In The Secret History of the Bush Administration, James Risen points out the poisonous effect the neocons had on George W. Bush. The neocons bullied Bush into the Iraq war and have been proven wrong by history. Now the neocons are back in the media in full force, agitating for more U.S. military involvement in […]
Archives for July 2017
Lots More Coal
The New York Times is worried. China, it maintains, is in the process of seizing “climate leadership” from the United States and, along the way, reaping the economic and diplomatic rewards that come from dominating the world markets for wind and solar energy. More worrisome, with the U.S. pulling out of the Paris climate agreement […]
Trump Hammers China over Trade with North Korea
Efforts by the Trump administration, and the president personally, to work with China on the issue of North Korea’s increasingly unpredictable behavior, seems to have failed. With the recent launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by the North Koreans, President Trump tore into the Chinese. The president hammered growing trade between the two countries, despite […]
State of Crisis: A Way Out for Illinois
The private sector has been using 401(k)s for years. Michigan has embraced the concept, and it would be a good idea for Illinois to follow. The Editors at Investor’s Business Daily write: So what did Michigan do to avoid Illinois’ fate? It embraced bold pension reforms that will protect taxpayers and provide a solid retirement […]
Collision Course: A New Nuclear Threat in North Korea
Yesterday, the North Koreans successfully showed that they have the technology to fire an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) far enough to hit most of the United States. The ICBM is proof that North Korea has made great strides in its ballistic missile technology, and creates a new nuclear threat for the American people. Justin McCurry […]
Zumwalt Advanced Gun System May Finally Get its Ammo
In late 2016 we found out the US Navy couldn’t fire its awesome new gun aboard the USS Zumwalt because the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) rounds cost nearly a million dollars. Shortly after USNI reported the Navy was looking to replace the LRLAP with Raytheon’s Excalibur Projectile. The only problem was the Excalibur’s […]
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‘Worthless Allies’ Drive Terrible U.S. Foreign Policy
After decades of presidents winning on promises of less U.S. involvement the in affairs of other countries, and then proceeding to intervene around the world, America has become beholden to what former CIA officer Philip Giraldi calls “worthless all[ies].” These allies are given the leading roll in directing American policies in their region, leaving the […]
Command and Control Advertising is Dead
Andrew Essex, a former advertising executive, has written a book called The End of Advertising: Why It Had to Die, and the Creative Resurrection to Come. Essex believes that advertising as we know it has “somewhere between five minutes and five years” before its end. He believes advertisers will have to spend their time and money creating something […]
A Large Army For America—Yes or No?: Part I
Originally posted March 8, 2014. The Wall Street Journal and neocons and their sympathizers vote yes. Cato Institute’s Chris Preble and Ben Friedman, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Boston University professor Andrew J. Bacevich and Dick Young vote no. Mr. Preble’s The Power Problem is America’s manifesto for safety and prosperity. In the past I have […]
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