Jon Basil Utley, a friend of mine from many Cato Institute meetings, and the publisher of The American Conservative, explains one pivotal moment in the creation of the anti-war right. Back in 1990 when President George H.W. Bush was about to invade Iraq, Utley and a band of anti-war conservatives and libertarians formed a group […]
Archives for December 2018
“The Insecurity of Jonah Goldberg”
A skirmish has broken out between Ed Morrow, a writer who regularly contributes to the online publication, American Greatness, among others, and Jonah Goldberg, who writes for the National Review and is a fellow at the heavily neocon American Enterprise Institute. In the paleo-conservative oriented online version of The American Spectator, Morrow calls out Goldberg’s […]
Let the Government Shutdown Continue into 2019
The “government shutdown” is causing a lot of “bellyaching amongst the army of Democrat-voting bureaucrats, but what doesn’t occur to them is the last person who cares about offending these folk is President Donald Trump. As Michael Walsh reminds readers of American Greatness, “Trump has brought the nation to this happy pass: not simply for […]
Is America Really the Land of the Free?
Americans are generally in agreement that their country is free. America is even referred to as “The Land of the Free,” but is it really? According to the Human Freedom Index published by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, America falls in at 17th place on The Human […]
Trump Offers America a New Foreign Policy Course
Gareth Porter explains at The American Conservative, how President Trump has “offered the country a new course, one that does not involve a permanent war state.” Trump has blown up the the “transparent schemes” of the military industrial complex, which has been fighting tooth and nail to keep American forces in Syria. This is the […]
Trump: Why It’s “Ridiculous” Not Getting Out of Syria
On the night of Christmas 2018, President Trump and first lady Melania secretly left Washington to visit U.S. troops in Iraq. Surprise visits have been a hallmark of the holiday season since President George W. Bush surprised troops in Iraq during Thanksgiving 2003. In his column, James Freeman (WSJ) reports that White House pool reporter […]
In 2019, Give Me Cash
That’s my investment creed. I don’t mind when markets are down as long as I’m still getting paid. Regular dividends and interest are succor to any investor when capital appreciation is wiped out at the whim of the markets. In January of 2012, I explained my investment creed, writing: So the investment environment today is […]
Are Democrat Ready for 2020? Maybe Not
At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan details the litany of bad news that befell the GOP during the 2018 midterm elections and asks the question, does that “portend the defeat of Donald Trump in 2020?” Buchanan answers his own question with “Not necessarily.” He explains: To consider: Nancy Pelosi may want to close out her […]
Calls to Boycott Tucker Carlson are Absurd
Writing at The Federalist, Emily Jashinsky explains the absurdity of the calls to boycott Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News over statements he made in a segment he performed on the migrant caravan and its trashing of Tijuana. Jashinsky writes: At no point did Carlson describe people as inherently dirty, nor have his critics actually refuted the […]
Gun Control Disarms the Most Vulnerable First
In violence riddled Latin America, a new wave of violence against women is growing. Despite relatively strict gun control laws in Latin America, the number of homicides with firearms is high, and those who follow the gun control laws are put in a weakened position compared to the gang and cartel members who wreak havoc […]
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