In terms of foreign policy, I rarely find that presidential candidate Marco Rubio has adequately thought out the positions he so boldly champions. This is especially so when the subject of consequences is raised. Daniel Larison writes: Foreign policy is supposed to be Rubio’s calling card, as it is supposed to be Lindsey Graham’s, but […]
Support for Gun Control Plummets
According to a Pew research Center poll, “While support for gun control once reached 66%, it has dropped to 46% while support for gun rights has jumped 52%, the highest in the past 25 years.” Read the full report here. I have long advised that all capable Americans take the NRA hand gun safety course […]
Rand Paul Supports Obama on Cuba
The Cato Institute’s Ted Galen Carpenter advises “There is little credible evidence that Havana has been involved in promoting terrorist activity at any time during the past two decades…If a government is on the terrorist sponsor list, it ought to be guilty of, well sponsoring terrorism.” President Obama has announced, much to the displeasure of […]
F-35B Program Too Big To Kill?
The Niskanen Center’s Matthew Fay writes “Apparently it does not matter how many costly upgrades and redesigns the F-35 needs, or how poorly it performs even its most basic tasks. The program really might be ‘too big to kill.‘”
Statists Motivated by Envy and Resentment
Who benefits most from the death tax? The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell cites two obvious answers: Politicians presumably benefit since they get more money to spend. There are some statists who are motivated by envy and resentment. These are the folks who make class-warfare arguments about death tax being necessary to prevent “the rich” from […]
Why Republicans Must Kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership
In fact all American voters must demand that their elected representatives in Washington turn thumbs down on what Pat Buchanan calls the “largest trade deal in history.” Mr. Buchanan highlights that pressure for “fast track” on TPP is coming from two sources: The editorial pages of papers like The Wall Street Journal and The Washington […]
War Dogs Show Their Teeth
Here nationalreview.com headlines: “Meet Jeb Bush’s National Security Advisor.” The advisor in question happens to be John Noonan. NR notes that Noonan has been a contributor to The Weekly Standard (the mouth piece for the neocon faction): Noonan’s hire is earning praise from the hawkish wing of the GOP and assuaging some early concerns among […]
VIDEO: Remembering Lowell George and Little Feat
Little Feat. Lowell on lead vocals and slide guitar, Bill Payne on B3, Sam Clayton on “shakers & growls,” Paul Barrere on rhythm guitar, and Ritchie Hayward on drums.
The Salvation of America’s Economy
Originally posted July 12, 2011. Courtesy of The New York Times and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman. Paul Krugman is well read as a featured op-ed columnist for the New York Times. In a July 3 piece headed Corporate Cash Con, Krugman concluded, “What our economy needs is direct job creation by the government.” I wish […]
A Non-Refundable One-Way Ticket to War
The Cato Institute’s Justin Logan writes that Doves and Hawks have trapped each other in the mass politics of the (Iran deal) issue. There is a good chance that blowing up the talks would buy the United States a non-refundable one-way ticket to another major war in the Middle East. Logan writes: The brutal fact […]
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