The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell provides a shocking chart from the Tax Foundation on The Federal Tax Code. You will see that the number of words in the code has exploded to over 10 million from under 4 million in the mid 1970s and just over one million back in the sensible 1950s. Dr. Mitchell […]
Dylan, Kooper and Bloomfield
From The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy column: “Bob Dylan’s song “Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence” was a previously unreleased cut from 1965 that first came out in 1991. Speakeasy today premieres an alternate version of the song: a deep cut of a deep cut, from the latest entry in Dylan’s ongoing “Bootleg” series.”
House Conservatives Back Webster
Reuters reports that House conservatives are supporting Congressman Daniel Webster as the next Speaker unless they see major changes in the way the House of Representatives is run. The Freedom Caucus members said the decision to support Webster on Thursday does not bind them to vote as a bloc for the Florida conservative in the full-House […]
“Organic” and “Cage Free” Deception
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 […]
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