At The American Conservative, Daniel Larison examines the exit of Defense Secretary James Mattis, and considers who may replace him. He writes (abridged): As wrong as Mattis was on a number of foreign policy issues, there is a real danger that his successor could be far worse Even if Trump doesn’t nominate a Tom Cotton […]
Archives for December 2018
Why No Wall?
The reluctance to build and fund a wall on the U.S. Mexican border is not because Democrats think it won’t work. The real reason is that it probably would work too well. Victor Davis Hanson maintains, “Democrats in the present political landscape will not consent to a wall. For them, a successful border wall is […]
The Rapid Downfall of the Elites
In The American Conservative, Cato Institute senior fellow, Doug Bandow takes readers through the rapid downfall of Europe’s elite globalists. Riding high in 2017, this group is now barely hanging on. He writes: In mid-2017, the European Union seemed ascendant, led by the young visionary Emmanuel Macron, the president of France. Macron advocated a united […]
Can America Avoid a President Bloomberg?
With a personal fortune of $45.8 billion and a political network that spans the country doing his anti-gun bidding, Michael Bloomberg may be poised to enter the 2020 presidential race on the Democratic ticket. The former Mayor of New York City is America’s most avid anti-gun billionaire, and has done more to attack the members […]
The Winning Investment Technique Used by Queen Elizabeth I
Two years ago I told readers the story of John Maynard Keynes’ lectures on compound interest in the late 20s. Keynes told the story then of Queen Elizabeth I and her impetuous and insightful use of compounding to build the British Empire. I wrote: Compound Interest, the Foundation of an Empire In a series of […]
Trump, in Syria, Doing What He Promised Voters
In what appears to be a major surprise to politicians across the world, in Syria, President Donald Trump is doing what he promised he would. Pat Buchanan explains that any others reasons for American forces in Syria, such as blocking Iranian weapons transports to Hezbollah for the Israelis, were not what the President was focused. […]
What is America’s Policy on China?
Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall of the Cato Institute explain the complete lack of a clear goal from either of America’s top political parties in regards to China. They write: The growing consensus on China is troubling. Having identified China as America’s biggest strategic challenge, neither party has identified a clear goal. Nor have they articulated […]
Syria’s Muslim Sectarian War Not America’s Concern
Matt Purple, managing editor of The American Conservative explains how Donald Trump, by exiting the Syrian conflict has avoided further involving America in a Muslim sectarian civil war, and also left the cleanup of Syria to Russia, a country with an economy the size of Italy’s. He writes: Washington melts down over Trump’s Syria withdrawal. Their obsession […]
Denmark Taking Non-Assimilation Seriously
Denmark is leading the west in measures to prevent non-assimilation among its mostly Muslim immigrant population. Back in July The New York Times reported: When Rokhaia Naassan gives birth in the coming days, she and her baby boy will enter a new category in the eyes of Danish law. Because she lives in a low-income […]
The Cost of Kaepernick
After Colin Kaepernick almost single handedly put the NFL into a ratings spiral, Nike decided it liked what it saw in the man and made him a centerpiece of its marketing. That decision has now cost the company $3 billion in market cap. Jesse Kelly reports for The Federalist (abridged): Look at this number: $3,000,000,000. […]
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