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The Green New Deal: Longest Suicide Note in History

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Democrats running for president who have signed on to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal” are taking their own political lives into their hands. Pat Buchanan calls the Green New Deal “the longest suicide note in history.” He writes at The American Conservative (abridged): After reading an especially radical platform agreed upon by the British Labor […]

“Meet Me at Freddy’s”

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Originally posted September 22, 2017. Greetings from Paris. Yesterday I quietly fled a museum tour Debbie and I were on with a quick text to Deb, “Meet me at Freddy’s.” Located in the 6th, Freddy’s is one of four restaurants owned by Juan Sanchez and his partner Drew Harré. We are frequent visitors to each […]

Your Sheriff Can Thwart Federal Gun Control Efforts

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The County Sheriff: America’s Last Hope Part I The book The County Sheriff: America’s Last Hope is an absolute must-read. In just 49 quick pages, Richard Mack, former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, provides a concise roadmap to liberty and freedom. Sheriff Mack was the first sheriff in the nation to file a lawsuit to […]

Pelosi and Schumer Applaud Trump Anti-Socialism Pledge

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At The American Spectator, Paul Kengor notes that during President Trump’s State of the Union rebuke of sociliasm, Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi applauded him. Kengor notes, however, that it is within the power of the Democratic leaders to do more to stop the growth of socialist ideology within their […]

Democrats Would Tax Wealthy Californians and New Yorkers Over 90%

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Just how much of the money you earned do you deserve to keep? Pat Buchanan breaks down the Democrats’ plans to leave New Yorkers with “less than a dime of every added dollar they earn.” Does that sound like America to you? Pat writes in The American Conservative (abridged): If the pollsters at CNN and […]

Build Your Investment Strategy for the Field of Play

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Are you a trader or speculator? Or are you long term investor saving for a comfortable retirement? What’s your field of play? In December of 2011 I wrote to readers explaining that each sport is dependent on the field of play. Coaches and players enter the game with a clear understanding of what they are […]

Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s Sad Knowledge of Basic History

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Peter Suciu explains at The Federalist that despite regular criticisms of President Trump’s proposed border wall, the effectiveness of such barriers in places like Hungary and Israel has been quite high. He writes: A common refrain from those opposed to President Trump’s proposed border wall––including from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi––is that walls don’t […]

Donald Trump Sides with The Realists and Restrainers

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At The American Conservative, foreign policy analyst, Daniel R. DePetris, explains the negative effects of unending wars in far away places, and the insanity of continuing them. He writes (abridged): The byproducts of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Libya, and all the rest have often been weapons proliferation and terrorism rather than the […]