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I frequently use this space to comment on what fellow bloggers are saying, not only because I agree with what they’re saying, but because they often say it better than I. And, too, I would like to think that you would be interested in what others have to say.
I often use their thoughts to elaborate on my own. … read more
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The price of gasoline at the pump has doubled since the day Joe Biden took office, mortgage rates, too, have doubled, and inflation is eating up those increased wages people earned.
After fist-bumping with the Saudi King, he told us “We had a good discussion on ensuring energy security and adequate oil supplies to support global economic growth. … read more
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During a fundraiser for the Democrat National Committee in Massachusetts, a frustrated Jill Biden told the audience that her husband “had so many hopes and plans for the things he wanted to do; he had to address the problems of the moment. He’s just had so many things thrown his way,”
Noting that her husband was being constantly challenged by unanticipated crises, she talked of Roe v Wade being overturned, still not believing it. … read more
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While reading Matt Taibbi’s treatise on the endless prosecutorial effort against former President Trump over more than six years, I couldn’t help but think about the cost involved, yes, and I was again reminded how the president delivered on his promises while enduring the process.
While the effort to tie Trump to Russia goes back to 2015, writing about the effort to prosecute him, Taibbi notes that “People have forgotten how long this has been going on. … read more
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With just 115 days until the midterm elections, we are now beginning to see stories based on outcome predictions for the House and Senate, and even though it is not a presidential election, “will he run” stories looking ahead to 2024 proliferate … about both Biden and Trump.
President Biden, who frequently says he doesn’t look at the polls, got all worked up over a poll indicating that 92 percent would vote for him against former President Trump if the election were today.… read more
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On July 10, 2022, I wrote about the economics of “no free lunch,” believing it was time for a refresher as we experience the rising costs of everything and the specter of inflation. However, it seems as though economics “experts” in the White House need more than a refresher.
Reading the editorial “No Business Experience,” in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, revealing that of the 68 top executive-branch officials who shape Biden administration economic policy, have an average of just 2.4 years of business experience. … read more
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You know this, but I figured a refresher can’t hurt as we note that consumer confidence has hit a low last seen a decade ago. It occurred to me while reading from David Bahnsen’s book, “There’s No Free Lunch.”
Last November, as I wrote about President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda that he claimed wouldn’t raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year, I reminded you of Milton Friedman’s statement, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”… read more
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Confidence in America is in the dumper and President Biden hopes to make the Roe v. Wade decision the issue during the midterms, saying “We cannot allow an out-of-control Supreme Court working in conjunction with extremist elements of the Republican Party to take away freedoms.”
He seems to forget that Donald Trump was elected partly because he said he would, and name conservative constitutionalists to the Court. … read more
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THE GALL OF CHINA, the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, slamming the Supreme Court ruling limiting Washington’s ability to regulate power sector emissions, wants President Biden to push ahead with his climate agenda,
While China continues to invest in new coal power plants, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian lectured Biden to “fulfill his duties,” and to “face up to (the U.S.’s… read more
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On occasion, I read what Sarah Hoyt is thinking in her blog, According to Hoyt, and each time I read it with interest. In March, I told you about her seeing herself as a politics addict, which she follows “more than is good for my brain and blood pressure.”… read more