Originally posted March 29, 2016. Most of the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world are living peaceful lives, writes Peggy Noonan in the WSJ. “But Jihadists don’t want to be integrated. They want trouble.” By using a simple child’s math of 10%, Ms. Noonan offers some sobering reality: Let’s say only 10% of the 1.6 […]
Unleashing the Energy Economy
With Donald Trump’s announcement that Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is to head the EPA, perhaps the present administration’s war on fossil fuels is about to end. Yesterday, the stock market spiked almost 300 points (from the Manhattan Contrarian). Now I for one am very hopeful that Trump will succeed in giving a real and […]
Resistant to Western Assimilation
Originally posted December 1, 2015. Many Americans are in the dark about sharia, which is classical Islam’s societal framework and legal code. Sharia should be recognized as “the bright line that separates authentic Muslim moderates, hungry for the West’s culture of reason and individual liberty, from Islamic supremacists, resistant to Western assimilation and insistent on […]
HUD—the Envy of Cuba, Venezuela, East Germany
The same people who thought it was hunky-dory for a man with a background of community organizer and two years in the Senate to fill the shoes of President of the U.S., are now outraged that a neurosurgeon might head HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development). That’s right. Progressives are outraged that Dr. Ben […]
New York a Low Tax State like Chicago a Crime Free City
Hillary Clinton won by the largest percentage margins in California, Massachusetts, Vermont, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Illinois, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut. These 10 big Blue states also lost domestic migration (excluding immigration). Nearly 2.75 million more Americans left California and New York than entered these states, writes Stephen Moore in the Washington Times. […]
For the Discerning Wine Lover—Beaujolais Cru?
Beaujolais, a district of Burgundy, France, south of Pairs, produces almost exclusively the light, thin-skinned Gamay red grape. Each year on the third Thursday of November, Nouveau Beaujolais—a cheap, barely fermented wine—is released, amid much fanfare as well as much ridicule. There are 10 villages that produce Beaujolais Cru, not to be confused with Beaujolais […]
A Little Common Sense on Immigration
In recent months on the Internet, ISIS has been encouraging knife and vehicle attacks similar to what looks to be the jihadist attack at Ohio State University on the Monday after Thanksgiving. For example, according to The New Yorker, last October there was a special appeal to the East African community: If there are any […]
Two Leaders–One Shot Pheasants, the Other Peasants
Except for Queen Elizabeth II, Fidel Castro “held on to power longer than any other living national leader,” noted the NYT. That is an intriguing comparison, writes Bret Stephens in the WSJ, “except that one of those leaders shot pheasants, while the other shot peasants.” As the progressive left showers the dictator with praise as […]
The Fed’s Dubious Dietary Guidelines
Originally posted February 1, 2016. Even though observational evidence seems to indicate that obesity, leading to heart disease and diabetes, is rampant in the U.S., government dietary guidelines continue to urge Americans to avoid full fat dairy products and instead consume reduced-fat dairy products like skim milk and reduced fat yogurt. Contradicting advice, however, comes […]
Fidel Castro and the Morally Obtuse
From President Barack Obama: At this time of Fidel Castro’s passing, we extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people. . . . . History will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him. From the Manhattan Contrarian: Pathetic. Sorry, but it’s not OK to […]
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