Wonder why Americans are losing confidence in Congress? Well, yesterday’s hearing of Supreme Court nominee Judge Neal Gorsuch was a prime example, writes John Daniel Davidson in The Federalist. Senator Diane Feinstein (D., Cal.) started off, “Our job is to determine whether Judge Gorsuch is a reasonable mainstream conservative or is he not.” And lo, […]
Archives for March 2017
These 3 Secrets are Vital to Israel’s Educational Success
Naftali Bennett explains in The Wall Street Journal that Israel’s secret weapon to educational success is “a parallel education system that operates alongside the formal one. This is where our children learn to become entrepreneurs.” Here Bennet explains the three prongs of what he calls the “shadow education system.” The first is our heritage of […]
Obamacare and the Heroin of Government Dependency
Dan Mitchell, a Cato Institute scholar and the publisher of International Liberty, created his First Theorem of Government in 2013. The theorem goes: “Above all else, the public sector is a racket for the enrichment of insider, cronies, bureaucrats and interest groups.” Well put and from all available evidence, completely accurate. This month Dan has […]
Avatar’s AMP suit Moves Closer to Reality
Amazon held its “exclusive,” invitation-only conference for experts in the fields of artificial intelligence, robotics and space exploration in Palm Springs, CA on March 20th. CEO Jeff Bezos had the opportunity of a lifetime at the MARS ( Machine learning, home Automation, Robotics and Space Exploration) conference thanks to South Korean robotics manufacturer Hankook Mirae Technology. […]
Americans are Sick and Tired of the Left’s Russia Fairy-Tale
After James Clapper (Obama’s former Director of National Intelligence) and Mike Morell (Obama’s former acting CIA Director) have both said they saw no evidence of collusion between Donald Trump and Russia while they were still working for the government, Pat Buchanan says the Democrats will have egg on their faces for perpetuating a “Big Lie” […]
This is the Best Way to Get Your Family on the Slopes: Part IV
Who says the best skiing is only out west? Well a lot of skiers do. But if you can ski the East, you can just about ski anywhere and anything. Here you get a look at some sweet spring skiing in the Presidential Range not from our log cabin in Bartlett, NH. If you haven’t […]
Is the Music Industry Headed for a New Revolution?
With this weekend’s passing of Chuck Berry, it’s a good time to take a look at where the music industry is today. Record sales have been slumping for years as listeners either pirated music on the internet, or chose streaming services over album purchases for their listening. But there are signs of green shoots in […]
What I Learned in Paris Fall 2013: Part III
Originally posted November 29, 2013. Breaking Paris news! Our friend and Paris food expert extraordinaire David Lebovitz is running his next Chocolate & Gastronomy Tour from 31 March through 6 April. Debbie and I went on this great tour a couple of years ago, which included a fantastic TGV (200 mph) train trip to Switzerland, […]
He’s Dead. The Real King of Rock & Roll Chuck Berry is Gone! R.I.P Chuck (10/18/1926- 3/18/2017)
It all started for Chuck Berry on 21 May 1955 with Chuck’s simple three-chord (A, D7, E7) recording of Maybellene, an adaption of “Ida Red,” with Jerome Green on maracas, Johnnie Johnson on piano (see some of Johnson’s great albums below with Berry’s), Jasper Thomas on drums, and the legendary Willie Dixon on bass. By […]
This is the Best Way to Get Your Family on the Slopes: Part III
One of the best parts about skiing is you never know when you’re going to have “the best day.” But when you do have one of those days it’s what makes you fall in love with the sport. The late Doug Coombs used to say that the best skier is the one having the most […]
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