My friend Jon Basil Utley, whom I have had the good fortune to meet at many Cato Institute events, is also publisher of The American Conservative, a source I refer to daily in my analysis. In a December 1 article Jon asks a great question, “Why is Defense Waste Taboo in the Tax Debate?” With […]
Archives for December 2017
Trump Restores Constitutional Order
President Donald Trump is quietly restoring constitutional governance with his court picks. As Cato Institute, Ilya Shapiro reminds readers, federal judgeships are for life. The most notable success here is Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Those who hoped for another smooth-writing originalist to replace Antonin Scalia got what they wanted. As of Nov. 20, Trump […]
Your Survival Guy Caught Off Guard Again: Mt. Washington Hotel
You never know when an emergency will strike. As “Your Survival Guy,” no matter how much preparation I do, there always seems to be something that’s unexpected. Like, for example what happened to me on the Friday after Thanksgiving in New Hampshire. We decided to drive from our log cabin in Bartlett, into the Mount […]
Helping the Ravaged Florida Keys One Meal at a Time
Hurricane Irma may be a distant memory if you have no connection to Florida, specifically to Key West and the Florida Keys. But along iconic Rt. 1, from Key Largo to Key West, the aftermath of Irma’s destruction in early September is clearly present. Take any avenue off the main Keys highway, especially on the […]
How Will America Deal with a Nuclear North Korea?
Recently North Korea test fired a missile with enough power to hit Washinton D.C. with a nuclear warhead. Pat Buchanan wonders whether or not thousands of American and South Korean lives are really worth accepting when the price to pay to keep them among the living would be a mere loss of face by the […]
A Cabinet Reshuffling for War with Iran?
Robert W. Merry writes in The American Conservative that, if the rumors are true that Donald Trump will soon eject Rex Tillerson from his post as Secretary of State, to be replaced by current CIA Director and former Congressman Mike Pompeo, and then replacing Pompeo with Junior-Neocon Sen. Tom Cotton, war with Iran may be […]
Are America’s Supercarriers at Risk?
The Aircraft Carrier has been the backbone of the U.S. Navy and a symbol of naval dominance since World War II. But for the first time in decades, the number of carriers has dropped below twenty (including Wasp class amphibious assault ships). That’s something both Russia and China appear to have their scopes on as […]
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