No member of the house should have voted for this spending boondoggle. And yet as Cato Institute’s Chris Edwards outlines many so-called “fiscal conservatives” lined up to support the pork-laden boondoggle. It’s a good thing that the farm bill failed to pass the House, but it is disturbing that about three-quarters of Republicans voted in favor of […]
Rand Paul: “I Can Recall no Utterance of Jesus in Favor of War or any Acts of Aggression.”
Rand Paul’s statements came as part of a speech outlined here by Daniel Larison in The American Conservative. A couple highlights: “I can recall no utterance of Jesus in favor of war or any acts of aggression.” “I simply can’t imagine Jesus at the head of any army of soldiers.”
A Dinner Guest At A Friend’s Mountain House
An unexpected guest for dinner.
Is It Israel or Iran That Poses A Nuclear Weapons Risk?
Scott McConnell, writing in The American Conservative, offers a most interesting commentary. I’m going become a pest and a bore about linking the Iranian nuclear issue to Israel’s nuclear arsenal. Obviously the two are connected, strategically, psychologically, and morally. But we have this weird Emperor’s New Clothes thing going in America. We are supposed to be […]
Barack Obama against Lebron James
Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon explains the nerve of President Obama asking the NBA to help him sell Obamacare while raising the players’ taxes at the same time.
Working Against America
The issue of border security should not be packaged up with the issue of what to do about Mexicans here illegally. Such packaging has politics as the central issue and leads to an unsatisfactory outcome on two fronts. Can one American possibly believe that Chuck Schumer, John McCain, and Harry Reid have a border security plan that makes a sniff […]
Coast of Maine
Good morning.Debbie and I are on the coast of Maine on a Harley trip as I write to you this morning.What a start to the day at 4:45 AM.
The Grass Fed Revolution Takes Seed
Even The New York Times has gotten the message. Writing in the Times Kathryn Shattuck explains the growing movement in the nation’s bread basket toward raising grass fed cattle.
Have you ever heard the political term Post-Moderns?
Have you ever heard the political term Post-Moderns? According to Henry Olsen at the National Review, the PMs favor unions, Obamacare and the U.N.
Governors Becoming More Partisan
Any governor who wants to bring businesses to his state must be sharply partisan as in low taxes, right to work, anti-union and pro Castle Doctrine.
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