Your 2nd Amendment Rights are being infringed with the proposed ban on M855 ammo. You can help protect your rights by contacting the ATF & Congress here. A sample letter has been provided for you by SaveM855.com: To whom it may concern, I am writing to voice strong opposition to the proposed change to current law […]
France’s Manuel Valls and the Two-Fold Islamic Threat
France’s Manuel Valls and the Two-Fold Islamic Threat In his first interviews with an American publication since the Charlie Hebdo massacres in Paris in January, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls tells the WSJ’s Sohrab Ahmari that the Islamist threat is twofold: There is the “outside enemy,” like the Islamic State and al Qaeda, and there […]
The Swiss Debt Brake Miracle
The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell’s Golden Rule: The Private Sector Should Grow Faster than the Government. Dan writes, “This is a great argument for some sort of spending cap, such as the Swiss Debt Brake or Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights.” But let’s look beyond the headlines to understand precisely why a spending cap is […]
Greetings from the Keys
Lawyers 1, Savers 0
President Obama’s latest financial regulation on retirement accounts will not help savers. But it will help the lawyers. What the White House is trying to do is force savers to work with investment advisors, not brokers, when rolling over their 401(k). I’ve long been a proponent of investments advisors for my own obvious reasons—I am […]
Rand Paul Soars to CPAC Straw Poll Win
Jeb Bush finishes an embarrassing 5th and Chris Christie, well…
Battle for the Defense Budget: Niskanen Weekend Reads
Matthew Fay at Niskanen Center writes: A battle over the defense budget is heating up in Congress, as the House Budget Committee appears set to put forward a resolution maintaining defense spending levels in line with Budget Control Act spending limits. Outside of Congress though, debates are taking place that could influence the size and shape of […]
War Without End
Pat Buchanan has long referred to the Republican Party as the “War Party.” Here Pat outlines the current war mongering approach the Republicans are taking regarding the Middle East. As Pat notes, the lone Republican voice of reason is Rand Paul, who would see Arab not American boots on the ground. The proper foreign policy […]
Why Terrorists Are Angry
“Perhaps the most prominent motivating force is anger at U.S. foreign policy,” writes John Mueller, a political scientist at Ohio State University and a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. From the infamous Times Square bomber and the Boston Marathon siblings, to the one of the attackers in Paris at Charlie Hebdo, behind their anger has […]
Food Riots in Cuba
Originally posted April 16, 2013. I read about Cuba’s 1995 food riots last week, when I was studying techniques for food storage and preservation. They were a good illustration that you don’t necessarily have to be out of food to have a riot. It’s the panic that breaks the bank, or the nuts on The […]