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Chanler House, Newport: Dick Young’s Favorite R.I. Hotel

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Debbie grew up literally in the Chanler’s backyard.  When I first arrived in Newport in the early 60s, George Wien’s Newport Jazz Festival was at Freebody Park, just blocks away from the Cliff Walk Manor Hotel (pre-Chanler). Duke. Brubeck, Mingus and the Ray Charles Band were early stars at the Festival. Many of the jazz […]

Bleu Provence Wins a Coveted Award

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Bleu Provence in Naples is our clear favorite in all of Florida, with the best wine list and food and a great wine shop just next door. Debbie and I count as good friends Bleu Provence owner Jacques and son Clement, and we meet with them every time we are in Naples where our family run […]

Does NATO Subvert the Constitution?

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Michael Scheuer makes a great case here for the unconstitutionality of the NATO treaty. The Treaty, signed nearly seventy years ago, binds today’s Congress to going to war against unknown enemies simply because they attack another allied nation. This obligation removes Congress, the only body constitutionally allowed to declare war, from the war making decision […]

Shame: GOP’s Epic Obamacare Failure

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Even after offering up a watered-down Obamacare Lite version of their “repeal,” the GOP Senate was too cowardly to fulfill the promise that gave Republicans control of the House, Senate and Presidency in 2010, 2014, and 2016 respectively. For years the Republicans have run on the promise to repeal and replace Obamacare with a plan […]

Could Trump Win Afghanistan Using Mercenaries?

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A money man, an ambassador, a former SEAL, and a former Army policy advisor to the Joint Chiefs are all trying to persuade the Trump administration to outsource the war in Afghanistan to hired gun contractors. The money man, Steve Feinberg, is working the policy circuit in Washington trying to drum up support for the […]

“The Stupid Party”

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The GOP, despite controlling every piece of the federal government showered Democrats with concessions in an effort to pass a budget continuation resolution. Cato Institute scholar Dan Mitchell explains that while the GOP may control the government, “there’s not a governing majority for smaller government.” With too many Republicans still looking for handouts and big government […]

Stand Up for Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval

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Why do I support the Nevada Governor on a No vote for the Republican Health Care bill when a number of Republican senators have already been bought off by Republican leadership? Nevada Governor Sandoval has sound reasons for not supporting the Republican Health Care proposal. Republicans (the “stupid party”) will improve their chances for 2018 […]

Dick Young’s Must Have First Half 2017 Music

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The album Moments From This Theatre/Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham features two of America’s least well recognized major talents. No Dan, no Spooner, maybe no Muscle Shoals. This album, recorded in November 1998, features many Dan and Spooner classics including: I’m Your Puppet Sweet Inspiration Cry Like a Baby I Met Her in Church Lonely […]

This Senator Finally Gets it Right on Saudi Arabia

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It’s not often you see a senator, or any politician for that matter, willing to break the unwritten Washington D.C. rule banning criticism of Saudi Arabia, but one courageous senator just did. After the Saudis condemned Qatar for supporting terrorism, Sen. Bob Corker and a few other brave politicians have pointed out just how much […]