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Archives for April 2017

Tropical Greetings! From Steve Forbes and…

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Is there anything better than a snow storm back home while you’re in sunny Florida, Arizona or St. Somewhere? How great is it looking at your iPhone weather app in flip-flops at cocktail hour smiling at the arctic blast settling in back home? Life is good, right? Makes one want to send a postcard home. […]

Russia Plans to Build the World’s Largest Aircraft Carrier

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A Russian news agency recently reported the Federation is planning to build the biggest aircraft carrier in the world. The new Russian carrier concept, called “Shtorm” – a.k.a Project 23E000E—will go into service by 2030. Russia is building the Shtorm to compete with the U.S.’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The new carrier is expected to cost […]

Will François Fillon Become the New Margaret Thatcher?

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In the 1st round of the French presidential primaries, Prime Minister François Fillon came in #1, with 44% of the vote. Mr. Fillon not only outdistanced the favored former Prime Minister Alain Juppé, but also handily beat his former boss, Nicolas Sarkozy, who finished a distant third. In a runoff, Mr. Fillon defeated the “more […]

Fillon Best For France!

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The election in France is heating up and the race is close between four leading candidates, Les Republicains candidate François Fillon, Front National leader Marine Le Pen, center-left independent Emmanuel Macron and a far-left leaning independent Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The idea that either Le Pen or Mélenchon could win is terrifying markets and if it came to […]

Parents Listen Up: You Gotta Make Work Cool Again

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I’m optimistic this morning. Lucky you. One reason why, is that my Cato friend Tucker Carlson is replacing embattled, former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. If anyone is up to the task to fill this important time slot, it’s Tucker Carlson. He can bridge the gap between the Baby Boomers and the Millennials. He has […]

United Air and How a Free Market Bestows Real Power to the People

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Unless you locked yourself away in your wine cellar since the beginning of this month, you are well aware of the appalling course United Airlines took regarding the removal of a passenger (albeit stubborn and defiant). After Dr. Dao refused to comply with requests/orders from the crew to give up his seat, security guards beat […]

Are States Facing a Debt Driven Brazil-style Future?

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Dan Mitchell warns that American states with underfunded pension liabilities are facing a future not unlike the present suffering currently endured by Brazil. States are under-funding their pensions by more than $1.5 trillion. Mitchell writes “Brazil is already sufferingthe inevitable consequences of a pension system that treats bureaucrats as a protected and cossetted class.” He […]

Here’s the Best Recipe for Poor Nations’ Success

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Dan Mitchell introduces a video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity explaining the recipe for growth and prosperity that can help poor nations prosper. The recipe for growth and prosperity isn’t very complicated. Adam Smith provided a very simple formula back in the 1700s. For folks who prefer a more quantitative approach, the Fraser […]

Should You Need ‘Good Cause’ to Concealed Carry?

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The Supreme Court may be on a path to decide whether or not law enforcement officials can require Americans to provide “good cause” before granting them a concealed carry permit. Typically acceptable reasons are that the applicant carries a lot of cash, works as a security guard, or is under imminent threat of bodily harm. […]