Sunday, May 22, 2016

Our Blessed Circumstance


Essential reading --

Deirdre McCloskey summarizes her book -  “Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World,” - explaining the source of our fabulous wealth --

http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-west-and-the-rest-got-rich-1463754427

Jonah Goldberg takes issue with one segment of McCloskey's piece --

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/435762/mccloskey-gets-eugenics-wrong?target=author&tid=897

Heather McDonald on the destructiveness of the BLM movement --

http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-danger-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement/
George Will's ideal inaugural address --
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/435675/2017-presidential-inaugural-address-donald-trump
Rachel Lu --
To a considerable extent, we are witnessing the fruits of a progressive model of governance that keeps the Democratic party strong by ensuring that America isn’t. Progressives simultaneously push for a strong social safety net and a libertine moral agenda that erodes our social fabric, thus cementing voters’ reliance on the safety net the Democrats champion.

Friday, May 13, 2016

Mangy Cat vs. Rabid Dog


P. J. O'Rourke offers his ringing endorsement of Hillary for president.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/11/p-j-o-rourke-i-m-endorsing-hillary-clinton-the-devil-we-know.html

Monday, May 2, 2016

Contrast


Ted Cruz --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErZCMcoC8X8


Hillary Clinton --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC4Pvm6Oj4A