The Spectacle
- Trump, The Return of a Space President
- Canada Moves Closer to Legal Marijuana
- The United Coordinates of America?
- Fear Not, D.C. Servers! They’re From the Government, and They’re Here to Help!
- No, the Internet Sky Is Not Falling
- My Kingdom for a Razorback Sucker
- Traditional Liberalism Under Unprecedented Pressure
- The United Nations’ Flawed Condemnation of Israel
- Happy Father’s Day, Pop
- From Comey to Strzok to Mueller
- IG Report: No ‘Confidence’ Peter Strzok’s Decisionmaking ‘Free from Bias’
- Avert Your Eyes
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The American Spectator and I lost a friend with the unexpected death last week of Thomas Craughwell. His death, at age 61, came as a big surprise, and we have no details as to the cause. In fact, the way I learned about Tom’s death shows my surprise: I had just received a copy of his […]
In China ‘Free’ Trade Means Steal What You Want
What can Democrat Chuck Schumer, Republican Marco Rubio, and President Trump agree on? Almost nothing, but they agree China is robbing America blind and has to be stopped. When the President slapped a punishing 25% tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods starting July 6, his least likely GOP ally, Senator Marco Rubio (FL) […]
End the Palestinian Diplomatic Offensive Against Israel
“Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy is premature until Palestinians accept the Jewish state,” Middle East Forum (MEF) President Daniel Pipes has written in advocacy of MEF’s Israel Victory Project (IVP). The rabid records of Palestinian Authority (PA) diplomats worldwide likewise show that these rogues remain more interested in vitriol aimed at Israel’s destruction rather than any constructive diplomacy and […]
Mueller Has Strzok Out
The other night MSNBC ran a fawning documentary about James Comey. It was full of howlers about the unfathomable depths of his “integrity.” None of the clips age well, but one in particular captured the utter lunacy of Comey serving as Mueller’s presumed chief witness — a clip in which Comey accuses Trump of “lies, […]
Deficits Become More Expensive
Long after the U.S. Federal Reserve halted quantitative easing, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its decision last week to end its bond-buying program by the end of 2018. As Europe followed the U.S. lead in one area, its policies diverged in another. The ECB also announced that it plans to continue offering a negative […]
A Modest Proposal for Making America, and the World, Great Again
Hello, Tim Draper. Break California up into three States? High time! What might be the larger implications of tugging on a loose thread of the sweater that is the Megastates that dominate the world? They weave a garment that has for centuries engulfed the world in war and which lingers on, making the world gratuitously […]
Scott Pruitt and the Return of the Black Cat News Story
Washington Do you remember when we called those utterly frivolous though dreadfully ominous news stories of yesteryear Black Cat News Stories? They filled the media in the 1980s during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Not a week passed when a Reaganite was not being hounded by reporters for committing some minor misdeed or often no […]
Psychosocial School Rise Raises Need for Choice
As educational technology (ed-tech) becomes a pervasive force in U.S. education, does it make you smile or make you want to scream? It is easy to imagine ed-tech bringing smiles to the faces of family members who have gone online and discovered a brilliant lecture or literary/artistic masterpieces to supplement a child’s quest for knowledge. […]
Is It Time to Downsize American Tech Companies?
Throughout our history Americans have been wary of large corporate entities, from early opposition to British crown monopolies to the political animus targeting the robber barons in the late 19th century. Today, this concern has re-emerged, as the world’s tech giants come under increasing scrutiny at home and abroad. Google, Facebook, Apple, and others already […]
Trump’s Zero Tolerance Policy Is a Loser
Jonathan Swift wrote in 1710 that “Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.” This has never been truer than the arguments surrounding President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policy. Yet, as in all things, context is king. And, as with most public controversies, the media merely adds to the confusion rather than clarifies it. You may […]