Originally posted May 22, 2015. Why do tourists flock to Paris? Well yes, to see the Louvre and La Tour d’ Eiffel, to walk along the Seine and in the Jardin des Tuileries, to shop at Hermes and Bon Marche, to light a candle at Notre Dame and hear a pipe-organ concert at St. Sulpice, […]
Counterfeit Duck Confit—Big Flavor Fast
Originally posted August 3, 2015. David Lebovitz—chef, baker, cookbook author, and ex-pat living in Paris (read his The Sweet Life in Paris) says that traditional recipes for duck confit can involve dozens of steps to prepare. Duck confit is the ancient way of preserving meat in an airtight grease pack. Before the days of refrigeration, […]
Despotism under the Rule of Hillary Clinton
As President Obama prepares to pass his executive order pen onto the Democrats presumptive candidate, Americans should understand that Hillary Clinton most likely would outdo Mr. Obama in ruling by executive fiat and using federal bureaucracies to impose her agenda. If elected, Hillary Clinton would “fill the federal bureaucracies with people eager and willing to […]
The Stench of the Clinton Ethics
Mrs. Clinton would have you believe that the 30,000 plus emails she deleted from her secret, private server pertained to yoga and weddings, and had nothing to do with the Clinton Foundation or “the unethical mixing of Mrs. Clinton’s public work and her personal fundraising/speech-giving/favor-doing,” writes Kimberly Strassel in the WSJ. “And yet as evidence […]
Hillary Clinton—Lying about Lying
Just hours after the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, where four Americans were killed, Hillary Clinton sent an email to her daughter Chelsea stating that the attack had been carried out by an “Al Queda-like group.” Patricia Smith, mother of Sam Smith, one of the four Americans killed the night of the […]
A Formula for Widespread Dissatisfaction
On 20 January 2017, will our nation be facing a new president with almost no mandate? Each of the factions now running a presidential campaign—Clinton, Sanders, Trump, Cruz, Rubio—is not just about personality or style, writes Jim Geraghty in NRO. “Within the parties, primary voters are choosing among extremely different visions and policy ideas. Chunks […]
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on FBI Investigation of Hillary
“Let’s not be melodramatic.”
The Nanny State—Protecting Us from Ourselves
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” (Ronald Reagan) The quote from President Reagan is worth remembering the next time a politician promises to get a law passed because it is for our own good, writes Cato Institute’s Michael […]
We’re the Government and We’re Here to Help
Here’s how government fixes income inequality using taxpayer money. In this case it is “affordable housing” built with federal “stimulus funds “ in the Mantua area of Philadelphia. “After sixty plus years, West Philadelphia sinks ever deeper into disrepair and despair,” writes Francis Menton in The Manhattan Contrarian. He then notes how redistributions (public housing, […]
An Island of Peace and Prosperity
Originally posted April 28, 2015. Richard W. Rahn, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, reports that, according to the United Nations, the #1 place to be happy is Switzerland. The United States, for example, ranks #15. Read here from our friend Richard Rahn how landlocked Switzerland, without much in the way of natural resources, with […]
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