Russian and Chinese weapon systems have made leaps and bounds in the last decade, in some cases, even popping up overnight. One area in particular that’s causing concern is the countries’ air-to-air missile capabilities, where the U.S. Air Force (USAF) is seemingly dragging its feet. Recent reports surfaced suggesting that the Chinese have a new […]
How Can America Win in the Persian Gulf?
Andrew Bracevich writes in The American Conservative that the U.S.’s backing of Saudi Arabia is positively bizarre. Saudi is one of the world’s worst regimes. Bracevich suggests that the entire plan for U.S. engagement in the Persian Gulf needs to change if America is looking for a win. He writes (abridged): The House of Saud […]
“Dreamers” and the “Model” Youth Legend
Despite what the media regularly dishes out about “Dreamers” being model youth who are looking only to fulfill their dream of finishing college and achieving upward mobility, it’s a myth, Victor Davis Hanson tells readers in the LA Times. That narrative lacks subtlety, if it’s not outright deceptive. The average age of DACA participants is […]
Edwards: States Should Handle Their Own Infrastructure
According to my friend Chris Edwards at the Cato Institute, 98% of American streets and highways are owned by states and local municipalities. Plans for rebuilding America’s infrastructure from the federal level seem misguided when faced with that fact. How on earth can it be more efficient to use an increased federal gasoline tax to […]
Why Should America Accept Immigrants Who Will Rely on Welfare?
There has been a storm of criticism over President Trump’s alleged comments about third world countries at a private meeting last week. Writing at The National Review, Jeremy Carl pinpoints an irrefutable problem with allowing immigration from third world countries. That problem is that many of those immigrants end up on welfare here in the […]
Wildfire: Prepare for the Flames
You can never be too prepared. After I wrote a piece about building better homes in areas prone to wildfires, a client and I began talking about the subject. He lives in California and is already ahead of the game in preparing for potential wildfires that could affect his neighborhood. In our discussion he mentioned […]
Casa Morada, Florida Keys
The Immigration Outrage
Below is a short list, from the most widely accepted metric–from The UN Human Development Index–for how well a given country is doing in the world: Norway ranks #1. El Salvador ranks #117. Haiti ranks #163 Except for Afghanistan and Yemen, each of the 25 countries ranked below Haiti was in Africa. “Why shouldn’t we […]
Good Morning from the Florida Keys
Berkeley’s Chaotic Descent into Progressive/Liberal Irrelevance
Sean Kennedy, writing at The American Conservative, asks how a prestigious university like Berkeley could descend into such a chaotic state of irrelevance. He writes (abridged): How did this prestigious university, known throughout the world as Cal-Berkeley or simply Berkeley, descend to such a state—its democratic governance subservient to student and faculty whims; its historic […]
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