Here in The American Conservative, Gracy Olmstead delivers a shocker on the real meaning of organic and cage free, including a goodie from my favored Michael Pollan: Back in 2007, Michael Pollan warned in his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma that terms such as Cage free” and “organic” could be more deceiving than you may think. […]
“Our Core Second Amendment Rights”: Part I
Originally posted August 8, 2013. Over four decades ago, I met Cato Institute Chairman Bob Levy. Bob and I were both associated with a New York-based institutional research and trading firm. In recent years, Bob became chairman of the Cato Institute. Since then Debbie and I have become closely involved with Cato thanks to Bob […]
Syria: “The U.S. Has Nothing Vital At Stake”
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison tells readers, “The real shame of Obama’s Syria policy is not that he has mocked his hawkish detractors, but that he has made the mistake of listening to them at all.” Daniel writes, “The truth is that the mostly hawkish objections to current Syria policy are “half-baked” and always have […]
The Second Amendment-A Guarantee Against Disorder and Tyranny
Originally posted May 13, 2015. Professionalsoldiers.com tells readers, “ Throughout history, disarming the populace has always preceded tyrants’ accession. Hitler, Stalin and Mao all disarmed their citizens prior to installing their murderous regimes…When our founding fathers ensured that the 2nd Amendment was made a part of our Constitution, they were not just wasting ink. They […]
Kill the Second Amendment!
Originally posted July 27, 2014. That is exactly what retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens proposes. Notwithstanding that there is zero chance an amendment to kill American gun rights would pass, lunatic proposals such as the current one by Stevens, are the province of the Marxist/Progressive/left movement . Here is the elephant in the room for […]
Conflicts the U.S. Should Avoid
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison writes that the fact the U.S cannot support any of the major groups vying for control of Damascus should make it clear that the U.S. has no business being involved in the conflict at all. Hawks just wanted to inflict a loss on Iran. Now fighting ISIS has taken priority, but […]
Governing Elite Deeply and Savagely Hated?
Originally posted July 27, 2015. Former CIA bin Laden unit chief Michael Scheuer wonders, “if there is a possibility the America’s governing elite does not know how deeply and savagely it is hated by the citizenry?” Mike offers a dozen items to consider in support of his question, concluding with (#12): “The elite’s relentless effort […]
Putin Indicts U.S. Foreign Policy
Vladimir Putin took to the floor of the U.N. for an address on a U.S. foreign policy that, as Pat Buchanan notes, “has produced a series of disasters in the Middle East that we did not need the Russian leader to describe for us.” From Putin: “An aggressive foreign interference has resulted in a brazen […]
Vladimir Putin on Charlie Rose’s “60 Minutes”
The American Conservative outlines for readers that Putin referred refreshingly during an interview with Charlie Rose to terms of Realpolitik, such as “national interest.” Also noted: “There was little if any of the Wilsonian globaloney favored by members of our foreign policy establishment—Democrats and Republicans alike—who seem to share the belief that the only thing missing […]
The Case For Realism & Restraint
The American Conservative will offer a summit on an alternative foreign policy view, favoring realism and restraint, as opposed to the big-government, neocon model currently popular in Washington. The AC describes the event here: “Conservative realism” has emerged as the crucial question of Republican foreign policy. Mainstream conservatives and policymakers on the right are rejecting […]
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