Writing at The American Conservative, my friend Jon Basil Utley, the magazine’s publisher, explains to readers the unreliable intelligence that has gotten America into overseas quagmires, and the unintended consequences those wars have wrought. He writes (abridged): Official Washington and those associated with it have misrepresented the facts numerous times in the service of military […]
Archives for April 2018
Island Creek Oyster Bar, Boston, MA
The next time you’re in Boston and craving oysters, go to the Island Creek Oyster Bar and ask for “the Peter’s. The Peter’s Points from Onset, MA have quite the cult following around here. We continue to receive calls asking “when are the Peter’s going to be back?” Well, folks, the water is starting to […]
Rand Paul Disappointing on Pompeo Confirmation Reversal
Where is the evidence that Mike Pompeo agrees with even Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Syria and Afghanistan? And has not Pompeo called for an open-ended troop presence in Afghanistan, as well as greater U.S. involvement in Syria and for that matter the Greater Middle East.? Yesterday I asked my friend Dr. Christopher Preble, VP for […]
Elizabeth Warren, a Faux Indian, Challenged by a Real Indian
Shiva Ayyudarai is an independent candidate running for Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren’s seat. Ms. Warren’s claim of having Native American ancestry has been the source of significant ridicule since she was elected to the Senate in 2012. The city of Cambridge, Mass. has ordered Mr. Ayyudarai to remove his campaign signs, which accuse Sen. Elizabeth […]
Your Retirement Life: Cost of Living Higher in These States Part I
A recent study by the Jefferson City-based Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) estimates the average annual cost of living in 2017 for all 50 states. The National Institute for Labor Relations Research used MERIC’s data to calculate the average annual cost of living in Right to Work States and forced-unionism states. As of […]
U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Have a New Role
In a Congressional Research Service report published on April 16th 2018, Ronald O’Rourke, a specialist in Naval Affairs discusses a “change in mission orientation” for the DDG-1000’s. The Zumwalt-Class stealth destroyers will shift from a mission of Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) to an emphasis on surface strikes. The shakeup comes in response to changes […]
Remembering the Traveling Wilburys – Inside Out
Macron: France wants to work on ‘new deal’ on Iran
Chris Preble: Empower Mature, Like-Minded States
Chris Preble, my friend and Cato Institute’s vice president for defense and foreign policy studies, suggest America rely more on its “mature, like-minded,” allies to help solve local problems. This is undoubtedly preferable to the forever-war policy that has been employed over the last decade and a half. Chris writes in The New York Times (abridged): […]
Trump Could “Astonish the World”
At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan writes that President Trump could astonish the world and even win the Nobel Peace Prize if he were to get North Korea to sign the same deal Iran did regarding nuclear weapons. By all reports, Trump seems eager for a deal with Kim Jong-Un. Why then would he consider […]
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