July 6, 2019

The Morning They Beheaded The Drug Smugglers: It Wasn’t Pretty, Believe Me

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 9:50 A. M., Tuesday, August 31, 1999. “They will kill four today,” one Saudi in the crowd said.  “No, fifteen,” said another. “You’re all wrong,” said one of the dozens of sol...

August 7, 2015

We May as Well Learn to Love the Bomb

The 1964 political satire movie, Dr. Strangelove had a catchy subtitle: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. It was set at a time when we worried about the nuclear threat from the Soviet Union. Nowadays, we can worry about nuclear weapon...

August 4, 2012

Romney, JFK, FDR, and Al Smith

As Yogi Berra might say, the coming election is déjà vu all over again.  Those who were alive and paying attention during the 1960 election may remember that two issues dominated the on-the-street political discussions -- the same issues that ov...

August 16, 2010

Do We Really Need a New Tax?

Why would our politicians want to impose a newfangled tax (at least for America), called the VAT, that the Heritage Foundation says would give us "a stagnating economy, higher budget deficits, and fewer jobs for American workers"? Washingto...