Here in The Washington Times, we learn that Vladimir Putin regrets having to intervene in Ukraine. In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told parliament that the European Union and other Western nations would freeze Russians’ bank accounts and implement travel restrictions. “If Russia continues on its course of the past weeks, that will not only be a great catastrophe […]
Hit the Russian Oligarchs with the Magnitsky Act
Here The Wall Street Journal editors describe possibilities for punishing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine without firing a shot. Any counterpunch by the West needs to hit close to Mr. Putin with financial sanctions. Mr. Obama could expand the number of Russians covered by the 2012 Magnitsky Act, which bans human-rights abusers from traveling […]
Cato’s Emergency Conference on the Prospects for the Ukraine Economy
Get all the details here. Even when one tries to ignore the current developments in the East of the country, Ukraine is in a pickle. With one of the lowest incomes per capita among the transitional economies of Eastern Europe, rampant corruption, and quickly depleting foreign reserves, the country is overdue for a reform package […]
Cato Institute’s Jim Harper Knows Bitcoin
I recently spent three days with Jim Harper and other Cato scholars at Cato/Sarasota. I know Jim well. We spent time talking about Bitcoin’s future and how little most American’s know about Bitcoin. Here it is announced in the WSJ that the Bitcoin Foundation has hired Jim to advise them. Bitcoin advocates are pumping up […]
Putin’s Goose a Cookin’
The economic/monetary squeeze is on for Russia’s 140 or so oligarchs. In response to Putin’s Crimean adventurism, the U.S. and Europe will turn the screws until the oligarchs lay down the gauntlet against Putin. VP is a menace to Europe, the oligarchs and the Russian people. Young western influenced Russians know this well and can […]
50% Tariff on Chinese Goods?
Pat Buchanan explains how such a tactic might work. While China is indeed moving to claim the East and South China seas, bringing her into possible conflict with Japan over the Senkakus, the GOP is not without culpability here. It was a Bush-led Republican Party that voted to throw open America’s markets to China. Result: […]
Condoleezza Rice Untethered
Here Condoleezza Rice explains how a reduced U.S. defense budget indicates America’s lessened interest in being the world’s policeman. Hopefully Rice is correct in her view of policing the world. What Americans should know about the Pentagon’s modest defense budget cuts is that such a plan will lead to making America safer and more prosperous. Here […]
Crimea’s Regional Parliament votes to Rejoin Russian Federation
Here Al Jazerra America breaks the news. Russia’s parliament on Friday said it would welcome the addition of Crimea to the Russian Federation if residents vote in favor of the referendum. “If the people of Crimea make the decision in the referendum to join Russia, we, as the upper house, will of course support such […]
War Whoops from the War Hawks Camp
In The Wall Street Journal the neocon flame begins to burn. Sanctions, skipping the G-8 summit in Sochi, hitting Russian oligarchs in their pocketbooks, isolating Russia in international forums—all of these options are legitimate responses to Mr. Putin’s land grab in the sovereign state of Ukraine. But there is also a need to think about […]
Thank God for Uber
On Wed March 5th, Debbie and I landed at frigid Logan airport in Boston. We were there to visit my Dad, who will shortly turn 99 years old. As we taxied to the gate, we noticed an especially large number of odd-looking vehicles lined up along the runway. Inside the terminal, we learned that President […]
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