Source: DARPA DARPA today is holding a christening ceremony for the technology demonstration vessel it has developed and built through the Agency’s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. Taking place in Portland, Oregon, the event marks the vessel’s formal transition from a DARPA-led design and construction project to a new stage of […]
Political Class Shocked, Astounded and Dismayed by Trump
At The American Conservative, Scott McConnell tells us the political class is shocked, astounded and dismayed by the ascension of Donald Trump to the position of presumptive nominee in the GOP presidential primary. McConnell writes that many GOP hawks could defect to the Clinton campaign. Republican talking heads are already speculating about the looming defection of GOP foreign policy […]
The Horribleness of It Takes a Village
From Martin Amis on Hillary’s It Takes a Village: From Notable & Quotable, WSJ. Originally printed in Sunday Times (U.K.) 17 March 1996. It Takes a Village looks like a book and feels like a book but in important respects it isn’t a book. It is a reelection pamphlet or a stump speech; it is […]
Gun Trust Deadline is July 13th
If you have been considering forming a gun trust, you have until July 13th to do what I have done under current rules. After July 13th there will be more red tape when buying NFA items through a gun trust, as Robert Merting explains at The Shooting Channel: After the recent Executive Order regarding the NFA, I […]
Working Millennials: Rent or Buy Real Estate? Part III
Buy of course! As I wrote to you in Parts I, and II the key for you is to be creative and get started: Make the jump from a life of paying “The Man” to one where you pay yourself. A simple concept, yet hard to do. What did I do when I was your age? […]
Donald Trump Scores Shutout in Indiana
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison details the Indiana state wide thrashing handed to “lying Ted” by Donald Trump. As usual, Trump did best with non-college degree holders and older voters. If Cruz was counting on the state’s evangelicals to rescue him, he was disappointed: Trump beat him with evangelicals by five points, and then won […]
Liberals in “Absolute Control” of Academia
Jason L. Riley, who spoke last winter at a Cato event Dick, Matt and I attended in Naples, Florida, recently was disinvited from delivering the BB&T Distinguished Lecture at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business. Mr. Riley, who is black, writes for the WSJ and is the author of Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals […]
Working Millennials: Rent or Buy Real Estate? Part II
In Part I told you how I got into real estate and I haven’t looked back since. How can you, a young Millennial, get started? Get creative! Figure out a way to come up with a down payment. I did. I borrowed from my dad. But what if that isn’t an option for you? Well, […]
Obama Administration Admits Clinton Email Cover-up
Judicial Watch exposes the cover up and explains its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State: Now we know the Obama administration consciously refused to give up key information about Hillary Clinton’s email in 2014. It covered up this email both from the court and Judicial Watch,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Judge Lamberth […]
Did China’s Hypersonic Missile Test Just Render US Missile Defense Useless?
Source: The Washington Free Beacon China successfully flight tested its new high-speed maneuvering warhead last week, days after Russia carried out its own hypersonic glider test, according to Pentagon officials. The test of the developmental DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle was monitored after launch Friday atop a ballistic missile fired from the Wuzhai missile launch center […]