In an election that ultimately came down to a choice between economic opportunity and climate-change alarmism, Australians chose opportunity. The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board suggests that American politicians, particularly Joe Biden, take note. They write: If American Democrats want a warning about the consequences of embracing the Green New Deal, look no further than […]
Archives for May 2019
Trump’s Battle with China About More Than Trade
At The National Interest, Samuel Rines calls the U.S. China trade dispute, a way to “restart history,” or “a return of economic and governance ideologies battling for supremacy.” He writes (abridged): Many have assumed the United States and China would work out a trade deal. The tariffs and threats of further tariffs on Chinese exports […]
Nadler Looking for a Dancing Bear at a Political Circus
Democrats are not happy that Don McGahn, Persident Trump’s legal adviser, skipped a Congressional hearing on Tuesday, even though Mr. McGahn has every constitutional right not to appear, “Our subpoenas are not optional,” raged House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler for TV cameras. In front of him was an empty witness table with Mr. McGahn’s name […]
California: Hero Teacher and Reserve Police Officer Punished for Being Armed
America’s 1st Freedom (A1F) reports that Joseph Nguyen, a hero teacher, who moonlights as a police officer, has been punished for keeping his service firearm in a locked cabinet at the school where he works. A1F explains that: “California Gun Laws states ‘a person may possess a firearm in a school zone when the person […]
Is China Trying to Push the American Navy Back to Hawaii?
At The American Conservative, Robert W. Merry examines the views expressed by two British publications, the FT and The Economist, that the growing competition between the United States and China is much broader than trade, and that the ultimate goal of the Chinese is to push America out of East Asia, all the way back […]
Macron One of the Most Unpopular Presidents in French History
At The American Conservative, Bill Wirtz explains the desperate strategy French president Emmanuel Macron is employing in European Parliamentary elections to beat his rival, Marine Le Pen, and to shut down to offer an alternative to right wing populism. Wirtz writes (abridged): Macron’s La République En Marche (“the Republic on the move”) party presented its European […]
Democrats Try to Stop Short Term Health Insurance Coverage
Last year, the Trump administration allowed for short-term, limited-duration health insurance. It is a viable option for healthy people who earn too much for subsidies and are being charged too much for ACA coverage, explains the WSJ. Democrats claim these plans are designed to trick Americans, calling them “garbage.” Nancy Pelosi tweeted that the Trump […]
America Has a Problem, and Calvin Coolidge Predicted it Back in 1925
Chris Edwards, a friend of mine from the Cato Institute, has written a condemnation of the “grants-in-aid” programs the federal government uses to impose its own regulations on the states. He notes that President Calvin Coolidge predicted that government would encroach on the states, and it has. The federal government has especially intruded into the […]
Trump Must Dump Bolton, Cut Off the Saudis
At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan cuts to the heart of the Saudi gambit. Getting in a war with Iran doesn’t benefit the people of the United States, it benefits the Saudis, Israelis, and neocons. Pat writes: Syria’s Bashar Assad never threatened us, though we armed rebels to overthrow him. In Iraq, Iranian-backed Shiite militia […]
The WSJ May Endorse Mayor de Blasio?
Editors of the WSJ are making noise about breaking with the newspaper’s longtime policy: they are considering endorsing Bill de Blasio for president, under one condition. First de Blasio must resign as mayor of NYC while he is running. A Tale of Two Cities In a Dickensian moment, de Blasio referred to New York as […]
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