From Federalist Paper #75 [emphasis mine]: However proper or safe it may be in governments where the executive magistrate is an hereditary monarch, to commit to him the entire power of making treaties, it would be utterly unsafe and improper … Continue reading →
As a specific controversy, the Confederate flag ruckus doesn’t much interest me, so I haven’t written about it although it seems to be the story du jour. I’m not Southern, and I have absolutely no attachment to the Confederate flag. … Continue reading →
… otherwise known as Obamatrade, I trust Jeff Sessions far more than I would trust Ryan. Sessions claims: If, as promoters amazingly suggest, the President had more powers without fast-track, he would veto it. The authority granted in “Trade Promotion … Continue reading →
John Podhoretz describes a new book written by Michael Oren: It’s called “Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide,” and I’m not sure that in the annals of diplomatic history there’s ever been anything quite like this astonishing account of … Continue reading →
George W. Bush in April 2013: “History will ultimately judge the decisions that were made for Iraq and I’m just not going to be around to see the final verdict,” the two-term president told CNN in a wide-ranging interview. “In … Continue reading →
All of the following quotes from John Adams can be found here: “Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do … Continue reading →
Here’s a good one to send round to all your liberal friends who are still accepting emails from you It’s two years old, but it’s new to me: I teach a class at Stanford Business School titled “Financial Crises in … Continue reading →
I was on a road trip a little while ago and passed the site of Fruitlands, which I recalled as the failed Utopian community the Transcendentalists began in the mid-1800s. The setting is lovely, overlooking a panoramic view of the … Continue reading →
The true head of Iran speaks. And what a great negotiating partner he is: Khamenei accused the Obama administration of “lying” about the proposed terms, being “deceptive,” and having “devilish” intentions, according to multiple published accounts of his speech, as … Continue reading →
…but not quite far enough Here’s what Cheney said about President Obama: HEWITT: Is [Obama] naive, Mr. Vice President? Or does he have a far reaching vision that only he entertains of a realigned Middle East. That somehow it all … Continue reading →
I think that this comment from “Eric,” our resident strategist, is worth highlighting: …[I]t’s up to the Republicans to counter the Democrats. It’s up to the Right to counter the Left. Yes, the Democrats have been taken over by the … Continue reading →
[This is the second of two parts. Part I can be found here. This is a two-part series from the early days of my blog, January of 2006. I came across the posts by accident the other day and decided … Continue reading →