Isabella Simonetti and Joe Flint of The Wall Street Journal report that the ABC News had initially planned to release Biden’s interview on Sunday, but will now release it on Friday evening, this comes as the president is under pressure to show he is fit to stay in the race after a disastrous debate performance last week. […]
Archives for July 2024
Iran’s Widespread Rejection of Election System
Benoit Faucon and Aresu Eqbali of The Wall Street Journal tell their readers that voters in Iran get a choice of two very different candidates, but most of them have given up on the system that produced them. They write: Iran’s presidential election runoff Friday presents a stark choice between an anti-Western hard-liner and a reformist. Most Iranian […]
A Failed Political Takedown
Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal reports how 91 counts that seemed poised to end Trumps campaign instead made it stronger than ever. They write: A year ago, the legal system seemed to be closing in on Donald Trump. Prosecutors painted a sweeping portrait of a president who allegedly tried to overturn the results of […]
Books to Read for Independence Day
Books to Read for Independence Day and Year Long in Celebration of America’s Independence. The WSJ has recommendations for your reading pleasure that will “shed light on America’s beginning.” Included is my own recommendation, the engaging book I’m reading on Thomas Jefferson. Black Writers of the Founding Era More than 100 black voices—soldiers, servants, poets, […]
Happy Independence Day
In a 3 July 1776, Founding Father John Adams wrote a letter to his wife, Abigail: “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be […]
A Wake-Up Call For Americans
Ron Paul of LewRockwell.com reports that the first debate between President Biden and Donald Trump should be a wake-up call. Americans are being lied to by the news about Biden’s capability to do his job. Dr. Paul writes: There were plenty of surprises in last week’s presidential debate. For one, Americans who rely on the […]
Democrats Publicly Panic over President Joe Biden’s Abilities
Consequences of Choosing a VP – a Cautionary Tale Democrats are abandoning any pretense of a democratic and accountable government. Yesterday, the President of the United States appeared at the lectern to denounce the Supreme Court (another unflattering parallel), reports Noah Rothman in NRO: Who’s Orange Man Now? (Joe Biden’s) complexion had transformed into an unsettling shade […]
Get Your Lazy Cash Working for You Now
If you haven’t done so already, now is the time to get your lazy cash working for you. Get it off the couch and take action. You don’t want to be in the interest rate prediction business. Look at what’s offered, and get into the game. Inertia is your biggest foe. Don’t let it beat […]
Ben Sasse Could Transform Education
Max Eden of the Washington Examiner reports how Ben Sasse has just been handed a golden opportunity to remodel not only higher education but substantially improve public K-12 education along with it. Eden writes: In late 2022, former Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse was appointed president of the University of Florida. The media mostly ran with artificially inflated […]
Emmanuel Macron of France Getting Trounced
Tom Luongo of LewRockwell.com reports that there should be zero surprise today about what has happened at the French ballot box, Macron and Davos will do everything they can to extend and pretend that they are still in control in France. He writes: To say that I’ve been waiting on pins and needles for the past […]