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Trump economy: False predictions from the left
Since the day Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016, the Dow Jones industrial average has risen by some 35 percent, making the last 14 months one of the greatest bull market runs in history.
United Nations problems bigger than inefficiency, overspending
There was a gift you may have missed. On Christmas Eve, Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, announced a sizeable cut for the U.N. operating budget to the tune of $285 million dollars. That sounds like a lot, and it's a good start, but that's all it is. Ambassador Haley called the cut "a step in the right direction," and implied there would be more to come.
The case of Boeing and the Ex-Im bank is study in crony capitalism
Boeing executives are being lauded for being the first out of the box to announce that at least some of the money they will save as a result of the passage of the Republican tax plan will go directly to their employees and will allow them to invest more into increasing the company's manufacturing capacity in the United States.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The School Days of Jesus’ by J.M. Coetzee
J.M. Coetzee's 2013 "The Childhood of Jesus" is a tale about a man, Simon, and a small boy, David, whom he encountered on a ship taking them from somewhere to a new country. They are given new names; they learn Spanish, the language of the new country; their memories are forgotten.
How can Honduras prosper?
On Nov. 26, Honduras held a presidential election, and current President Juan Orlando Hernandez has just been certified a winner after three weeks of street protests, led by the opposition who challenged the election results and made assertions of some voter fraud.
Three Seas, One Aim: Preserving Liberty
Nearly 30 years ago, the people of Eastern Europe were freed from the yoke of communism. Their liberation is a reminder that the Cold War didn't just end — it was won. And it was won because the ideas espoused by leaders such as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II were far stronger than any army the Soviet Union could ever field.
What John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump have in common
Last week during an address at the White House President Trump likened his tax plan to "the tax cut that John F. Kennedy proposed 55 years ago." This elicited some howls of protest from Mr. Trump's liberal critics who say it's historically inaccurate to compare the Trump plan to JFK's.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Last Republicans’ by Mark K. Updegrove
The title of the new book by historian Mark K. Updegrove, "The Last Republicans," about presidents George H.W. Bush (41) and George W. Bush (43) is in and of itself intriguing.
College students’ tyrannical behavior must be stopped
How many conversations have we had with our friends, family and co-workers wondering what happened to the millennials? We expect a new generation to have new ideas and new ways of approaching the world. So how do we explain when a new generation is steeped in bullying, complaining about hurt feelings, demanding "safe spaces," and using pride in fragile egos and weakened emotional states as the excuse to condemn free speech?
U.S. must upgrade its nuclear shield
Thirty-three minutes. That's all the time we'd have to respond to an incoming intercontinental ballistic missile from anywhere in the world.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Woman Who Smashed Codes’ by Jason Fagone
Of all the nonbattle technical accomplishments of World War II, perhaps the most important was the ability of the Allies to break coded messages of enemies and put the results to deadly use.
Small tweaks to GOP tax bill would make huge difference
The Senate-passed tax bill is a policy triumph that will provide a shot of performance enhancing drugs into the veins of the economy. It's not perfect, but the combined effect of cutting business tax rates, eliminating the state and local tax deduction, and repealing the ObamaCare individual mandate tax, means we are at the precipice of the biggest conservative policy victory since the Reagan years.
Told to expect the worst about tax bill, Americans stand to be pleasantly surprised
Earlier this week House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi predicted somewhat apocalyptically that passage of the Republican tax bill would quite simply mean "the end of the world." It is true that the lady from the Bay is given to hyperbolic overstatement, but she seems to see herself as the leader of a party and movement that views those who disagree with them as bent upon destruction, murder and, yes, ending the world.
More gun safety regulations won’t help when bureaucrats are unaccountable
We know the Nov. 5 Texas church shooting massacre should never have happened. Because we can never expect a moral position from a monster who would do that, as a nation we have regulations and laws in place that should have prevented the previously convicted domestic batterer from buying his firearms.
The consequences of Donald Trump’s budget pact with Democrats emerge
The coming government shutdown that at least some congressional leaders are working hard to avoid was predicted by many when President Trump sidestepped congressional Republicans to cut a deal with Democratic leaders last fall. The deal was celebrated in the media and elated a president desperate for good press, but left Republicans worrying about what the White House gave up for a few headlines.
Cryptocurrency provides security without officialdom’s intrusion
After two centuries of government monopoly money, private monies are re-emerging and will likely come to dominate ultimately. Back in 1976, Nobel Laureate F.A. Hayek published his little classic, "Denationalization of Money." In essence, Hayek argued that money is no different than other commodities, and it would be better supplied by competition among private issuers than by a government monopoly. His book detailed the problems with government monopoly money and how most of these problems could be overcome with private competition.
EDITORIAL: Supreme Court listens for voice of a wedding cake
Nowhere on the left end of the political spectrum is the call for "tolerance" more deceitful than among the organized sexually confused. Tolerance, Jonathan Capehart, a gay (but not very cheerful) editorial writer for The Washington Post, tells a television interviewer, should not be a two-way street. "It's a one-way street." Tolerance for me, but not for you.
Why the Justice Department is ignoring widespread voter fraud
One of the biggest challenges facing the president in draining the Washington Swamp is ferreting out the activists who continue to pursue a progressive agenda in federal agencies.
Tax plan is a cut for everyone
Whenever I'm asked whether the Trump tax cut is for the rich, I say yes. It is a tax cut for the rich. It is a tax cut for the middle class. It is a tax cut for small businesses. It is a tax cut for the Fortune 100. If you pay federal income taxes, you will in almost all cases, be getting more take-home pay come January 1.
Silk Road, fabled trade route, now ISIS pipeline to terror
The fabled Silk Road linking the Middle East and Europe with Asia has drawn adventurers and entrepreneurs for centuries even before the days of Marco Polo. But these days, the traffic seemingly is heavily from East to West: hordes of scruffy, bearded and almost penniless young men making their way to Syria to fight for the Islamic State group.
