Originally posted March 31, 2015. James Antle, III, writing in the America Conservative, notes that Republican realists, including Brent Scowcroft, understood “how to use power and respect it’s limits.” The GOP’s most hawkish national-security hands want to maintain a monopoly on foreign-policy advice for Republican presidents and other elected officials. As the James Bakers age […]
Freedom or Free Stuff?
Americans need to understand, early in the presidential season, that Bernie Sanders is a philosophically linked cousin of Karl Marx. You know, the father of the Communist Manifesto. The old Soviet Union is a storybook model of Communism/Marxism. How did that all work out? Americans need to know that Sanders wants to take control of […]
“13 Hours” and Hillary Clinton’s Complicity
Had the Obama administration been straightforward and told the American people the truth about Benghazi, Benghazi would not be political hot potato it now is. “But with the 2012 presidential vote less than two months away, the White House tried to displace reality with the preposterous YouTube story,” writes Daniel Henninger in the WSJ. But […]
Good ‘Ole Vanguard GNMA
When times are tough, Vanguard GNMA (VFIIX) is a friend you’d never dream of living without. Check out the action for GNMA for just the first few weeks of this year compared to that of the more speculative NASDAQ Composite Index (both rebased to 100 at 12/31/2015). I don’t need any more than this to prove […]
That $100 Billion for Iran?
Is the $100 billion “nuclear deal” foreign aid? No, the money is already Iran’s money. It simply has been freed up with expiration of sanctions. Pat Buchanan writes, Iran’s accusers should produce their evidence, if any, that Iran had, or still has, a nuclear bomb program. Otherwise, they should shut up with the lying and […]
VIDEO: Will Credit Rating Agencies #FeeltheBern?
From Cato: Bernie Sanders wants to turn credit raters into nonprofits.
“F” Is for Failure
Originally posted June 10, 2015. With the Supreme Court soon to rule on subsidies for Obamacare, Michael Tanner explains why Obamacare is not working: To cite just one example, getting poor people enrolled in Medicaid was supposed to reduce the strain on overburdened emergency rooms, by steering patients toward primary and preventive care. But the […]
The Fright of Squandered Capital
In the December issue of Intelligence Report, Dick Young wrote about helping investors protect and preserve their capital acquired over a lifetime. My focus, first and foremost, is on keeping you out of trouble. I do not write to needy investors—those who require the financial markets to make something happen to save their bacon—nor to […]
RIP Glenn Frey
From Rolling Stone: Glenn Frey, Eagles guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, passed away Monday. He was 67. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our comrade, Eagles founder, Glenn Frey, in New York City on Monday, January 18th, 2016. Glenn fought a courageous battle for the past […]
The Need for Welfare Reform
Originally posted July 23, 2015. Last year, the federal and state agencies spent about $1 trillion fighting poverty; yet more than 45 million Americans are still living in poverty. In discussing the need for welfare reform, the Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner writes: But, if we actually want to help the poor escape poverty, we know […]