Not only do foreign aid programs cost Americans billions each year, some of them are counterproductive. My friend Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, highlights a new study found at Downsizinggovernment.org, that says foreign aid not only costs too much, but can even be counterproductive in its results. He writes: The […]
Deeper in Debt, America Prepares New War in the Middle East
Pat Buchanan hammers the idea of America’s involvement in another war in the Middle East. The country still hasn’t paid for the last two, another war would only make it harder to ever pay down the trillions in debt accumulated fighting seemingly unending conflicts with no apparent purpose. “One knowledgeable official estimates that the CIA-backed […]
Where Have all the Conservative Professors Gone?
During my time at Babson, political messaging and identity were less prominent among professors. But after the group of student demonstrators who rocked campuses in the 60s decided to become professors and never leave, the cohort of professors has gotten steadily more liberal. Sam Goldman, writing at The American Conservative says this leftward shift makes […]
Republican Senators Avoid Transparency and Accountability
Back in the days when a vote to repeal ObamaCare was consequence free, nearly every Senate Republican voted for repeal. Those senators knew that President Obama’s veto would take them off the hook for any repercussions. Today, any senator who votes against simply proceeding to debate ObamaCare is doing so for just one reason: “to […]
Thoughtful Cancer Intelligence From U.S. Wellness and Dr. Mercola
Have you heard of ketosis? In 2015 I wondered if it was the “holy grail” of anti-aging. It’s certainly helpful to avoid sugar whenever possible. But now Dr. Mercola points to some evidence that ketosis may help treat cancer. He writes: Each and every day, more than 1,600 people prematurely die from cancer in the […]
Neighborhood Watch
A Hidden Tax in the New Illinois Budget
Illinois residents have been watching closely as their lawmakers took the state to the brink of having its debt downgraded to junk status last month. It was a white-knuckle ride and there were no winners. But in the final compromise there was a hidden clause that made Illinois residents the undoubted losers of the final […]
Is America Headed for War with Iran?
After some recent bellicose statements from elder statesman Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan is worried that America may be headed to another pointless war in the Middle East. Buchanan lacerates Gingrich’s comment that “Containment is appeasement and appeasement is surrender.” Pat makes it clear that there are many people interested in seeing the U.S. military begin […]
A Burgundy Empire
Maison Louis Jadot, a French wine producer focused on terroir and the individual characteristics of each wine, has been slowly building up a collection of vineyards in France’s Burgundy region. Yesterday the company confirmed it has purchased yet another vineyard, Domaine Prieur-Brunet in Santenay. Decanter magazine reports: The purchase adds 18 hectares of prime Côte de […]
Greetings from the Green Mountain state, Woodstock
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