Writing at nationalinterest.org, Daniel R. DePetris asks “What about the prospect for a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities?” How would Iran respond? However Iran chooses to respond to an Israeli attack on its nuclear program, Khamenei will instruct the IRGC-QF to do its work as discreetly as possible. Any overt missile attack on […]
Strength in Shooting
Does a stronger shooter make a better shooter? This video helps answer the question.
Hungry for Paris
This is the name of the first book Debbie and I pull out in advance of each trip to Paris. A few years ago we went on a very special food and wine tour in Paris and Switzerland. The once in a lifetime gastronomic adventure was organized and led by internationally acclaimed cookbook writer and […]
How High are Gas Taxes in Your State?
Richard Borean of the Tax Foundation recently updated the organization’s Gas Tax Map. Take a look at just how much per gallon you’re paying to your local governments. In some cases it’s a hefty proportion of the price. Borean wrote: Pennsylvania has the highest rate of 51.60 cents per gallon (cpg), and is followed closely […]
Friends of Bill—Now Friends of Hill
“Utterly irrelevant,” writes the WSJ’s Kimberly Strassel of Hillary Clinton’s attempt to “fuzzy up” her story that information wasn’t classified at the time she sent it. According to the NYT, the Justice Department “hasn’t decided if it will open an investigation.” Why are State Department officials doing backbends to justify why Mrs. Clinton emailed classified […]
Trump off the Rails
Writing in National Review, Jim Geraghty tells readers that Trump’s populist appeal tends to “fall apart on closer inspection.” “Case in point: American policy in the Middle East, where Trump has in recent years repeatedly endorsed the bizarre, bellicose fantasy that the U.S could and should seize oil fields in Iraq and Libya.” In 2007, […]
RIP: Pedal-Steel Guitarist, Buddy Emmons
Pedal-steel guitar master, Buddy Emmons has passed away. NPR writes of Buddy: Country music wouldn’t sound like itself without the pedal-steel guitar, and the instrument sounds the way it does today because of Buddy Emmons, who died Wednesday in Nashville at 78. Though he might not be a household name, Emmons played on records for […]
Davis Bacon Act—Keeping Jim Crow Alive
From Cato Briefing Papers, 18 January 1993: Davis-Bacon was designed explicitly to keep black construction workers from working on Depression-era public works projects. The act continues today to restrict the opportunities of black workers on federal and federally subsidized projects by favoring disproportionately white, unionized and skilled workers over disproportionately black, non-unionized and unskilled workers. […]
The Real Jeb Bush?
Writing in The American Conservative, founding editor Scott McConnell offers some interesting perspective on Jeb Bush. Among Scott’s highlights are the following. Jeb has now reversed himself on Iraq, saying that he would “not have gone to war.” Jeb has added both leading neocon Paul Wolfowitz as well as “realist” James Baker to his list […]
Sugar Daddies in Congress
“The absurdity of the federal sugar program is legendary. Every year the government grants sugar processors nonrecourse loans linked to the amount of sugar the government says they can produce at a set price per pound,” writes the WSJ. Read more here about one of Washington’s worst business welfare schemes. Americans pay nearly twice as […]