Jeff Groom, a former Marine officer and author of American Cobra Pilot: A Marine Remembers a Dog and Pony Show, writes in The American Conservative that despite the vast differences between Russia today and the Soviet Union, the current American policy toward the Federation is a relic of the Cold War. He writes (abridged): “They […]
America Can’t Bomb Venezuela into Prosperity
Writing in The American Conservative, Cato Institute senior fellow Doug Bandow takes aim at the dangerous idea that an American military intervention in Venezuela would somehow help the country prosper. He writes (abridged): War is the ultimate human calamity. Despite the fevered hopes and utopian promises of its advocates, loosing the dogs of war almost […]
Would Republicans Ever Sign on to Impeach the President?
Writing at The American Spectator, Dov Fischer says that any Republican Senator who goes along with an attempt to impeach President Trump will “be signing his or her political death warrant.” Even if Democrats were to somehow win the House and the Senate, and pass an impeachment bill through the lower chamber, it would take a […]
The Disgrace that Is Elizabeth Warren
My 3 Step Portfolio Check Up Plan
Back in August of 1993 I laid out a three step portfolio check up plan for investors. If you answer these three questions, it should give you a decent idea of how your portfolio should be positioned at the moment. I wrote: Few investors realize that you can keep your portfolio in shape simply by […]
This is the Story of NotPetya and Russian Hackers
In the most recent issue of the technology magazine, WIRED, Andy Greenberg explains the Russian cyber-attack known as NotPetya that hammered first Ukraine, but then the whole world back in summer of 2017. This is perhaps the most exhaustive report yet on the attack that confused and crippled major companies around the world, as well […]
After ISIS: The Middle East Truth Revealed
In The American Conservative, Geoffrey Aronson, chairman and co-founder of The Mortons Group, blasts the idea that Sykes-Picot, the post-World War I agreement that carved up the Middle East into nation-states, is dead. Many pushed that idea as truth during the rise of the cross-border ISIS insurgency, but in light of Bashar al-Assad’s victory, it would […]
Are There Still Centrist Voters in America?
James P. Pinkerton asks at The American Conservative if the center of the political spectrum can prevail against the right and left versions of populism making headlines in America today. He also wonders if Democrats, who have officially positioned themselves as an alternative to President Trump’s populism, can deal with their party’s own insurgent populists, […]
Time For Afghanistan to Go Its Own Way
At The American Conservative, Robert W. Merry wonders what it will take for U.S. leaders to wake up to the reality that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are a fool’s errand? He writes (abridged): There is no hope of victory in the war against the Taliban today. Another verdict on prospects for U.S. victory […]
Trump Should Pull More Top-Secret Security Clearances
Pat Buchanan says that revoking the security clearances of Clapper, Comey, Hayden, McCabe, Strzok, and Page would be a good start. He writes at The American Conservative (abridged): In backing John Brennan’s right to keep his top-secret security clearance, despite his having charged the president with treason, the U.S. intel community has chosen to fight […]
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