There will be a huge divergence in paths taken by the Super States vs. the others. One of the others is Connecticut where, it’s capital, Hartford, is becoming even more dependent on its suburbs. Hartford, and other cities like it, are turning into parasites, attempting to feed off the success surrounding them. The Wall Street […]
Video Classics: Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Now This
My new favorite fifteen-minutes in TV are the opening interviews on Cato-friend, Tucker Carlson’s, new show: Tucker Carlson Tonight. Here’s why:
Remembering Pearl Harbor
From the WSJ: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an address to Congress on Dec. 8, 1941: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. . . . As Commander in Chief of the Army […]
Two Leaders–One Shot Pheasants, the Other Peasants
Except for Queen Elizabeth II, Fidel Castro “held on to power longer than any other living national leader,” noted the NYT. That is an intriguing comparison, writes Bret Stephens in the WSJ, “except that one of those leaders shot pheasants, while the other shot peasants.” As the progressive left showers the dictator with praise as […]
The Future of the Democrat Party
Where does the Democrat Party go from here? The Trump wave of support for a smaller government “of the people, by the people, for the people” that got him elected won’t disappear in four-years. The rise of Progressives—who are doubling-down on the big government policies which got them kicked out of not only Washington, D.C. […]
Many of Obama’s Rule by Decree Cases Will Go Away
The Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro brings some welcome news to conservative Americans. Although the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing—and judicial nominations more broadly—didn’t play as big a role in the campaign as leaked videos and emails, this issue is now at the forefront of the new administration’s transition plan. […]
My Encounter with Andrei Illarionov, Former Senior Economic Advisor to Vladimir Putin
Originally posted March 5, 2012. Debbie and I were visiting West Palm Beach’s Anne Norton Sculpture Garden with fellow attendees at Cato Institute’s February Benefactor summit. It turns out that Debbie’s mom had stayed there when a good friend of hers from Newport had been curator for the Sculpture Garden a few years ago. […]
What Opening a Restaurant Taught Me about Politics and Business
For me, this presidential election calls to mind Henry Kissinger’s remark about the Iran-Iraq War: it’s a pity they can’t both lose. I haven’t been able to bring myself to watch a single debate, and though I’ve watched the campaign from afar, I live in Washington, DC, so there’s no point in voting either way. […]
Are Tech Cos Sick and Tired of Being Punished by the Ruthless FCC?
In 2015, at the behest of the Obama administration and progressives everywhere, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and his allies on the commission handcuffed internet companies with monopoly style regulation. One might be wondering by now if the regulations have “helped,” at all. The reality is, the same companies that have built the foundations of the […]
Is Infrastructure Spending a Good Idea When You are Broke?
Many developed market politicians are talking up infrastructure spending as a way to generate an economic stimulus, but here in The Wall Street Journal, Phil Gramm pokes some holes in the idea that building highways-to-nowhere will get economies out of their rut. In fact, he likens the push to the same policies that led the […]
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