Barack Obama is stonewalling the badly needed Keystone XL pipeline strictly for political reasons. Both chambers of Congress have already signed on and yet to appease the Greens, Obama is blocking the creation of tens of thousands of jobs while idiotically forcing oil supplies from Canada to move by rail. There is a quick and […]
Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger Leave California
Gun laws keep guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens, not criminals—they’ll get their guns regardless of the law. California requires guns to have microstamping or a serial number on the bullet casings. The microstamp is supposedly used to trace the bullet back to the gun owner—not necessarily the shooter. What a joke. […]
The Baby Boom
In his first book of all new, previously unpublished material since 2007, best-selling humorist P. J. O’Rourke turns his lens on his fellow post-war babies. In The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way … And It Wasn’t My Fault … And I’ll Never Do It Again, O’Rourke draws on his own experiences and leads readers […]
Iraq Is Coming Apart. What Should America Do about It?
On February 11, the Cato Institute will host a policy round table in Washington to answer this vital question. Here are the details. You can either attend in person or watch on line. Featuring Douglas Ollivant, Senior National Security Fellow, the New America Foundation; Harith Hasan, Author of Imagining the Nation: Nationalism, Sectarianism and Socio-political Conflict in Iraq; […]
Your Personal Financial Security Part III
The next time you travel to Paris make sure your credit card has an embedded SmartChip. I called American Express yesterday to have our Platinum cards re-issued with them. Apparently it’s not standard procedure to re-issue so make the call. With a SmartChip embedded the card works seamlessly for “chip and pin” style transactions favored […]
The Loud Flushing Noises of Obamacare
You are no doubt aware that O’Care does not work and that you have been lied to and head faked by Obama, Reid, Pelosi, et al. Here, courtesy Karl Rove and Charles Krauthammer, are some frightful details that will make you certain that O’Care is heading for the bone yard and fast. From Rove: Crowding-out […]
The Most Important Supreme Court Case
Executive orders by Governors Rod Blagojevich (2003) and Pat Quinn (2009) turned 20,000 self-employed home-care workers into dues paying Services Employees International Union (SEIU) members. The Supreme Court will weigh in on this power grab which could be the most important case this term. The Wall Street Journal points out here: Ten states have similar […]
A Cato Lesson for Barack Obama
President Obama, with a straight face, proclaims that he has decided to give Congress a say on the NSA issue. Our president, among other serious flaws, is not much of a constitutional scholar. Cato Institute’s David Boaz, on the other hand, is. And I realize that I am a little biased here due to my […]
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mr. “Fair & Just”
This sadly out-of-touch fellow is operating on a Marxist-based template 100% certain to make NYC a less competitive city for business and a less safe city for all residents. As this Wall Street Journal article illustrates, a big percentage of New Yorkers have awoken, if a little late, to the anti-business, anti-safety progressive clown they […]
Keep Your Eye on Indiana
Pro-business policies at the state level make all the sense in the world. Thanks to Indiana’s Right to Work status it is a competitor on the world stage. It has come a long way since its dismal Forbes ranking few years ago. Related video: