Michael Scheuer, the former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, demands that President Trump fulfills his promise to put Americans first. The time has come, Mr. President, to, as the saying goes, shit or get off the pot. America First means that foreign policy decisions — especially ones dealing with war — are made […]
Archives for December 2017
Your Survival Guy’s Top Ten Tactical Shotguns
My favorite shotguns are the ones you own. If you’re in the market for a new shotgun, this list will help get you started. 1-Mossberg 590A1 Tactical Tri-Rail 2-Remington 870 Express Tactical with Blackhawk 3-Benelli M4 4-Saiga 12–a semi-automatic shotgun 5-Remington 1100 Tac4 6-Mossberg 930 SPX Pistol Grip 7-Winchester SXP Extreme Marine Defender 8-FN Herstal […]
Cato’s Foreign Policy Scholars – All We Want for Christmas
If Santa could improve U.S. foreign policy what would you ask him for? Cato’s foreign policy scholars were asked that very question and here’s what they came up with. If you read the blog regularly, you might have noticed a pattern recently: Cato’s foreign policy scholars weighing in to see if Santa might be able […]
The Holy Grail of Missile Defense – Booster Phase Intercepts
Historically, missile defense capabilities have always seemed to chase the advancements of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM), never really the other way around. The Missile Defense shield, which has about as much of a chance of success as a flip of a coin, could become obsolete once hypersonic weapons are a reality. Both Russia and China currently […]
Breaking News: Welcome Back Justin Logan!
We are pleased to welcome back Justin Logan to www.richardcyoung.com. You can search the website for his sharp-witted and timeless takes on politics and American foreign policy. Read Justin’s latest piece here with much more to come in 2018! Formerly the Cato Institute’s director of foreign policy studies, Logan writes primarily about politics and American foreign policy. He […]
North Korea: Maybe We’re Just Stuck
Jeffrey Lewis is the rare scholar who combines the ability to write engagingly with knowledge of national security. His piece in a recent Washington Post Outlook section explaining “how nuclear war with North Korea would unfold” was an eye-opener. Combining too-plausible accounts of the mercurial leadership in Pyongyang and Washington, the paranoia of mid-level military […]
President Trump Body Slammed by his Generals
President Trump’s 2017 busybody National Security Strategy (NSS) guide is every bit as dangerous for America as 1992’s Defense Planning Guidance report (DPG). Robert Merry explains the shear folly of Trump’s NSS. The best explanation you can read of 1992’s DPG is supplied by my friend, Cato Institute’s Chris Preble. Trump, contrary to all campaign […]
Dick Young’s Advice: “Make it a Good Year with Your Survival Guy”
How are you doing on the personal security front? “My son-in-law E.J. Smith recently acquired another favored Sig Sauer 226 MK 25 chambered in 9mm,” I wrote in my September 2015 issue of Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report, “I am a big fan of the 9mm handgun, and own a Beretta. “In E.J.’s case,” I […]
President Obama Steamrolls Chicagoans with his “Gift to the Community”
Once again, former President Obama is taking executive order to another level. Chicago’s favored son is rankling many of its citizens over plans for his presidential library. Which, according to Philip H. Devoe, in NRO, is not being called a library, but rather a center. It seems Obama is once again taking executive power for […]
$3 Million per Acre in France’s St. Emilion Wine Country?
There has been a fury of deal making in France’s St. Emilion wine country in the last few years. But in 2017 prices are skyrocketing, with reports of sales at 6 million euro per hectare (slightly less than $3 million per acre). The astonishing property market is covered by Jane Anson at Decanter: You could […]
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