nerve. The system is […]
Trump Wins! It’s a Brand New Day America
Congratulations Donald Trump. Congratulations America. We the people won. The real people of this country have spoken. The Second Amendment has been saved from near upheaval and the Supreme Court is back in play to do what it’s supposed to do: Protect your Constitutional rights. What a difference 24 hours can make. Never underestimate the […]
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