January 22, 2016
The Predicting the Future Fallacy
When it comes to predicting the future, I am a bit of a skeptic. I am skeptical of political pollsters, I am skeptical of economic forecasters, and I am a bit of a skeptic when it comes to weather forecasters....
January 21, 2016
Bob Dole’s Last Mission
Few people can rival Bob Dole in his service to America. In April of 1945, Dole was severely wounded during World War II in the Italian Alps, and lost the use of his right arm. His recovery was long, slow...
January 20, 2016
Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, and Political Instability
(Published in the WSJ) Political instability leads to economic instability. And nothing says political instability more than Sarah Palin. Mrs. Palin’s endorsement of Donald Trump has been described as performance art. It certainly wasn’t your typical political speech but more...
January 19, 2016
Trump As the Defender of the Faith
On 17 October 1521, Pope Leo X declared King Henry VIII the Fidei Defensor or Defender of the Faith. The Pope was more than a bit desperate. Martin Luther had posted his 95 theses on a church door in Wittenberg,...
January 15, 2016
Bill Buckley: Now More Than Ever
When Ted Cruz attacked Donald Trump for exhibiting New York values, Trump reminded his younger rival that the Big Apple wasn’t all bad and that it indeed has produced some important figures in the conservative movement. And then he mentioned...
January 14, 2016
A Modest Education Proposal
I have a modest education proposal. Ok, it’s not modest. It’s revolutionary. I was talking to my brother, the libertarian, and we were having a discussion about Common Core. He hates it. And he had an idea, which I think...