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:
VIDEO: What a Tragic War has Created in Aleppo
The last 24 hours in #Aleppo This scene is reportedly of the devastation of Aleppo after bombings on Tuesday.
A Powerful International Negotiator is Latest Choice by Trump
Want to play hard ball at the State Department with a force who actually knows what he’s doing and will look out for America’s interests? Donald Trump has shrewdly selected just the seasoned veteran for the job, ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson. The WSJ brings readers an excellent Tillerson overview. Rex Tillerson was propelled […]
Buchanan: Who is Tillerson?
Pat Buchanan on secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson: Who is Tillerson? A corporate titan, he has traveled the world, represented Exxon in 60 countries, is on a first-name basis with countless leaders, and is endorsed by Condi Rice and Robert Gates. Dr. Samuel Johnson’s observation — “A man is seldom more innocently occupied than […]
Is This the Best Government Reform Advice Trump Can Get?
Donald Trump’s team would be smart to listen to my friend and Cato Institute director of tax policy studies, Chris Edwards when it comes to ways to privatize and reform government. Here’s the executive summary of a paper Chris has written on how to downsize government the right way. The American economy is sluggish, the […]
Donald Trump and the EPA: Annulling, Reversing, Replacing and Relocating
The Trump administration must send a wide swathe of EPA staffers packing. It’s time to bleed this beast. My Cato-associated friend and TAC publisher Jon Basil Utley’s firebrand exposé will boil your blood. John makes it crystal clear why Donald Trump must hold a firm hand in strangling the ghoulish monster that is the EPA. Here’s John […]
How a Free Market Economy Offers Economic Opportunities
Andy Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., is Donald Trump’s pick for Labor Secretary. Here’s what Mr. Puzder had to say last February in a speech to the Manhattan Institute’s Adam Smith Society. My grandfather grew up impoverished in the Austro-Hungarian Empire just before World War I where a ruling class of aristocrats still controlled all economic […]
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