As Donald Trump prepares to “drain the swamp,” it reminds me of this quote about Ronald Reagan and the folks who put both Trump and Reagan in office. “I never liked Reagan much,” Papaw later told me, writes J.D. Vance in his memoir Hillbilly Elegy, “But I hated that son of a bitch Mondale.” Vance’s […]
Drain the Swamp: Part I
Change is coming and the folks in DC are still in denial. Here the New York Times details their unnerved preparations for a future dominated by Donald Trump. WASHINGTON — In the Virginia suburb of McLean, where the local diner is a C.I.A. breakfast hangout, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, who ran the agency for George […]
Update on National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
Here’s the latest on the National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act courtesy of The Truth About Guns.com: Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC), the primary sponsor of the National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act that was introduced last week into the House, has clarified that the Act should apply to state firearms licenses issued to non-residents. In an statement to the Free Beacon this week, […]
Watch Out or You’ll Be Stranded in the Cold Alone
Winter is here, and with it comes snow and ice on the roads. Despite the inevitability of poor driving conditions, every year some drivers seem surprised by them and hit the roads unprepared to deal with the consequences. Especially vulnerable are drivers in areas not used to snow and ice, such as the South Eastern […]
Can One Man Smash the Business Roadblocks in Teetering Illinois?
With the recent passage of a Right to Work law in Kentucky, Illinois is nearly surrounded by states with such laws. Only Missouri, far away from Chicago, the industrial heart of Illinois, remains a union state. With at least five Right to Work bills working their way through the Missouri legislature and headed toward the […]
Is Your State Pension Really about to Explode?
Don’t look now, but many of the nation’s states are in deep financial trouble. Pensions around the country have been underfunded, and Ohio is one of the worst offenders. By 2037, there’s only a 25% chance Ohio’s fire fighters and police officers will have their pensions fulfilled by the current system. Economists Erick Elder and […]
Could This One Man Challenge the Fed for the First Time?
Monday on Fox Business network, host Neil Cavuto asked John Allison, former CEO of BB&T if he might land an appointment by Donald Trump to the Federal Reserve . Allison demurred, but putting him on the Fed’s board of governors would be the best step the Trump Administration could make. Allison is the former President and […]
Your Survival Guy: Debriefed, Part II
One of the “benefits” of being “Your Survival Guy,” is I hear about your survival prep. Take this email I received from my father-in-law Dick Young for example: E.J., “The Survival Guy”. True story! A couple of days ago I was making my security update rounds and all three of the downstairs flashlights I keep […]
I’m Thrilled This Guy Just Keeps on Winning
Congratulations to my Cato Institute friend, Tucker Carlson, for what is becoming a habit of promotions. Tucker will take over the prime time Fox News 9PM slot being vacated by Megyn Kelly. Here’s a sample of one of Tucker’s recent interviews. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
To Me There Isn’t a Better Way to Live
Over the Christmas break we were up in Bartlett, NH skiing where, in between time on the slopes, I read the book Tracking the Wild Coomba by Robert Cocuzzo about the life of the late “frontier” skier Doug Coombs. I say “frontier” because Coombs hated the word “extreme.” To him, that meant risk, and he spent […]
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