Notre Dame Cathedral, on the Ile de la Cité, sits on the Seine between the Left and Right banks of Paris – literally and figuratively the center of the city, and of France. As NPR notes, it is “convenient and inescapable for the estimated 13 million people who visit it every year. Just outside, a […]
A Miracle as France and the World Grieve
The magnificent cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris is a technological and artistic marvel. Staggering in its beauty, Notre Dame has survived intact through the ages – the Reformation, the French Revolution, the Nazi invasion and other horrors of the 20th century, the WSJ reminds readers. The world grieved yesterday as it watched Notre Dame burn. […]
The Skunking of the Green New Deal
It’s telling that the chief sponsor of the Green New Deal – Sen. Ed Markey – bonded with his fellow senators and rejected a procedural vote (57-0) to bring the GND to the floor. Now some climate alarmists are demanding that Republicans come up with their own plan. Steve Milloy makes his case with four […]
A Win for Trump in 2020?
The election in 2020 will present a starker choice than voters faced in 2016, writes Victor Davis Hanson. Donald Trump will run on the premise that he is “the only thing standing between voters and socialism.” Who gets into the White House will depend on (1) whether the Democratic presidential campaigners continue their hard-left trajectory […]
Democratic Socialism – the Scenic Road to Serfdom
The Democrats’ proposed Green New Deal would place the U.S. economy on a war footing, warns Jeffrey Miron and Ryan Bourne at Cato.org. As they explain, democratic socialism is the scenic route to serfdom. The Green New Deal (GND) is the opposite of market-led decision-making, the antithesis of anti-central government. The goals of the GND […]
Income Inequality Bigger Hoax than Russian Hoax
With the Russian hoax now behind us, the latest mantra filling the media vacuum is “income inequality,” writes Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian. It’s front-page news again. Ray Dalio – the serious mega-billionaire and Co-Chairman of the country’s biggest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates proclaimed on 60 Minutes that income inequality is a “national emergency.” […]
The Upside-Down Results of Affirmative Action
Admissions to New York City’s top public high schools are based on a single, highly competitive entrance exam. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to relax those standards, reports William McGurn in the WSJ, because the mayor is mortified by the results. For example, of the 895 openings for the freshman class at the NYC’s most […]
Democrats’ Trio of Old White Males – Biden, Bernie, Beto
Odd indeed that the leading presidential contenders for the Democrat’s anti “white male” party are all white males, observes Victor Davis Hanson. Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke: The lifelong beneficiary of wealth and influence – when not declaring Trump guilty of treason – has done his best to blast his own past white privilege. “As a […]
America – the Best Time Ever to Look for a Job
According to the latest employment report from the National Federation of Independent Business, due out later today, U.S. businesses in March continued aggressively hiring, reports James Freeman in the WSJ. From NFIB Chief Economist William Dunkelberg: Job creation was solid in March with a net addition of 0.50 workers per firm (including those making no […]
Investors Like Growth in 401K Accounts
Roger Kimball is going out on a limb, predicting Donald Trump will be a second term president. Kimball also admits that predictions are subject to all sorts of vagaries to intervene against Donald Trump’s reelection. But what we have just witnessed is perhaps the most stunningly successful first two years of any administration in history. […]
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