Reducing Waste, Inefficiencies, and Futile Expenditures Based on early indications, Americans are optimistic about the direction the Trump administration is headed. Despite desperate cries from the media, Americans seem to be liking Donald Trump’s campaign promises. This week, James Freeman reports in the WSJ that the Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 61% of U.S. adults support “downsizing […]
Au Revoir Thursdays
Upside Down Logic Today in the WSJ. Daniel Henninger writes to his readers about the end of an era. As he points out, everything changes, including Mr. H. In a piece titled “I Saw It All. Then I Saw Nothing,” Mr. Henninger reconstructs the events of 9/11 (Henninger’s piece.) Before then, he admits, “the most […]
Mediocrity Funds a $50 Million Gift
Enduring Generosity What a difference a week can make: The U.S. got a new president, and a private school in New England got a windfall, all in one week, reports Brenda Cronin in the WSJ. During his inauguration address, President Trump promised to “forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.” Four days later, Northfield […]
Disaster Response, a Political Football
FEMA’s Misson Drift In the WSJ, Tevi Troy wonders if federal involvement makes disaster response better. Perhaps Americans need to question this political football. Since when doesn’t central planning add to inefficiencies? It always does, correctly notes Mr. Troy. The federal government must maintain full-time staff in preparation for any kind of disaster nationwide, while […]
Diplomatic Knickers in a Twist
The Trump Agenda: Shock & Awe Kimberley Strassel in the WSJ wrote how Trump’s first 24 hours or so of day #1 on the job was perhaps more sound than fury. Not so, differs Roger Kimball in American Greatness. Trump storming into the White House “unleashed a whirlwind of action aimed at reshaping America’s political […]
An Ode to the Patriarch
Lessons on the Limitation of Our Own Mortality To Gerald Baker, the reckonings of mortality came later than for most. The first sign appeared 30 years ago with the death of his mother. The next arrival was with the death of Baker’s father, who, not disposed to conscious effort or special enhancements to his diet, […]
Trump 2.0 Already More Fun than Trump 1.0
A Preposterous Proposition In Manhattan Contrarian, the way Francis Mention tells it, he and cohorts formed what is known as the Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council (CHECC) to petition EPA to rescind the Endangerment Finding (EF). CHECC filed a Petition to EPA on 20 January 2017 — the first day of the Trump 1.0 administration. […]
America’s Sorrow: Losing a Dear Friend
LA Sprawl or Dynamic Collage Not everything can be measured in dollars and cents, calculates Jerald Podair in NRO. That also includes LA. With the loss of humble homes, craftsman bungalows, and magnificent cliffhangers in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Pasadena, the LA fires, fueled by the notorious Santa Ana winds, took down some of the best […]
Shock and Awe Meet Old Fashioned Hard Work
McKinley, the Mountain Formerly Called Denali Consider, suggests Kimberley A Strassel in the WSJ, stowing away the confetti before celebrating Trump’s flurry of executive orders. Trump’s first week in the executive office was “a bit more sound than fury.” Below, Ms. Strassel separates the wheat from the chaff. What’s Happening? Happening now: The orders with […]
Americans Eager to Move Beyond Race
Two Sexes: Male & Female Perhaps President Donald trump’s 2nd inaugural address is not one for the ages. Whatever your view, Jason L. Riley at the WSJ, says it does meet one crucial test: Trump wants to “pivot from his predecessor’s obsession with racial differences, as do millions of Americans of all political stripes.” In […]
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