Back in the sixties, Tom Rush was a driving force in the folk music scene at Club 47 in Harvard Square, Cambridge Mass. At that time, I lived on the 2nd floor of a two-decker walk-up rat hole on Forest St., a tired little backstreet behind the old Forest Café on Mass. Ave., just off […]
Archives for January 2018
Trump Speech “Impressive” Says TAC’s Robert W. Merry
Last night President Donald Trump gave his first State of the Union address to Congress. Writing at The American Conservative, Robert W. Merry (editor of The American Conservative and author of President McKinley: Architect of the American Century) called the speech “impressive,” and outlined some good, and some bad. Best of all, as Merry writes, the speech […]
Gary Oldman on Winston Churchill, III
Gary Oldman talks to the Washington Post about his movie Darkest Hour, about Winston Churchill. From WashPo: What did you learn about Churchill while shooting the film? His stock rose considerably. I realize that this was a man, he was incomparable. I don’t know if you could equate him or contrast him with other leaders. I think perhaps […]
A Change in D.C.’s Tone?
Optimistic was the general tone of President Trump’s State of the Union speech, writes Gerald Baker in the WSJ’s The 10-Point. Optimism was a constant of the evening and part of a different Trump that the president wanted voters to see, writes the Journal’s Gerald F. Seib. His speech differed starkly from his darker tone taken […]
My Takeaway from President Trump’s State of the Union Address
Even when called on to work together, Democrats sat on their hands during President Trump’s first State of the Union address. Despite a speech that at many times transcended partisanship, cheering on great American themes, Democrats seemed determined not to applaud during the president’s speech. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was most noticeably annoyed during […]
U.S. Navy Posts Additional Footage of Russian Intercept
The U.S. Military has released video of a Russian Su-27 flying within feet of its EP-3 Aries aircraft over the Black Sea. The intercept took place on Monday in international airspace and lasted about 2 ½ hours. The Navy released additional video footage of a fully armed Russian Su-27 fighter intercepting a U.S. Navy EP-3E […]
Is Turkey Lost to the West?
As a NATO “ally” and a Middle East strategic partner, Turkey has been part of America’s sphere of influence for decades. Now, America finds itself in an awkward new relationship with Turkey. While American planes take off from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey to run bombing missions in Syria and Iraq in support of Kurdish […]
N.Y. Times & Nate Silver Misled Americans
As Election Day began in 2016, the media narrative was one of imminent victory for Hillary Clinton. Nate Silver, who suggested Donald Trump had a 29% chance of victory was pilloried by his peers, but even he was misleading America on the businessman’s prospects of becoming president. As Debbie and I drove through most of […]
Schumer and Pelosi-Trump’s Immigration Wild Cards?
On the eve of Mr. Trump’s first State of the Union, the WSJ’s William McGurn asks an interesting what-if question: What if Mr. Trump looked up at the gallery full of Dreamers during his address and said, “I have offered a good-faith compromise that would not only resolve your place in America but open to […]
Connecticut: Big Government Utopia Begins to Crack
After decades of close relationships with the public sector unions working for their towns and cities, mayors are begging to be protected from collective bargaining. With money running out, and undiminished power held by unions, mayors are finally beginning to understand why having powerful public sector unions makes it hard to balance budgets and provide […]
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