Former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson thinks so.
Can Neocons Learn?
The Cato Institute’s director of foreign policy studies Justin Logan, writing at reason.com, takes apart America in Retreat, the new book from the WSJ’s chief foreign affairs writer Bret Stephens. Logan is an expert on U.S. grand strategy, international relations theory, and American foreign policy. Here’s Justin’s review: The Republican Party’s misfortunes in the 2006 […]
R.I.P. “Mr. Baseball Card” Sy Berger
From the NY Daily News: Sy Berger, the father of the modern baseball card, died Sunday in Rockville Centre. He was 91. In the 1950s, Berger used scissors and cardboard at his kitchen table as he played around with ideas for trading cards until he devised a design for Topps that endured for decades: team […]
1,600 Pages of Pork Pass 219 to 206
Republican leaders rely on Democrat support to pass a pork larded bill. The Wall Street Journal reports here: The White House dispatched Chief of Staff Denis McDonough to a Thursday evening meeting of congressional Democrats, aiming to shore up support for the bill. Mr. McDonough made a pitch for the longer-term bill, saying Democrats would […]
Records on the Comeback Trail
Vinyl records are making a resurgence. From the Wall Street Journal: Nearly eight million old-fashioned vinyl records have been sold this year, up 49% from the same period last year, industry data show. Younger people, especially indie-rock fans, are buying records in greater numbers, attracted to the perceived superior sound quality of vinyl and the […]
Cyber Attack on America’s Critical Infrastructure?
Michael Rodgers, director of U.S. Cyber Command, says it is only a matter of when we are going to see something dramatic in a cyber attack on the country’s critical infrastructure. One big concern is that most of the pipelines are operated by private companies, which could limit the government’s visibility into their operations. McCreary, […]
R.I.P. Sam Cooke Dec. 11, 1964
It’s been 50 years since the death of Sam Cooke. The Wall Street Journal summarizes his groundbreaking career here. In the late 1950s, Cooke was the first black singer-songwriter to figure out how to parlay male vulnerability into sweet pleas that resonated with integrated teen audiences. Watching his TV appearances on YouTube, it is easy […]
Big Government Is Bad
The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell looks at Nazism, Communism, Socialism and the big-spending interventionist policies of Barack Obama. Is Obama a socialist? If you’re asking whether he’s a big-spending interventionist, the answer is yes. But if you’re asking whether the President believes in government ownership of the means of production (which is the defining issue […]
H.R. 758 “A Russophobic Rant From Congress?”
Pat Buchanan thinks so and writes that H.R.758 is full of falsehoods and steeped in superpower hypocrisy. As Pat notes, ex-Rep. Ron Paul says that House Resolution 758 is so “full of war propaganda that it rivals the rhetoric from the chilliest era of the Cold War. Pat concludes, “Those who produced this provocative resolution […]
Obamacare Sends Mary Landrieu Packing
The American Conservative’s Rod Dreher explains that the Democrats knew that Landrieu’s goose was cooked. Democrats thus refused to shovel any cash, which could be better used in 2016, into this year’s sinking Landrieu reelection effort. The single cause for Landrieu’s embarrassing beating? The policies of Barack Obama. Obama has really put Democrats on the […]
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