Over four decades, Dick and I have watched many, if not all, Star Wars episodes with our five grandchildren. But the heady experience of watching George Lucas’s first episode of the series (later retitled) — Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope — when Matt was seven and Becky five will be long remembered. […]
The Slow, Systematic Dismantling of the Best Constitution in the World
At age 86, Thomas Sowell is retiring from writing his weekly syndicated column. In 2011, NRO’s Jay Nordlinger interviewed Dr. Sowell at Stanford University. The coming of Barack Obama means that we are in a Sowell moment — a moment ripe for what he has to offer. He (Sowell) is a conservative who specializes in […]
The Brain Surgeon with No Housing Expertise-Dr. Ben
Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson has been described by the NYT as having a “warped view of housing.” Yes, Mr. Carson grew up poor, which as Jason L. Riley notes in the WSJ, “doesn’t make him a housing expert, but … Dr. Carson’s background does make him better able to empathize with the plight of […]
Who Is Going to Pay for the Health Ramifications?
No one in the United States wants any person to go hungry. And no one in the “land of the free” should be told what he or she should eat. But something is badly amiss. Visit our local CVS in Key West, for example, and you’ll see one large wall banked with refrigerators and freezers […]
Trump’s Political Cunning Reshapes American Politics
No doubt Donald Trump will continue to get into trouble and offend with his impetuous, impulsive, boastful tweets. But for now, who has ever heard a presidential candidate say, for example, “We love our miners,” Victor Davis Hanson asks in NRO. And not just any miners, but “our” miners, as if, like “our vets,” the […]
President Obama Defends the “Integrity of Our Election System”
At last Friday’s press conference, President Obama stated that any attempt by a foreign power to affect U.S. elections is unacceptable and “shouldn’t be a partisan issue.” Mr. Obama also reported that last fall in China he told Mr. Putin “to cut it out” and “there were going to be some serious consequences if he […]
It’s So Last Season To Be Concerned About Russia
Remember back in 2012 when President Obama threw a zinger at Mitt Romney? During a debate, Mr. Romney suggested that Russia was the U.S.’s “number one political foe.” Mr. Obama mocked Romney with, The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because…the Cold War’s been over for 20 years.” But it […]
Trump—No Interest in Fourth Estate or Political Elites
Donald Trump seems to be facing more hostility than his GOP predecessors regarding coverage by the liberal media. “Mr. Trump won in part due to the country’s distrust and disappointment in traditional politicians, yet the media continue to hammer him for not behaving like one,” writes Jason L. Riley in the WSJ. For example, according […]
How a Free Market Economy Offers Economic Opportunities
Andy Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., is Donald Trump’s pick for Labor Secretary. Here’s what Mr. Puzder had to say last February in a speech to the Manhattan Institute’s Adam Smith Society. My grandfather grew up impoverished in the Austro-Hungarian Empire just before World War I where a ruling class of aristocrats still controlled all economic […]
Christmas Cheer over Trump’s Cabinet Picks
NRO’s Andrew McCarthy, not always a huge fan of Donald Trump, writes on why he is encouraged by Trump’s cabinet picks. “I don’t like everything Trump has done so far, but I like an awful lot of it. And saying so is only fair.” As far as Trump schmoozing with Al Gore? McCarthy maintains that […]
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