Colin Grabow makes the case that the U.S. has more to gain from China’s development of Asia and linking of Pacific nations than it has to lose. China’s One Belt One Road infrastructure program will develop the Asian interior, linking isolated markets and resources to the world. Meanwhile, China is hammering out a trade pact […]
Don’t People Deserve to Govern Themselves?
At The American Conservative, editor Matt Purple asks the obvious question about Catalonia, why should it not be free? Spain can’t answer that question, and it’s doubtful anyone can. Purple writes (abridged): It’s fitting that George Orwell is the author we reach for first when discussing Catalonia; fitting, too, that a public square in Barcelona […]
Shocking: America’s Five Worst Presidents
In a series I am doing on America’s worst presidents, which covers various government functions, this first in the series is easy. It is based directly on theamericanconservative.com post here, written by Akhilesh Pillalamarri . It best summarizes my own specific thinking on the worst five foreign policy presidents. In coming posts, I will expand on my […]
“President Trump , Enough is Enough”
Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, says that enough is enough. Trump should eject the neocon generals from his White House and proceed with the America First policy he campaigned on. Scheuer writes: A necessary war — one in which America’s survival is at stake — requires the relentless annihilation of […]
Can Bannon’s Christian Coalition Fight Islamic Fascism?
Steve Bannon has called for binding together to contain the conflict with Islamic fascism. Here, The Atlantic’s Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Brittany Pheiffer Noble explain Bannon’s approach to thinking about the threat of Islamic fascism and what can be done by ‘Christendom’ about it. “If we do not bind together as partners with others in other […]
Let’s all Learn from Beatrice LaMonte
The Wall Street Journal’s Clare Ansberry talked to a number of people about what makes them feel old. The best answer came from a 101 year old reverend from Pennsylvania. Ansberry writes: Rev. Beatrice LaMonte, who turns 101 in October, continues to preach at the small church she founded in North Versailles, Pa. She traveled […]
Paris, The Palace Hotels: Part II
Recently I was on a boots on the ground research day as I checked out the current status of four Palace-designated hotels. Here are my initial thoughts on three of the group. My research of the Paris Palace hotels is an effort in its seventh year. Debbie and I travel to Paris twice each year, […]
“The Ten Commandments Judge” Likely Heading to Washington
Roy Moore is most likely on his way to Washington D.C. as the next senator from Alabama. Pat Buchanan notes that there hasn’t been a senator like Moore in D.C. in a long time. He writes (abridged): When elected chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2000, Judge Roy Moore installed in his courthouse […]
After the Vote: Merkel Weak, Germany Fractious and Unstable
Milton Ezrati writes in The American Conservative that after winning her fourth chancellorship, Angela Merkel’s position is weak. Her party lost support, and the anti-EU Alternative for Germany entered parliament as a minority party. Ezrati calls Germany’s political environment “fractious and unstable.” What can Germany’s future hold when so much of the population is turning […]
Deluded Partisans Misunderstood Reagan
What was Ronald Reagan’s relationship to Franklin Roosevelt? Was he an admirer? A supporter? Michael Barone examines Reagan’s relationship in history with FDR, who the Gipper voted for four times. While Reagan wasn’t, as some say, the anti-thesis of FDR, he certainly approached the presidency and governance from a different perspective. Barone writes at The […]
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