Jack Hunter, writing at The American Conservative, outlines the battle shaping up between Sens. Rand Paul and Lindsey Graham over influence on the Trump administration’s foreign policy. Perhaps surprisingly, Hunter thinks Paul may be winning. He writes (abridged): This war between libertarian realist Paul and uber-hawk Graham is not new. And it continued on Tuesday […]
Progressives Want to Kill off Your Health Care Coverage
Do you remember warnings from conservatives and libertarians that Obamacare was built-to-fail, and when it did progressives would announce that the only cure is single-payer health care? That time is now. Democrats are calling it “Medicare for all.” Liberal politicians want to take a system that was built to cover the elderly and most vulnerable […]
U.S. Vital Interests Not Imperiled in Idlib, Syria
What vital interest is served by American military involvement in Idlib, Syria? As Pat Buchanan explains at The American Conservative, none. An intervention in Syria against the Russians would be a step backward for a president who won by running on a platform outlining less foreign intervention by American forces. Pat writes (abridged): Is President […]
When You Plan Ahead, Damage Can Be Minimized
Hurricane Florence is bearing down on South Carolina, with some estimates suggesting four FEET of rain could swamp the coastal towns. Even for seasoned hurricane survivors, that’s a mega-monsoon. Debbie and I have encountered many hurricanes in our decades of East Coast living. Most recently our Key West home was visited by Hurricane Irma, which […]
Trump Supporters Despise the Establishment
At The American Conservative, William Smith explains some of the many reasons Trump supporters have for despising America’s political establishment. Smith writes that “America is no longer one country,” and that he fears “This will not end well.” He continues (abridged): An uneasiness has overtaken the body politic. There is a sense that a terrible […]
The Sad Death of New York’s Village Voice
In The American Conservative, Telly Davidson eulogizes the Village Voice, the famed New York alt-weekly paper headquartered on Maiden Lane. Davidson blames the counter culture paper’s downfall on its becoming “an insular clique rather than a sanctuary for brilliant misfits and rebels.” He writes (abridged): When I first heard about the death of the Village Voice on August […]
The State of American Democracy: Obama’s Forceful Speech
Former President Obama recently gave a long awaited address at the University of Illinois. President Obama forcibly detailed his administration’s case for success. But the president concluded on a down note, suggesting that Americans today had previously felt solidly middle class, today felt economic insecurity. Here’s what Obama told attendees: Just a glance at recent […]
Cato’s Ted Galen Carpenter Warns Washington on Foreign Policy
Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow in defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, warns Washington D.C.’s foreign policy establishment against the danger of stoking tensions with Moscow. He explains at The American Conservative that the policy is unwise “on strategic as well as moral grounds.” He writes (abridged): For all of the loose […]
“Diversity” A Luxury America Cannot Afford
Ann Coulter clarifies the left’s strategy to flood America with immigrants. The left is very close to having a governing majority due entirely to immigration. She writes (abridged): Now, they’re just running out the clock. Soon, we will have admitted so many immigrants that it will be too late to do anything. The very reason the […]
The NRA’s Dan Bongino Slams Sen. Cory Booker
“Cory Booker tries to be a martyr by releasing an email chain that he believes implicates Judge Kavanaugh in racial profiling. The email chain—Booker says is classified. He says, ‘I’m willing to take the punishment for releasing this classified information.’ What Booker’s not telling you is that the email chain was declassified the night before. […]
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