Originally posted on November 15, 2016.
Archives for March 2019
In Defense of Andrew Jackson: Part I
Introduction: The forty-fifth president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, like Ronald Reagan, is an admirer of former president Andrew (the beloved “Old Hickory”) Jackson. Hillsdale College (a #1 favorite of mine) professor of history and The Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College Bradley J. Birzer, has written the definitive […]
JOBS: Record Creation, Higher Wages, Robust Expansion Plans
Global growth and trade friction may cast a shadow over the economic horizon, but a report from the National Federation of Independent Business, shows U.S. small businesses went on an historic hiring binge in February: “Job creation broke the 45-year record in February … The previous record was 0.51 reached in May 1998.” “Readers can […]
Unions are a Hotel California: You can Check Out, but You can Never Leave
After the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, union members were supposed to be allowed to leave if they wanted. That’s not how it worked out though. In The Wall Street Journal, Charles Mitchell reports that unions have ways of making members stay. It’s very much a Hotel California, you can check out, but […]
You’re in Charge: Act—Don’t React
Thirty years ago this month, I was working hard to explain to investors like you the simple power of having a plan. An investment plan is the reliable engine that keeps your investment train on its track. I told readers they shouldn’t make investments without consulting their plan, writing: Am I clear on this? Sit […]
Jerry Falwell Jr. Slams Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s Fake News
In an apparent attempt to divert attention from her friend Rep. Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitic comments, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unleashed a fusillade against Jerry Falwell Junior, in which she 1) got the facts wrong, 2) misrepresented Falwell’s words, and 3) portrayed his statements out of context. In the words of President Trump, this was fake news […]
Keep America Safe, Fire Pompeo and Bolton
After reading Pat Buchanan’s March 5 piece in The American Conservative “Mike Pompeo Threatens China With War,” I asked my friend Chris Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, for his thoughts on a defense agreement with the Philippines. Here’s what he had to say. RCY: Is a Philippine […]
Victor Davis Hanson Ostracized by the Left and the Right
Victor Davis Hanson, a 5th generation landowner in Selma, California, grows raisins (grapes) in a region that bills itself as the “Raisin Capital of the World.” Professor Hanson is a Stanford University Hoover Institution fellow and a scholar of military history and ancient Greece. VDH also opines on social trends, especially related to agrarianism and […]
Is America on the Brink of a Civil War?
Political pundits are making dire predictions about the state of America. A term that seems to keep coming up is “Civil War.” Last summer I read Killer Angels, a novel about America’s Civil War. I was hooked on the topic and read more about it, but no one should take up talk of another civil […]
The Real Policy Mistake You Should Worry About
Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington, threw his hat into the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary race last week. The centerpiece of Inslee’s campaign is to make “defeating” climate change America’s number one priority. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced this week he was launching a new campaign called Beyond Carbon, that seeks to move America toward a […]
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