UPDATE 8.27.2020: Before blue state governors locked down their states’ economies with no real idea of what effect it might have, President Trump had engineered America’s lowest unemployment rates in decades, with black, Hispanic, and female Americans employed at the highest rates ever. The Biden campaign is planning to apply some of the same unproven […]
Archives for August 2020
Trump Economy: Lowest Unemployment in 49 Years!
The Many Successes of Donald Trump’s First Term
Pat Buchanan runs down the many successes of Donald Trump’s first term as president. On his blog he writes (abridged): As Donald Trump is about to be nominated for a second term, how his presidency has already altered the orientation of his party is on display. By opening new lands and seas to exploration, building […]
Trump’s Useful Idiots
On a recent morning walk, Dick and I bumped into a friend who rescues and trains unfortunate dogs, likes Bordeaux wines, and enjoys (used to) visiting his flat in London. (Alas, not so much today.) As our chat turned to politics, our friend said he wouldn’t necessarily want to invite President Trump to dinner, but […]
Relocation: Beware the Too-Simple-to-be-True Lists
Safe Places Report #9: A hot topic in the news today is the flight of Americans to the countryside, away from the riots and coronavirus lockdowns in the big cities. That is a theme of these Safe Places reports, of course, so these articles always catch my attention. What amazes me is how overly simplified […]
Articulate, Bright, Clean and African-American
Joe Biden on Barack Obama: “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.” Last night’s RNC featured Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who spoke directly to presidential candidate Joe Biden. “I think often about my ancestors who struggled […]
Market Concentration in FANG Stocks is Breaking Active Mutual Funds
At Bloomberg, John Authers explains how Apple and other FANG+ stocks are breaking the way active mutual fund managers work. He writes: The FANG phenomenon is adding to the torture for active investment managers, as the latest report into U.S. mutual funds’ holdings from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. illustrates. It is only possible to beat […]
Professor Confidently Predicts Trump Will Trounce Joe Biden in November
At The American Spectator, David Catron details the model used by Professor Helmut Norpoth to predict that Donald Trump will trounce Joe Biden in November. He writes (abridged): Most political prognosticators delay their final predictions for a presidential race until the morning of Election Day. In 2016, for example, Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight and Nate […]
The Pajama Class Vs the Working Class
No, we are not all in this together, Karol MarKowicz reminds readers in the New York Post and reprinted in Notable & Quotable, WSJ. Enough! We can’t live like this anymore. The constant new rules, the continued dance around reopening. New York City is failing. Our governor and mayor are keeping us in a state […]
Sen. Tim Scott: President Trump Built the Most Inclusive Economy Ever
Last night, Sen. Tim Scott, (R-SC), reminded viewers of the Republican National Convention about where the country has been, and how much progress has been made. He also reminded those watching about President Trump’s success in creating jobs for Americans before the China virus hit. I especially enjoyed Scott’s memory of learning from his mentor […]
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