Kevin D. Williamson of NRO writes, “The serial dishonesty of the Obama administration in the near term involves a question about whether we can have honest government. In the long term, the question is whether we can have effective government at all.” Read more here on how the Obama administration misled and broke a promise […]
Malpass: The Fed has a Mental Block
David Malpass writes in the Wall Street Journal that the Fed hasn’t recognized the poor results of its policy making. Without realizing its ineffectiveness the Fed won’t be able to make the necessary course corrections. On Wednesday Fed Chair Janet Yellen emphasized that the Fed is data dependent, implying that the economy will have to do […]
For You, a Trip of a Lifetime
A few years ago, Debbie and I biked the exact Burgundy roadways you see here in this excellent Butterfield & Robinson video. As B&R notes, “To Burgundian locals, time is measured by the season. For us, it’s by the kilometer, the meal and the vintage. Take a small sip of our second home.”
Glenn Beck Throws Out Jeb Bush
Here Glenn and David Barton run down the list of potential 2016 candidates. The goal is to suggest the short list of candidates whose voices should be heard in Iowa. The answer on Jeb Bush, a resounding no! Others of whom Glen and David speak harshly include Chris Christy and Mike Huckabee. At the top […]
VIDEO: Glenn Beck: I Am No Longer A Republican
From the March 18, 2015 edition of The Glenn Beck Radio Program: Glenn Beck explains why he is no longer a member of the Republican Party.
Put America First
Pat Buchanan hits the nail on the head. “Bibi is looking out for Israel first. America needs a president like Ike who will start looking out for America first” Pat concludes, “We are at a moment of truth worldwide.” Former CIA bin Laden Unit chief Michael Scheuer takes an even harder line here. Pat writes: […]
The Bark of The War Dogs
The Cato Institute’s Chris Preble offers some reasoned perspective: McCain, Thornberry, and Cotton want much more military spending because they believe the world is too dangerous, and the U.S. military is too small to deal with the dangers. But today’s threats are relatively modest and manageable compared with our recent past. And while the U.S. […]
“Everything Not Forbidden Is Compulsory”
“Everything Not Forbidden Is Compulsory” T.H. White “It would be transformative if everybody voted,” told Mr. Obama to a crowd in Cleveland, Ohio, this week. So does that means that we are going to need more IRS agents? Peggy Noonan writes in the WSJ about the strangeness of President Obama’s words. Would it mean […]
Perverse Incentives for Long-Term Dependency
That’s how Cato Institute senior fellow Dan Mitchell describes the mix of high taxes and high spending on welfare that stunt the assimilation of immigrants to the developed world. Dan writes: So what’s the problem? Why are immigrants failing to prosper? Nima suggests that government policies are the problem, creating perverse incentives for long-term dependency. […]
Pricing Minorities Out of Jobs
“It is not a breakthrough on the frontiers of knowledge that minimum-wage laws reduce employment opportunities for the young and the unskilled of any age,” writes Thomas Sowell in NRO. Check out the unemployment rates in such countries as Spain, Greece and South Africa where unemployment rates hover around 25 percent. Why? Each of these […]