A quick scan of existing and emerging threats to the U.S. and its vital interests ought to end any lingering debate. The Pentagon must prepare to fight two simultaneous wars in two widely separated geo-political theaters. Right now, I don’t think we can do it. During the Cold War, the U.S. prepared to fight globally, […]
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Taking a first step in taming big government
One way to kill a predatory animal is to deny it sustenance. The tax-cut bill passed by the Senate, if it clears a conference with the House and President Trump signs it, may be the first step toward starving the big government beast. Reporting on the Senate vote early Saturday morning reflected the biases of […]
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
By Thomas Callender InsideSources.com “December 7, 1941 … a date which will live in infamy.” These were President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s opening words when he addressed Congress and the nation the day after the surprise attack. These six words would become the rallying cry for the American people in the ensuing months and years as […]
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No, Michael Flynn didn't violate the Logan Act
In December 2016, Michael Flynn was three weeks from becoming the national-security adviser to the next president of the United States. This is a pertinent fact in evaluating the conduct underlying his plea deal with Robert Mueller. Flynn admitted to lying to FBI agents about his contacts with Russia and other foreign governments during the […]
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Economic boom might be followed by bust
WASHINGTON — We don’t need an economic boom, but that’s what we may be getting. Since the 2016 election, the stock market is up roughly 24 percent, reports Wilshire Associates. The price of the cybercurrency bitcoin soared more than 1,000 percent before retreating. The unemployment rate of 4.1 percent is the lowest since 2000. The […]
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The war on knowledge
Christmas is a-comin’, and soon a certain political element will revive talk of a “war on Christmas.” There may be a concerted effort to drop the word “Christmas” in favor of “holiday.” Is it a war? Probably not. But clearly a war is raging, a war on knowledge at the top levels of government. And […]
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Recent flood of scandals reflects loss of virtue
Rarely has the idiom “virtue is its own reward” looked better than it does in light of the sex scandals sweeping the nation. The so-called “prudishness,” of a previous generation and the respect most men were once taught to have for women — and which Hugh Hefner and his disciples of “free love” mocked — […]
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Plutocratic populism seems to be working for Republicans
NEW YORK — Watching the Republican tax plan race through Congress, one is reminded of a big apparent difference between Donald Trump’s program and other populist movements in the Western world. In America, Trump is leading something that is best described as plutocratic populism, a mixture of traditional populist causes with extreme libertarian ones. Congress’ […]
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Public can help maintain internet neutrality
Of the many crises and opportunities that seem to pop up every day — the one that has me worried is the current FCC Chair Ajit Pai’s plan to kowtow to big business and throttle back access to the internet on Dec. 14, abolishing the net neutrality provisions enacted by the Obama administration. The internet […]
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No, the FCC is not killing the Internet
By Brendan Carr Special to The Washington Post Americans cherish a free and open Internet — and rightly so. It has revolutionized nearly every aspect of our lives. So, it’s no surprise that the recent announcement that the Federal Communications Commission will vote Dec. 14 to restore Internet freedom has been met with strong (and […]