The Wall Street Journal’s Summer Said, along with Nancy A. Youssef and Benoit Faucon, report that an official from the United States has said that an initial assessment points to Iran as the culprit in the recent sabotage attacks on vessels in the Persian Gulf. They write: An initial U.S. assessment indicated Iran likely was […]
Archives for May 2019
Why Are Democrats Not Mentioning Obamacare?
As the Democrat presidential contenders vie for top billing in the primary season, health care, especially Medicare for All, is a top issue. Kaiser Health News reports that every analyst interviewed for its story on the health-care debate shared concerns regarding a Medicare for All system. How would people respond to losing the option of […]
Government Revenue Rising Thanks to Trump Economy
The strong Trump economy, accelerated by his administration’s tax reform is outweighing the drag from tariffs on China, explains James Freeman in The Wall Street Journal. He writes (abridged): Stocks are taking a beating today as consumers in both China and the U.S. face higher prices on a broad range of products. Thank goodness the […]
Tucker Explains: U.S./China Free-Trade is NOT Free
Watch this excellent interview with Johnny Burtka, executive director at The American Conservative. Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.
Trump Right on Trade, Kudlow’s Free Traders Wrong
At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan explains that the loss of a nation’s “economic independence is followed by the loss of its political independence.” If America can’t choose fair trading partners, China is already in control. Pat writes (abridged): As his limo carried him to work at the White House Monday, Larry Kudlow could not […]
Trump Tariffs, a Means to Enforce the Law
At The National Interest, Salvatore Babones reminds readers that China has made commitments to free trade in the past, and has not lived up to those commitments. The President’s tariffs are one of the few non-military tools the United States has at its disposal to compel the communist government of China to fulfill its promises. […]
Russiagate – an Exquisitely Planned Political Campaign
The Trump/Russia investigation has been a political narrative, plain and simple, with two objectives, explains Andrew C. McCarthy in NRO. To hamstring Donald Trump’s capacity to press the agenda on which he ran (immigration enforcement, conservative judicial nominees, deregulation, and a military build-up, along with skepticism about military interventions, free trade, and NATO). To render […]
Has a Countdown to a June Confrontation with Iran Begun?
At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan lays out the sad state of affairs for Americans in Iraq today, and wonders why, after such a failed outcome there, there are officials in the Trump administration so willing to pursue the same regime change strategy in Iran. He writes (abridged): In 2003, George W. Bush took us […]
Do You Carry a Knife Every Day?
The Wall Street Journal’s Chris Kornelis recently discussed how carrying a knife saved Chad Stahelski, the director of the John Wick series of movies. “I always have my Benchmade Emissary knife with me,” explained Stahelski. “I can’t tell you how many times it has saved my life and cut me out of a harness, not […]
With the End of the Mueller Probe, Trump Can Seize Nuclear Arms Control Momentum
Richard Burt and Jon Wolfsthal, two long-time proponents of nuclear arms reductions, and currently the leaders of the Global Zero arms control initiative, write in The National Interest that, with the conclusion of the Muellier probe, President Trump has the opportunity to pursue the nonproliferation deal he has wanted. They write (abridged): President Donald Trump […]
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