Throughout its history, Russia has been torn between its European and Asian roots. Today, autocratic Russia feels rejected and even threatened by democratic Europe and the West in general. To find a place in Europe, though, Russia would have to improve its democratic credentials and abandon its historic habit of threatening its neighbors. It can be done. Germany and France, historic European competitors and enemies have avoided war with each other for 76 years; France and England for 151 years.
At some point the market's profits will blow away like the foam on your next latte
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As our elected government topples with record numbers of executive orders, whole industries are wiped out on the stroke of one man’s pen. America fought wars against command-and-control economies only decades ago.
Before every election politicians of both parties can be heard proclaiming that “this will be the most important election of your lifetime.” This is rarely true although it’s always the most important of the politician’s lifetime whose future prospects turn on the outcome. This time, though, they may well be right.
CASCADE, Mont.– Many will remember Adam Clymer, who passed away Monday morning, as a dogged New York Times senior reporter or as a young reporter in 1972 covering his first presidential campaign in Timothy Crouse’s Boys on the Bus. Tributes will be paid to his journalistic accomplishments, which were many. But those of us who really knew him will remember him as a friend who, above all, embodied Winston Churchill’s advice to never, ever give up.
Hollywood is atwitter at the very thought that Oprah Winfrey might be willing to carry the progressive banner into the 2020 presidential race. Her speech on Sunday at the Golden Globe affair was taken by many as an indication that she might be convinced to throw herself and her considerable fortune into the crusade to rid the nation of Donald Trump. The only person seemingly more excited than actress Meryl Streep at the prospect is The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol.
The U.S. Supreme Court has determined the Second Amendment to the Constitution protects and guarantees our individual right to "keep and bear arms." And yet politicians at the national, state, and local levels continue to erect excessively high hurdles for the law-abiding citizens who want to own guns.
On this edition of Against The Current, Dan Proft sits down with David Keene, former Chairman of the American Conservative Union and President of the National Rifle Association.
They discuss the fundamental problem of how to roll back the size and scope of government. The fear that the Leviathan always grows, that at best we can only slow its growth. Reagan changed that assumption. Can Trump?
What lessons can we learn from the NRA, one of the most successful political movements in history? What is the last frontier in the struggle for gun rights?
