From Thomas Sowell in National Review: The strongest argument — indeed, the only argument — for voting for Trump is Hillary Clinton. For both candidates, the danger is not simply that we might have one bad administration to live through. The far greater danger is that either of them can create an irretrievable catastrophe. With […]
Jay Nordlinger’s Take on Terrorists
The American Conservative’s Andrew Bacevich tells Americans that “the West today finds itself caught in a paradox of its own making.” The murderous attack earlier this month in Nice, France, prompted Jay Nordlinger, senior editor at the ostensibly conservative National Review, to propose a new approach to dealing with terrorism. His strategy is simplicity itself: […]
Trump VP Pick: Mike Pence
Donald Trump’s campaign has signaled that tomorrow the candidate will announce his choice for VP, Indiana Governor Mike Pence. The pick is a nod toward conservatives in the party, and checks off many of Trump’s requirements for his choice, especially that the nominee have ample experience on Capitol Hill. Presumably Pence, in the event Trump […]
Open Carry Open Dialogue
I like this advice from David French in National Review, a concealed carry permit holder, on what he does when he’s pulled over: I’m both a concealed-carry permit holder (in Tennessee we call it a “handgun carry permit”) and a habitual speeder. I’ve been pulled over numerous times — fortunately so far without incident. Here’s […]
Trump, like Reagan, a Lincoln Republican on Trade
As you know, some of the best intelligence comes from unexpected places. Recently my client Khushro Ghandhi and I were talking about politics and the market. To say I get an education every time I speak with him would be an understatement, as you’ll soon see. One day, to make his point he said to me […]
12 Years in Darkness and Hell
Dr. Óscar Elías Biscet, regarded by many as Cuba’s foremost democracy activist, is a symbol of the general resistance to the Castro dictatorship. For this, Dr. Biscet was imprisoned essentially for 12 years for “dangerousness,” a common charge that means the individual in question will not submit meekly to dictatorial rule, writes Jay Nordlinger in […]
Great, Donald Trump Is a Nationalist
Matthew Sheffield, writing at theamericanconservative.com, explains the success of Donald Trump. Mr. Sheffield tells readers, “The American Right has become willfully disengaged from its fellow citizens.” One of the most persistent right-wing claims against Trump has been that he is better described as a nationalist than a conservative. The accusation has no power against him, […]
Clinton vs. Trump–How Worried Are Democrats?
The National Review staff writes: Charles Krauthammer argues that an “unpredictable” and “unexpected” candidate like Donald Trump may pose a tough challenge for Hillary Clinton: I do think that the historic factor is very much minimized and muted. It’ll probably last for an hour or two tonight, but after all, [Clinton] has essentially been running […]
Donald and Hillary—Division, Mutual Rage, Bitterness, Contempt
Welcome to the 2016 presidential election. Ramesh Ponnuru, whom Dick and I enjoyed meeting on a National Review Danube River cruise (just prior to the flooding now taking place), writes that the debate among conservatives pits “people who have heretofore been friends with similar views on almost all issues, and who on each side have […]
What I Learned in Paris Part I, May 2016
A Danube river cruise with the National Review gang preceded the spring trip Debbie and I took to France this year. We traveled from Bucharest, Hungary, to Slovakia and Vienna, Austria, before ending our trip in Germany and taking a flight to Charles de Gaulle (Paris) out of the excellent, courteous Munich airport. Earlier this […]
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