After President Trump’s executive order requesting a study of the country’s vulnerability to an EMP attack, Gregory Kiley, a former Air Force officer and member of the staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee has written an op-ed in The Hill both applauding President Trump for highlighting the EMP threat, and outlining some of America’s […]
Stop Letting the Politics of Fear Drive the Gun Control Debate
Writing at The Cato Institute, Jonathan Blanks explains how the hysteria surrounding the debate over gun control in the United States is harming, rather than helping Americans. He writes: About two-thirds of gun deaths every year in the United States are suicides, making up about half of all U.S. suicides. A relatively small number of people are killed […]
Did Pete Buttigieg’s Apple Fall Far from the Marxist Tree?
Tearing up the Democrat Party’s early primary campaigning is Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. His experience would seem to make him an unlikely force, but Buttigieg’s campaign says he raised $7 million in the first quarter, putting him near the front of the fundraising pack. What many voters may no know is that Buttigieg, mayor […]
Here’s Why You Definitely Need a Satellite Phone
There’s never a bad time to reassess your preparedness for a disaster. Make your first step reading through this piece I posted on October 22, 2018. If you don’t have a satphone yet, getting one should be a priority. Cellular technology undoubtedly proved its usefulness after 9/11 when many landlines simply didn’t work in the […]
Warren’s Wealth Tax Won’t Work
The Democratic Primary has already generated some outrageous proposals, and one of the worst is Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax. The problem with wealth taxes is that they never work. The Europeans have tried them many times, and in most cases have already reversed course. My friend Chris Edwards explains the failure of Europe’s wealth […]
Can the Grid be Protected from Cascading Destruction?
Last week I wrote to you about President Trump’s executive order on preparing for an electromagnetic pulse attack. Here’s the ugly reality. The government needs to either privatize the nation’s electric grid or get to work securing it. The grid is woefully exposed to the risks of an EMP attack or a solar flare. Lloyds […]
Rhode Island Wants Your Guns and Your Money
As I wrote to you last week Rhode Island wants your guns. WPRI wrote of the battle over the Second Amendment in Rhode Island: As state lawmakers take up a slew of gun-related bills, supporters on both sides of the issue descended upon the State House to make their voices heard. Among the several bills that the House […]
Is an EMP Attack Imminent?
This week President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to identify the threats posed by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP)—believed to be potentially dangerous to critical infrastructure like the electric grid (understatement to be kind)—and find ways to guard against them. As you have read right here we’ve been sounding the alarm for years. […]
Time for the Fake News Media to Pack Up and Go Home?
Ann Coulter says “hold the Pulitzers.” It’s time for the repeatedly incorrect media personalities at MSNBC, NBC and CNN to head for the exits. Here is a sample of just a few of the inane comments made by media personalities during the Trump/Russia witch hunt: “Hi Nicolle, and if it is Monday, the Russian conspiracy […]
Repeat After Me: There Are No Sacred Cows in the Federal Budget
My friend Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at Cato Institute, has politely disagreed with economist Martin Feldstein on the topic of federal budget cuts. Feldstein has called for cuts to entitlement programs, but said “Defense spending and nondefense discretionary outlays can’t be reduced below the unprecedented and dangerously low shares of GDP that the […]
