At The American Conservative, David Jimenez writes that beyond the compromises Trumpian politics have made on trade and immigration, conservative must once again focus on America’s “great common enterprise.” The Right must again recover the wisdom held by Disraeli, Churchill, and the (early) domestic neoconservatives, in which the state is again recognized as a limited but essential […]
Archives for November 2017
Putin’s Clear Objectives have Won in Syria
In Syria, Geoffrey Aronson writes at The American Conservative, clear focus on achievable objectives has created victory for Vladimir Putin and his vassal, Bashar al-Assad. Rather than becoming caught in a never ending war, Putin laid out specific objectives and used rules of engagement necessary to achieve those objectives. A far cry from America’s counterinsurgency […]
A Long Way from Belushi’s Delta House
Remember the days when college pranks were about swallowing goldfish or counting how many undergrads could pack into a telephone booth? Gone are the days of Bluto smashing a folk guitar during a frat party at Delta House. Now writes Victor Davis Hanson in NRO, “Twenty-somethings brag about tearing down the statue of Robert E. […]
Mad Dogs & Englishmen: Cry Me A River
“I loved Keltner EJ,” read an email from a friend of mine—a Jim Keltner fan who appreciates the work the drummer has done behind the kit and, to a large degree, behind the scenes. Keltner’s double drumming with Jim Gordon on Mad Dogs and Englishmen was, as he points out, “one of my favorites. But […]
Despite Hating Trump, Neocon Legislators Cede War Powers to the President
At The American Conservative, Finlay Lewis writes a broad profile on a group of legislators he calls “the Eight,” realists on Capitol Hill. These realists are pushing the idea that interventionism in foreign affairs has led to a bloody, wasteful legacy of failure for America and ought to be reined in. Led by Senator Rand […]
Princeton Scholarships—A Head Fake of Generosity
Princeton University has a monstrous endowment of more than $22 billion. Princeton is also asking alumni to lobby Congress to block a tax on super-sized college and university endowments. At over $60,000 a year, tuition for undergrads is also monstrous, so Princeton provides one-fourth of its undergrads with scholarships for those who find it difficult […]
China Excels While Washington Holds Back America
Jon Basil Utley, a friend of mine from the Cato Institute and publisher of The American Conservative writes that, while China is building infrastructure connections to the world, America can’t even maintain the infrastructure systems it has. Thanks to Washington’s regulations, America is being slowly strangled by red tape. He writes (abridged): While Washington is […]
Best Park Lunch in Paris, Le Bon Marché Food Court
Le Bon Marché (24 Rue de Sèvres in the 7th arrondissement) is the world’s first department store, and its food court, La Grande Epicerie de Paris is the best park lunch in Paris. Read more about the best gourmet food halls in Paris here.
Remembering the Traveling Wilburys
This weekend I received a text asking who the drummer was for the Traveling Wilburys. That would be Jim Keltner, keeping the beat for George Harrison (RIP), Tom Petty (RIP), Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison (RIP), and Bob Dylan. Originally posted at Yoursurvivalguy.com.
Travel Like the French in France
It continues to astound me how many Americans (not Europeans) insist on traveling as if on safari. You know, luggage the size of steamer trunks too large to be muscled about by even NFL size nose tackles. These beasts get jammed in narrow aisles and are of course impossible to heft overhead, where there’s barely […]
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