Pensions are headed for trouble with their still-unrealistic expectations. More than two-thirds of state retirement systems have trimmed assumptions since 2008 as the financial crisis and an uneven U.S. recovery knocked many below their long-term goals, according to an analysis of 126 plans provided by the National Association of State Retirement Administrators. The average target […]
War With Russia?
Writing at The American Conservative, founding editor Scott McConnell tells readers: Americans will fairly soon come to see Iran both as a market for American goods and ideas and as a valuable ally against ISIS, the Sunni jihadist group that controls much of Iraq and Syria. … Everyone in Washington knows that Obama and his […]
Hillary’s Support of a 25% Gun Tax
Back in 1993 Sen. Bill Bradley, D-NJ gained Hillary Clinton’s support for his idea of slapping stiff taxes on “purveyors of violence:” a 25 percent tax on guns and $2,500 license fees for gun dealers reported the AP. “Hillary’s 25 percent gun tax would discourage gun ownership and be a backdoor route to gun registration,” […]
Who Is Hillary?
In a scathing piece in Harper’s Magazine, Doug Henwood writes that it is hard to find any substantive political argument in Hillary Clinton’s favor, other than that she has experience, she is a woman and it’s her turn. Of her email scandal, Hillary’s apology is, “At the end of the day, I am sorry that […]
Cut the Army and Marines?
In “Budgetary Savings from Military Restraint,” Cato Institute scholars Benjamin H. Friedman and Christopher Preble offer an initial harvest of restraint cuts. The authors tell readers that the initial menu does no “preclude consideration of further reductions.” From an initial list of nineteen specific actions, I have selected the following as an initiation for readers: […]
Top 5 Loser States
You don’t want to be stuck in a loser state. In 2013 more than 200,000 people left states with Democrat governors for ones with Republicans according to Americans for Tax Reform. “People move away from high tax states to low tax states. Every tax refugee is sending a powerful message to politicians,” said ATR President […]
Hillary—Chutzpah, Arrogance, Dishonesty
Originally posted March 12, 2015. Here we go again, two decades later and American voters’ choices are, perhaps, yet another Clinton and another Bush? Although many voters understandably may not want another Bush, is there any American who wants another four to eight years of Clintons ensconced in the White House? Under the “most transparent […]
Remembering Erroll Garner and Concert by the Sea
Marc Myers writes at The Wall Street Journal: To commemorate the recording’s 60th anniversary, Sony is releasing the “Complete Concert by the Sea” on Sept. 18, with a new cover that features a black model, her arms raised in the pose of the white model on the original cover. The three-CD set includes the original […]
Treason in Congress?
Michael Scheuer, a 20-year CIA veteran and chief of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, spent his entire career developing strategies to keep America safe. It was Dr. Scheuer’s job to take available intelligence, by any means deemed necessary, and devise plans to protect Americans without considering bias, position, or even existing alliances. In “Congress, Israel, […]
Obama’s Summer Vacation
For the second year in a row my family shared Martha’s Vineyard with the First Family. They didn’t seem to care that we were there, but I did see Marine One fly over our boat a few times. I wondered if the President was inside and if so, where he was going. I do know […]