Here is how I see it. For the pro’s, 1) she is alive and has energy, 2) her name is not Joe Biden or Donald Trump, 3) the media can now joyfully promote her without feeling any guilt of being part of the big lie, 4) there are a lot of people who really dislike […]
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My short take on Ms. Harris’ chances
23 Jul 2024
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With Leadership Must Come Accountability: U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Must Go!
22 Jul 2024
In August 2007, after my promotion to Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, I was blessed to do my Senior Developmental Education (usually War College) as an Air Force Fellow at the Brookings Institution, along with fellows from the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and CIA. After arriving at Brookings one morning, I was greeted (and […]
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Yesterday I returned again to the theme of bad economics that Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden share, lamenting on their economic nationalism (which is really pure special interest politics at the expense of the rest of us). But don’t think I’m drawing an equivalence between the two: Mr. Biden is a deliberate obfuscator of the […]
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The divorce between Reaganites and Trumpians is almost complete–the Trumpians have contempt for previous Republican dogmas such as free enterprise and a strong military that helps freedom fighters abroad. Sure the Trumpians like enterprise, but it’s the free thing that they have a problem with. And yes they want a strong military, but supporting those […]
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On Tuesday evening, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) made good on his threat to oust Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The vote was 216-210, with eight Republicans (including Gaetz) joining Democrats to remove McCarthy. According to Gaetz, McCarthy was guilty of many sins, chief among them his willingness to work with Democrats. Yes, […]
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Ohio Inflationary Blues
26 Sep 2023
Two weeks ago, the Census Bureau released it’s real median income numbers for 2022, with real income falling a shocking 2.3% from 2021 to 2022. Yet the Biden Administration and its promoters continue to be amazed that Americans really don’t understand how good things are with Bidenomics! Consider Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman (hat tip to […]
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In the case of the Hollywood writers’ strike, who has the moral high ground? Many have seen the consistent refrain that Hollywood executives are taking advantage of poor, overworked writers via streaming culture changes and AI’s rise.* Hollywood studio executives are trying to cut costs to preserve profits in a new and changing environment for […]
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Tim Keller and the Political Moment
26 May 2023
The Gospel gives us the resources to love people who reject both our beliefs and us personally. Christians should think of how God rescued them. He did it not by taking power but by coming to earth, losing glory and power, serving and dying on a cross. How did Jesus save? Not with a sword […]
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Trump’s Historic Indictment A Legal Stretch
05 Apr 2023
On Tuesday, Donald J. Trump, the forty-fifth President of the United States, became the first of America’s former chief executives to be indicted in a criminal court. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office charged Trump with thirty four counts of falsifying business records. The allegations revolve around Trump’s payments to suppress damaging information during the 2016 […]
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As we learn more and more about Silicon Valley Bank, the basic problems are not really in doubt, but political posturing makes understanding really difficult. Henry Hazlitt has a nice quote in the 1st paragraph of his Economics in One Lesson that is apropos. Obviously the interest group of the affected bankers and depositors quickly […]
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