Hillary Clinton’s economic plan “to raise American incomes” unfortunately is nothing more than a “list of feel-good statements with very little specificity,” writes Richard W. Rahn in the Washington Times. Hillary has said she is in favor of tax relief for families, yet, unlike many of her Republican rivals, she has failed to provide specific […]
Tory Burch’s Commencement Speech at Babson College
I watched this inspirational video over the weekend:
Are Americans Lab Animals?
Former CIA bin Laden unit chief Michael Scheuer states, “Obama and his party are the enemies of all Americans. They use and exploit Blacks, Hispanics, illegal immigrants, feminists, and other trifling, block-voting minorities to move their authoritarian agenda forward.” Mike writes that Obama, Hillary Clinton, Biden, Bloomberg want to install a one-party, minority-run, police state […]
Rhody’s Finest
This is what Sheldon Whitehouse does from tiny Rhode Island as one of the leaders of the progressive movement in the U.S. Senate. The Wall Street Journal outlines Whitehouse’s behavior here: Elizabeth Warren recently drove out a think-tank scholar for having the nerve to report that a new federal regulation could cost billions, but the […]
Hopelessly Overleveraged
Government and politicians have no learning curve, writes economist Stephen Moore in the Washington Times. The conditions of financial wreckage that took place in 2007/2008 are reappearing today. As Mr. Moore warns, Washington—the President, Congress, and the Fed—is rebuilding another financial house of cards. When the financial crash comes from this “rampant financial negligence of […]
Our 10 Million-Word Tax Code
The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell provides a shocking chart from the Tax Foundation on The Federal Tax Code. You will see that the number of words in the code has exploded to over 10 million from under 4 million in the mid 1970s and just over one million back in the sensible 1950s. Dr. Mitchell […]
Dylan, Kooper and Bloomfield
From The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy column: “Bob Dylan’s song “Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence” was a previously unreleased cut from 1965 that first came out in 1991. Speakeasy today premieres an alternate version of the song: a deep cut of a deep cut, from the latest entry in Dylan’s ongoing “Bootleg” series.”
A Model of Seriousness, Professionalism and Discreetness
Kimberley A. Strassel writes in the WSJ that the real shame of the dust-up between Hillary Clinton and Kevin McCarthy is that it wrongly discredits the work the House Benghazi committee, especially Trey Gowdy, has done. The investigation led by Mr. Gowdy “has been a model of seriousness, professionalism and discreetness.” Keeping the Benghazi committee […]
I like Jindal’s Thinking
I like Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal’s thinking on taxes. “We simply must require that every American has some skin in this game,” Mr. Jindal said in a written statement. “If we have generations of Americans who never pay any taxes, it will be very easy for them to turn a blind eye to absurd government […]
House Conservatives Back Webster
Reuters reports that House conservatives are supporting Congressman Daniel Webster as the next Speaker unless they see major changes in the way the House of Representatives is run. The Freedom Caucus members said the decision to support Webster on Thursday does not bind them to vote as a bloc for the Florida conservative in the full-House […]