Does the TPP Advance Free Trade?
The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank, and its trade analysts are strong supporters of free trade. They are keenly aware, however, that describing something as a “free trade agreement” does...
View ArticleSome Historical Context for Trump's Poll Numbers
Donald Trump loves to talk about his poll numbers. Or at least, he loves to talk about his poll numbers when they are good. When he’s up, poll after poll is blared from his Twitter account. And when...
View ArticleOn Conscience Rights for Delegates
If there is one basic tenet of representative democracy, it is that a vote not cast for somebody or something should not, cannot be counted as if it had been cast for that person or proposition.But the...
View ArticleAmanpour vs. Hannan, Gove, Brexit, Context
Christiane Amanpour has written a defense of her conduct in her CNN interview/debate with Daniel Hannan, which suggests that she understands that it did not go well for her. James Taranto points out...
View ArticleTrumpism on Trade Has a Track Record
Trump this week said that politicians “do nothing” when unfair competition threatens American jobs. Actually, they have done quite a lot of what Trump wants them to do–but it has rarely worked well....
View ArticleJuly 1, 1916
Siegfried Sassoon, in reserve after going wire-cutting in No Man’s Land the night before, sat watching the battle unfold that first day on the Somme. “A small shiny black notebook contains,” he wrote a...
View ArticlePerhaps Loretta Lynch Should Take Annual Ethics Training, Too
In all of the uproar over the private meeting that Attorney General Loretta Lynch had at the Phoenix airport with former President Bill Clinton, it may be of interest to note the immigration-amnesty...
View ArticleThe U.K.'s Environmental Asceticism
As part of a binding commitment to cut all carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent from 1990 levels, the U.K. today confirmed a target of implementing 57 percent of cuts by 2032.For those wary of the...
View ArticleObama's Holiday Weekend Civilian Drone Death News Dump
In the fine tradition of dumping unpleasant news on the Friday of a holiday weekend, the Washington Post reported this afternoon an admission by the Obama Administration that it has “inadvertently...
View ArticleNo Promise Has Been Broken
I agree with every argument made by Kevin Williamson in his piece “Hell, No,” in terms of whether it is allowable for the GOP’s apparent presidential also-rans to refuse to endorse Donald Trump, as a...
View ArticleA Musical Fourth
Once more, I have abused my platform as host of Q&A to ditch Q&A and do a music program: this one devoted to America, in honor of Independence Day. It’s about 25 minutes long. I have a...
View ArticleGod and Man at the Hollywood Bowl
On Friday evening, humorist/entertainer Garrison Keillor did his final performance as host of A Prairie Home Companion. The show took place at the Hollywood Bowl and will be broadcast Saturday...
View ArticleIndependence Day links
Want some inspiration? Read Lincoln’s 1858 speech on the meaning of Independence Day: “Let us stick to it then. Let us stand firmly by it then.” More excellent speeches from Coolidge (1926) and Reagan...
View ArticleNew Mexico Supremes Declare No Right to Assisted Suicide
Unless you live in New Mexico, you probably didn’t hear about this story because it runs contrary to the media’s pet narrative of the inevitability of nationwide legal assisted suicide.So, I’ll tell...
View ArticleWhy Did Hillary Clinton Spend Three and a Half Hours This Morning With The FBI?
On June 9, President Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. On Monday, June 27, purely by chance (so he says), Bill Clinton ran into Attorney General Loretta Lynch (who reports to Obama) at the...
View ArticleElie Wiesel: ‘A Messenger to Mankind’
Concerning the great Elie Wiesel, a few words.I sat next to him once, at a dinner. As with other public figures of considerable importance, I found him blunter and more conservative in private than on...
View ArticleLobster Bibs All ’Round
What are you doing for your summer vacation? The First Lady of Maine is working — as a waitress, in Boothbay Harbor. Why? “Oh, honey, it’s all about the money.” That’s what she told the press. To read...
View ArticleWhat They’re Screaming in Boulder
I recently went to Boulder, Colo., and I know an Ann Arbor when I see it. (I grew up in Ann Arbor, Mich.) Such a beautiful place, Boulder. Wonderful to live in, no doubt. And a citadel of the Left. An...
View ArticleTwo Tribes?
It’s becoming a cliché that the emerging debate in politics both over here and in Europe is between those who look to the past and their ‘tribe’, and those who look outwards, the globalists, splendid...
View ArticleVIDEO: 5 Reasons America is Already Great
This Independence Day, let’s celebrate the reasons America is still the greatest country on earth! Please enjoy and share! VIDEO: 5 Reasons America is Already Great
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