Adam Mill (a pseudonym) explains to readers at The Federalist that, if the best Never Trumpers and Democrats can do are the flawed investigations into the President, he’ll win his second term in 2020 handily. He writes (abridged): In spite of a seemingly unstoppable alliance among the media, the House of Representatives, a network of sympathetic […]
Archives for March 2019
Trump Rallies the Base with Fiery Speech at CPAC
After his recent speech at CPAC, Fox News host Laura Ingraham described the President’s time in office best saying, “We’ve gone from pessimism to optimism. He has ended the war on business, he has ended the war on energy, he has ended the war on success. In economic terms, you are now rewarded for the […]
Donald Trump: The American Dream, Not the Socialist Nightmare
President Trump delivered a long and wide-ranging speech to conservative activists at CPAC on Saturday. The Hill’s Tal Axelrod narrowed down nine of its most important moments. He writes: President Trump delivered a freewheeling speech Saturday at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference that often veered off script and hit on a slew of familiar […]
The Nightmare of California Dreamin’
Californians are proud of their state. It is the world’s fifth-largest economy in large part fueled by Silicon Valley’s Apple, Facebook and Google. The progressive, one-party state is a neo-socialist model for a nation moving hard to the left. But there is a snafu. A big one. California is about to face a devastating shortfall […]
Tucker Explains: Poverty Doesn’t Cause Instability. Envy Does.
You don’t need to be rich to live the good life. The good life is more a way of life. Not to sound too trippy but “it’s a feeling, man.” Sort of like the peace and love shared by Deadheads swaying to Jerry, or classic rock fans to Hendrix at Woodstock. You can’t always explain […]
President Donald Trump Cannot be Indicted
In The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan explains that while he is the sitting president, Donald Trump cannot be indicted. First he would have to be impeached and convicted. He writes (abridged): As the president is chief of state and head of government, he cannot be indicted. He must first be removed from the presidency. But […]
High Barriers to Entry Make for Safer Investments
I have written many times through the years about the benefits of businesses with high barriers to entry. Those barriers often include protection by government regulations, including rights of way, monopoly power, and intellectual property. In November of 1996 I explained the value of intellectual property and how difficult it is to generate. I wrote: […]
Unhinged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Targets Dems on Gun Control
Newly elected Democrat Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is threatening her fellow Democrats with primary challenges if they take votes that don’t fit with her radical progressive agenda. Jack Crowe explains at National Review: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) threatened her moderate colleagues during a Thursday Democratic caucus meeting, telling the lawmakers she plans to provide progressive […]
Can Kamala Harris Overcome Her Past in California Politics?
A writer at Redstate, using the pen name Sister Toldjah, details the extra-marital affair between current Senator Kamala Harris, who is running for president, and former San Francisco mayor and California State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. Harris calls Brown “albatross hanging around my neck.” Brown claims that the affair helped Harris’ political career. It is hard […]