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Reagan’s D-Day speech 40 years ago shows how lame Biden is
Every day, there's another example of a dishonest politician (we get it, they're all liars).
Why was Judge recused from Mueller/Flynn case?
In early December 2017, Judge Rudolph Contreras was recused from the criminal case involving Gen. Michael Flynn who had pleaded guilty in an arrangement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Blinded by their hatred of Trump, Dems reveal they’re not rooting for America
If there's one thing President Donald Trump excels at as a politician it's his uncanny knack to draw his opponents onto a high-profile, national stage where they reveal their ugliest traits for the world to see.
Grammys dumpster fire: Bullying hypocrites overtake the big show
If you ever wondered what a dumpster fire looks like, you need only look to the 2018 Grammys. The show was so awful, even the usual sycophantic media were more than unkind.
China and Russia pose the central challenge, but North Korea’s threat is imminent
High among President Trump's first-year achievements: Appointing James Mattis secretary of Defense. His experience, knowledge, dedication and just plain toughness qualify him, perhaps uniquely, for what he clearly sees as the most important mission of his life — ensuring that America's military forces are equal to the threats they will face over the years ahead.
Freedom implies that individuals have the right to lead the lives they wish as long as they respect
Do you think you live in a free country? How do you define "free"? To help answer these questions, the new "Human Freedom Index" (HFI) has just been released. The report is published by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and authored by Ian Vasquez and Tanja Porcnik. It is the most globally comprehensive set of third-party data for 159 countries, and uses 79 data streams from a multitude of sources in order to reflect a broad perspective.
Cleveland Indians to abandon Chief Wahoo logo
The Cleveland Indians will no longer use the "Chief Wahoo" logo on their uniforms, starting in 2019.
It’s official: Bloomberg hates America
The latest cover story for Bloomberg Businessweek focuses on the incredible resurgence of the American oil and gas industries. The idea of the United States surpassing Saudi Arabia and other foreign oil-producing nations as the dominant producer of fossil fuels in the world was once mocked as a fantasy. The fact that America can soon claim that title and flex our energy independence should be something to celebrate, but not at Bloomberg.
Next time you’re audited by the IRS, try the FBI’s excuse
If one positive development can be gleaned form the constitutional crisis developing in the "Dossier-FISA-FBI-Secret-Society-Insurance-Plan" scandal from the Obama Justice Department (let's call it Obama-Gate, ok?) it's that lame, pathetic and totally unbelievable excuses for circumventing the law are completely and totally acceptable as far as the federal government is concerned.
EDITORIAL: Two Democratic votes of destruction threaten the party’s future
In just a few weeks, congressional Democrats almost without dissent have posted two of the most destructive votes in decades, votes that will be destructive to their own partisan interests as well as those of the country. But will voters hold them accountable? Many will. They all should.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Gorbachev’ by William Taubman
In the first sentence of William Taubman's splendid biography, "Gorbachev: His Life and Times," Mikhail Gorbachev speaks in the third person to say of himself, "Gorbachev is hard to understand."
No one knows how the economy will grow, but anything will be an improvement over recent years
How rapidly will the U.S. economy grow in 2018? How about the world economy? There is a growing consensus that the world economy might grow a little more than 3.5 percent and the U.S. economy a little less than that, which would be a great improvement over recent years.
Policymakers continue to subsidize increases in college costs instead of dealing with rising student
You can't put a price on education, the saying goes, but if you did, it would be very high. And the cost falls on everyone.
Get ready for a congressional budget blow-out
With all the talk about a possible government shutdown due to an impasse on immigration reform, no one seems to be paying attention to a story of even bigger long-term consequence. Congress is preparing a two-year budget that blows past bipartisan spending caps to the tune of $216 billion through 2019. These are the latest stunning tallies from an analysis by Congressional Quarterly. (See chart).
EDITORIAL: Tax reform, designed to create jobs, jobs, jobs, yields its first results
The announcement on Wednesday that Apple Inc. will bring $350 billion in cash parked overseas — that's billion with a B — home to the United States, to invest here and create as many as 20,000 new jobs, is likely to be the economic story of the year.
Immigration and ‘rathole’ countries
Many people in poor places try to migrate to richer places — and so it has always been. But some poor places become rich places and immigration flows change as a result. There are many examples of "rathole" countries changing policies and becoming rich, and relatively rich countries becoming ratholes as a result of corruption and/or socialism (e.g., Venezuela).
Many workers have already benefited from Trump’s tax bill
One premise of modern-day "progressives," is that taxes don't have much influence on how much and when people invest, how much they work and save, or where they live. Just Google "Taxes don't matter" and you will find scores of academic studies and news stories assuring us that taxes have little or no effect on behavior.
EDITORIAL: Trump hit by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Trump administration took a blow this week from its own Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which ruled against further subsidies to financially ailing coal and nuclear plants. The blow was deserved.
