A conversation with a high-ranking Republican who himself had been considered a possible president, from Peggy Noonan in the WSJ: He speculated aloud on a hunch he’s had that Mr. Trump might not run for re-election. Think of it, he said. Unrelenting bad news is likely coming—final findings from Mr. Mueller, a new and hungry […]
Saudi Government a Liability to the U.S.
At The American Conservative, Daniel Larison plainly states what is well-known to nearly all Americans outside the Washington D.C. bubble, the Saudis are a liability to the United States. He writes (abridged): Outgoing U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley unwittingly summed up the stupidity of the Trump administration’s embrace of Saudi Arabia in a recent interview: “What I can […]
Unsecured Western Borders Welcome Mass Third World Migration
Pat Buchanan asks at The American Conservative, what the causes of the current crises in Western democracies could be. Lack of assimilation of third world immigrants, the demographic challenges posed by a shrinking native population, and globalization feature in his analysis. He writes (abridged): What are the underlying causes of these (Western) 21st-century crises of […]
California More Like a Banana Republic?
The French are not the only nation to have doubts about the wisdom of its government. Brexit at its core is about the Brits doubting that Brussels know best. Even the U.S. has its own version, William McGurn reminds readers in the WSJ. War on Poverty and the Devastation of the Black Family Until recently […]
Dateline Paris: “One Should Now Anticipate Violence”
Founding editor of The American Conservative and author of Ex-Neocon: Dispatches From the Post-9/11 Ideological Wars, Scott McConnell explains to readers that violence should now be expected in France as radical leftists have joined the riots there, using the cover of the Gilet Jaunes (Yellow Vests) protests to loot and destroy private property. He writes (abridged): […]
Kagan’s Book Not Convincing on “Liberal World Order”
In a lengthy piece at The American Conservative, Naval Reserve officer and vice president for research and policy at the Charles Koch Institute, William Ruger, systematically dismantles Robert Kagan’s new book The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World. Ruger’s tears down Kagan’s argument for a “liberal order” as not “truly necessary or desirable today.” He […]
How Obama Shackled a Healthy Economy
How did the U.S. economy go from an OK condition in January 2017 to an intense, nationwide labor shortage and rising wages less than 18 months later? Daniel Henninger in the WSJ answers his own question – it lies in deciphering the effects of the Trump administration’s abrupt unwinding of the Obama era’s economic regulations. […]
Robert W. Merry–a Wake Up Call for President Trump
America cannot stand another anti-capitalist, progressive administration in Washington. It is for this reason I am loathe to post this stinging rebuke of Trump from the most erudite Robert W. Merry. In the final evaluation, I found nothing to quibble about with Mr. Merry’s analysis. As such I hope that joining Bob Merry in prodding […]
The Energy Chutzpah of the U.S.
In Katowice, Poland, last week and this, there was a gathering of 22,000 bureaucrats and functionaries. (You know, the one French President Macron hastily abandoned to deal with Yellow Vest rioting in Paris.) Their mission? To sound the alarm on the evil of fossil fuels and the need to transition to clean energy. The lead […]
Progressives Turn Their Guns on the Supreme Court
At The Federalist, Ryan Fazio explains how the Supreme Court, now solidly in conservative hands, is the arbiter constitutional interpretation. The political left is attacking the court’s legitimacy because it has no other avenue to do so. Fazio warns though that one “ill-advised alteration” to the constitution could upend everything. He writes (abridged): Concerted opposition […]
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