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Archives for February 2023

Baseball’s Switch Pitcher

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A Strong Start to a College Career Have you heard about the ambidextrous college pitcher? That would be one Jurrangelo Cijntje, a “true freshman” at Mississippi State, who threw four scoreless innings in MSU’s 14-3 win over Louisiana-Monroe. Cijntje was dominant, striking out seven and allowing just one hit in four scoreless innings. Jurrangelo Cijntje […]

Unprecedented Illegal Crossing Swamping Border States

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Fox News’s Adam Shaw and Griff Jenkins report on the unprecedented wave of illegal immigrants crossing America’s southern border thanks to the lax policies of the Biden administration. Over one million illegal aliens have already stormed the border in fiscal year 2023 (which began in October), an unprecedented number. Shaw and Jenkins write: Migrant encounters […]

Will the Kuznetsov Ever See the Open Ocean Again?

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After years of repairs, Russia’s only remaining aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, has left dry dock. It still isn’t ready for the open ocean though, and given Russia’s current priorities in Ukraine and the drain that war is causing on Russian resources, one wonders if the Kuznetsov will ever see the open ocean again. Tomasz […]

Russia and the High Priesthood of the Neocon Synod

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Who is pushing the United States to support Ukraine in its war against Russia? Who helped to inflame the region enough that the largest armed conflict on the continent since WWII broke out? In David Stockman’s Contra Corner, Stockman explains the involvement of a group he calls the “High Priesthood of the neocon synod.” That […]

Covid – Will We Ever Know the Truth?

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How did the virus first strike humans? Is it possible that it was from a man-made Chinese origin? Americans deserve to know the relationship of the U.S. National Institutes of Health to the Wuhan lab and its gain-of-function research. Early deception also needs to be exposed, argues the WSJ. Yesterday, the U.S. Energy Department concluded […]

Cash, Money, Green: How Will You Feel in Retirement?

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How will you feel in retirement? Good question. I don’t know. And you don’t either. It’s one of those mysteries in life you don’t get to understand until you’re in it. You can do the mental math, make detailed spreadsheets, meet with CPAs, CFAs, or any other acronym out there, review glossy reports, and still […]

DOE: COVID Leaked from a Lab

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According to a report by Michael Gordon and Warren Strobel of The Wall Street Journal, the Department of Energy has issued an opinion (with low confidence) that the COVID-19 virus was leaked from a lab. They write: The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified […]

Where Are the Abrams Tanks?

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Will the Ukraine war be over before the U.S. ships the promised Abrams tanks to Ukraine? The Ukraine conflict is at the start of the second year of Vladimir Putin’s invasion, and as Victor Davis Hanson notes, it’s looking more like the 1930’s Spanish Civil War, which became “a savage proxy war and prelude for […]

Why Won’t Joe Biden Visit East Palestine, OH?

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Biden administration press secretary Karien Jean-Pierre desperately tried to explain why Joe Biden has ignored the disaster victims in East Palestine, OH. Instead, Biden took a trip to Ukraine. Reporter: “Why the president wouldn’t go to East Palestine, it doesn’t simply not meet the bar for a presidential visit?” WH press sec: “Leadership matters … […]