Originally posted on August 19, 2019. Elizabeth Warren’s strongest case for being the Democrat Party’s nominee is winning the senate seat in the most democratic state in the country – during a banner year for Democrats. The Senator from Massachusetts is trying to deflect widespread worries that, should she get the nomination, she would be […]
Archives for September 2019
Economic Recovery Setting New Longevity Records Each Month
At The American Conservative, Alan Tonelson explains how the everyday Americans who make up President Trump’s voter base are benefiting from his presidency. Despite accusations that Trump is a “phony populist,” Tonelson says the president’s critics have “been wrong-footed over how working- and middle-class voters have fared during his administration.” He writes (abridged): President Donald […]
The University, Students, Employees – Pampered, Hypocritical, Intolerant, Obnoxious
With a new generation of Americans saddled with $1.5 trillion in student debt, Victor Davis Hanson suggests it’s time to acknowledge the harm higher education has done to the United States. Start with the fact that an increasing majority of these debtors “either cannot pay back or simply will not.” The Lost Decade of the […]
Tucker Carlson Survives Media Assault
Despite a nearly monthlong media assault on Tucker Carlson, using misinterpretations of Carlson’s words in an attempt to drive sponsors and viewers from his show, it appears he has survived. Ratings for Carlson’s show in August were not significantly affected, reports Mediaite: Tucker Carlson has come under intense scrutiny in the past few weeks, and has lost […]
Is the World in an Artificial Intelligence Arms Race?
At The American Conservative, Dimitri Simes Jr. tells readers that the world’s major powers are in an arms race, attempting to develop weapons using artificial intelligence. Frighteningly, Simes concludes that the use of AI in warfare could keep wars going on forever. He writes (abridged): The world’s major powers are in the middle of an […]
Vermont Socialism, Bernie Sanders Style
Debbie and I just returned from a three-day back roads tour of Vermont’s small towns and countryside. Scenic? Yes. Cows? No. Instead boarded, dilapidated barns and farmhouses, closed country stores, and zero modern manufacturing facilities were to be found. Our concluding thought at the end of each depressing bend into another stagnate village was “where […]
Joe Biden – Unable to Tell the Truth?
Is Joe Biden’s inability to tell the truth from his failing mind or from a lack of integrity, Kevin Williamson puts forward in NRO, “In neither case is Biden fit to hold the office of president of the United States of America, and Democrats would discredit themselves and endanger the nation to nominate him.” So […]
Trump Creates Best Jobs Market in Our Lifetime
Stephen Moore of the Town Hall writes (abridged): For middle class workers this is a blockbuster economy – maybe the best job market in any of our lifetimes. The latest jobs report has seven million open jobs and only 6 million unemployed Americans. Wages were up nearly 4% last year and the bigger paychecks are […]
You Could See the Trump Flags Flying BIG Time this Summer
And I mean BIG TIME. When it comes to boating, especially sportfishing, it takes some serious money. You need some bucks to buy a sportfishing boat. You’ve realized some major success in your business to own a sportfishing boat. Walking the piers up and down the Eastern Seaboard this Summer, you saw “Trump” flags flying […]
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