Daniel L. Davis, writing in The National Interest explains that, despite burning billions (possibly trillions) of dollars and losing precious American lives in Syria and Iraq fighting ISIS, there have been no tangible benefits. When combining gains and losses, Davis reports, the Syrian adventure has proved a net negative to the American people. He writes […]
Scheuer: The Left’s “Black, Deviant, Ethnic, Terrorist and Feminist Coolies”
Michael Scheuer, the former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, writes on his blog that just as the South misunderstood the North’s ability and willingness to fight for the constitution before the Civil War, so too are the left misunderstanding the willingness of loyal Americans today. He writes (abridged): I had foolishly thought that […]
Conspiracy and Collusion with Russia?
Pat Buchanan lambastes the liberal media today over the ridiculous claims that Russian cyber-mischief is equal to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in seriousness. Buchanan writes at The American Conservative that all Robert Mueller’s indictments of more than a dozen Russian internet “trolls” does, is prove that after 18 months the FBI doesn’t have […]
Breaking Paris Intelligence from David Lebovitz
On his blog davidlebovitz.com, David Lebovitz, our friend and favorite Paris food expert, lets the sun shine on a newer cafe named Echo Deli. He writes: I was a little bouleversé (bowled over) by the drink selection on the wall, not knowing what a Dirty Chai was, and a few others things. But there’s also turmeric-ginger beer, cucumber-rose […]
Is Nikolas Cruz a Product of America’s Moral Decomposition?
The shooter in Parkland, Florida’s recent massacre was the product of broken homes. His adoptive parents had both passed away. Pat Buchanan asks at The American Conservative, where was Cruz, in an America falling further away from its Christian moral traditions, supposed to learn right and wrong? Among the reasons gun-owners prize the AR-15 is […]
Norman Mailer’s Small-Scale Communities
David Masciotra explains the ideas novelist Norma Mailer thought would save New York City. Writing in The American Conservative, Masciotra details Mailer’s focus on how the city had changed from his boyhood to his adulthood. Mailer thought small-scale community was the best way to organize the politics and operations of the boroughs. Masciotra writes (abridged): […]
Have You Heard? The Tea Party is Dead
Matt Purple explains at The American Conservative that, after many throes of death, the Tea Party has finally expired. Building off of a post written by Matt Kibbe, formerly of Freedom Works, Purple declares the Tea Party dead with the recent passage of the two year budget. The budget killed the spending caps the Tea […]
The Future of Syria is Not in American Hands
Daniel Depetris writes at The American Conservative that Syria was never America’s job to solve, but for some reason there are troops on the ground there anyway. The war is entering its eighth year, and there’s little America can offer up in the way of a solution to the conflict. He writes (abridged): Syria was […]
Buried Treasure found in Épernay
In 1900 disaster struck the Champagne producing operation of Pol Roger in Épernay. Buildings and cellars collapsed after cold and damp weather had deteriorated their stability, burying 1.5 million bottles and 500 casks of wine. Now, Champagne Pol Roger, the company bearing the founder’s name, is excavating the site of the cave in order to build […]
Don’t Blame Trump for the Budget Debacle
Blame the entrenched elites in the Republican party. Trump proposed cutbacks, and plenty of them. The Republican elites voted against the President. Now deficits and debt are front and center topics of discussion. Let’s leave President Trump out of the discussion. The Republican party has been working against Trump from the day he formed his […]
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