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Moody’s Analytics: Trump Possibly by a Blowout Margin

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David Mark of NBC’s Think discusses how the Democratic pick will almost certainly run up against a virtual lock on support for Trump among GOP voters. He writes abridged: According to Gallup polls taken every two weeks, Trump’s support among Republicans hovers in the high 80s to low 90s. And those numbers haven’t been affected by the […]

“Top 100+ European Heritage Restaurants 2019“

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The eagerly awaited list of the Top 100+ European Heritage Restaurants of 2019 is out, and our long- time friend Johan Bjorklund’s Beaune-based Le Bistro de L’Hotel is the #1 ranking French name on the distinguished roster. Debbie and I are at L’Hotel Beaune visiting with Johan as I write you. The #2 French name […]

A Happy Coincidence in Paris at Hotel Le Bristol

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The Inn at Little Washington was created by chef Patrick O’Connell. This three Michelin star restaurant is our favorite hotel/restaurant in North America. Hotel Le Bristol is easily the finest Palace Hotel in Paris. Our family friend of many years Leah Marshall is the managing director. Debbie and I ran into Patrick, with Leah, on […]

There are Two Ways to Avoid Investor Overkill

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I wrote in March 1991: Listen to me and listen to me hard as I tell you that investors miss the boat over and over because (1) they insist on timing the market, (2) they insist on investing with emotion keyed to events of the moment, and (3) they steadfastly refuse to buy when news […]

Titans of Industry Have Betrayed the National Interest

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Originally posted on October 21, 2019. John Burtka writes at The Washington Post (abridged): The United States is at a crossroads. We live in a country where the titans of industry have betrayed the national interest in search of profits from a communist dictatorship. Companies that have prospered on account of the United States’ political […]

Here’s Why Democrats Want to Fling Open the Southern Border

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As only she can, Ann Coulter cuts right to the heart of why Democrats want to open the southern border to “millions of poverty-stricken Latin Americans.” She writes: The left’s enthusiasm for Third World immigrants isn’t only because they vote 8-2 for the Democrats. It’s that Latin American peasants seem uniquely amenable to idiotic socialist […]

Cato’s Chris Preble and Doug Bandow Clarify Syrian Withdrawal

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What follows is an abridged version of the single best summation of America’s withdrawal from Syria you will read. It was written by Christopher Preble and Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute, and originally published in the National Interest. Young Research & Publishing has been a strong supporter of both Chris and Doug since 2010. They […]

Richard C. Young: Move to the Old Confederacy

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At The American Conservative, Casey Chalk defends the South from the, unfortunately, frequent, unoriginal, and incorrect attacks against the region. He writes (abridged): In polite company among the technocratic elite, it’s acceptable to ridicule the South, Southern culture, and Southern politics. The Left has skewered Southern states for.” Historian and foreign policy commentator Robert Kagan in a July […]