No doubt Donald Trump will continue to get into trouble and offend with his impetuous, impulsive, boastful tweets. But for now, who has ever heard a presidential candidate say, for example, “We love our miners,” Victor Davis Hanson asks in NRO. And not just any miners, but “our” miners, as if, like “our vets,” the […]
Cato’s Dan Mitchell wants the Federal Government Out of Income Redistribution
Dan explains below why he wants to junk the welfare state. Learning from the tremendous success of welfare reform during the Clinton Administration, the entire Washington-based welfare state should be junked. It’s a complicated and costly mess that traps poor people in dependency. It would be much simpler (and more effective) to simply take all […]
Naval Superpowers Increasing Patrols on 3 Major Choke Points
IHS Markit lays out the re-emerging significance of the Indian Ocean for major naval superpowers. As the strategic significance of the Indian Ocean increases, major countries are expanding their military presence at sea in the region. According to IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, the number of naval […]
Right to Work in 2017
There’s lots to be optimistic about in 2017 with Right to Work laws near the top of the list. This from the WSJ: The New Year will bring change in the states as well as Washington, D.C., and that includes the likely expansion of right-to-work laws to help the economic competitiveness of Missouri, Kentucky and […]
Do You Want to Live in a Super State or a Parasitic City?
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 […]
Cato Institute’s Chris Preble Will Blow Your Mind
My friend Chris Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the world-renowned Cato Institute think tank (read his book The Power Problem) , connects the dots between America’s foreign policy position and the sage advice provided by America’s father George Washington in our first president’s Farewell address. Writing at National Interest, Dr. […]
Pat Buchanan: “Before We Start a War…”
Mr. Buchanan reminds us of what Bob Gates said in February 2011 to the cadets at West Point, “Any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should ‘have his head examined,’ as General MacArthur so delicately put it.” Buchanan, […]
Trump—No Interest in Fourth Estate or Political Elites
Donald Trump seems to be facing more hostility than his GOP predecessors regarding coverage by the liberal media. “Mr. Trump won in part due to the country’s distrust and disappointment in traditional politicians, yet the media continue to hammer him for not behaving like one,” writes Jason L. Riley in the WSJ. For example, according […]
Would Cato’s Mitchell Shut Down Failed HUD and Ag. Dept. Immediately?
My friend Dan Mitchell of the libertarian Cato Institute would deliver the death sentence to both HUD and the Department of Agriculture. Sure couldn’t come soon enough for me. I’ve argued before that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) should be the top target of those seeking to shut down useless and counterproductive […]
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:
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