Jason L. Riley, in the WSJ, encourages Donald Trump supporters to take heart over Mr. Trump’s apparently “wobbly” immigration policy. Your candidate hasn’t gone wobbly. He’s gotten wise. Immigration restrictionism is a surefire political loser for the GOP in national elections, and Mr. Trump has finally figured that out. His signature issue propelled him through […]
Archives for August 2016
The Ignorance of George P. Shultz
Below is an excerpt from George P. Shultz’s book, Learning from Experience, due this fall from Hoover Institution Press. They will be more effective if they are mostly Arab boots. The challenge is to develop a force in the region that, in coordination with us, can be impactful. An unusual potential coalition is possible: Saudi […]
Gary Johnson Gets It
John Stossel writes “Sunday, when Fox’s Chris Wallace challenged Johnson’s plan to replace the IRS with a consumption tax, Johnson pointed out that he’s ‘not getting elected dictator or king.’” Wallace suggested that means, “Don’t take my policies seriously because they won’t get through.” I disagree. It means that Johnson understands that America is a […]
Johnson Says He Can Win the White House
At U.S. News & World Report, Kenneth Walsh writes that Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party candidate for president, believes he can win the White House in 2016. Walsh writes: Johnson is pulling out all the stops – taking out ads and making as many media appearance as he can – to gain attention in order to […]
Technology Looks to Stop a Dirty Bomb Before It Happens
DARPA’s SIGMA program undergoes real-world testing with state, federal and international partners to defend against radiological threats. A DARPA program aimed at preventing attacks involving radiological “dirty bombs” and other nuclear threats has successfully developed and demonstrated a network of smartphone-sized mobile devices that can detect the tiniest traces of radioactive materials. Combined with larger […]
Evaluating Terrorism Using Risk Analysis
Insurance companies, which are in the business of not evaluating risk wrong over time and across categories, pay good money to people who work for them as actuaries. These actuaries are trained in the evaluation of different sorts of risk, and work to make sure that the insurance companies are more than covered should any […]
A Surprise American Ally in Syria?
Writing at The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan makes the shocking case for a surprise de facto U.S. ally in the Syrian war. Our Congress appears again to have abdicated its war powers. Consider the forces that have turned Syria into a charnel house with 400,000 dead and millions injured, maimed and uprooted. On the one […]
“Affordable Care” Promises? All Lies
What do UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Aetna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield have in common? Each has found that taxpayer subsidies that Obamacare offers do not cover the costs of pre-existing conditions that participating insures are required to cover, writes the Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon. Even raising premiums by 86%, as Aetna found out, does not do […]
Millennium Tower Boston
Millennium Tower in Boston is a perfect example of what’s happening in Boston’s luxury condo market. From today’s Boston Globe: For proof that Boston has become a luxury housing mecca for wealthy people from around the world, look no farther than Downtown Crossing. At the high-end Millennium Tower, buyers have come from Greece, Hong Kong, […]
Presidential Debates—Gary Johnson?
Cleveland’s newsnet5 looks at Gary Johnson’s improving poll numbers in front of the post Labor Day cutoff. More than two-thirds of voters said they haven’t heard enough about Gary Johnson, and getting onto the debate stage is the best way to change that. To get there, he needs to poll at an average of 15 […]
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