Month: December 2018

Just days after gaining 600 points in the aftermath of Fed Chairman Jay Powell’s comments about the Fed’s monetary policy, and after further gains in the beginning of the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 800 points on Tuesday. Contributing to the bloodbath were a series of tweets from President Trump in which he […]

Just days after gaining 600 points in the aftermath of Fed Chairman Jay Powell’s comments about the Fed’s monetary policy, and after further gains in the beginning of the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 800 points on Tuesday. Contributing to the bloodbath were a series of tweets from President Trump in which he […]

Much of the mainstream media has tried to focus on the occasional rallies in stock markets to make it seem as though the economy is still moving along just swimmingly. When Fed Chairman Jay Powell stated that interest rates were just below the range of estimations of the neutral rate, markets went wild, with the […]

Much of the mainstream media has tried to focus on the occasional rallies in stock markets to make it seem as though the economy is still moving along just swimmingly. When Fed Chairman Jay Powell stated that interest rates were just below the range of estimations of the neutral rate, markets went wild, with the […]

The passing of former President George H.W. Bush has captured headlines in recent days as the mainstream media looks back nostalgically on his time in office. One of the stories that has been circulating is that of the “unlikely” friendship between Bush and his successor, Bill Clinton. It’s only an unlikely friendship to those who […]

The passing of former President George H.W. Bush has captured headlines in recent days as the mainstream media looks back nostalgically on his time in office. One of the stories that has been circulating is that of the “unlikely” friendship between Bush and his successor, Bill Clinton. It’s only an unlikely friendship to those who […]

When the US military decided to replace the 1911 pistol as its standard sidearm, many firearm enthusiasts were apoplectic. The military’s decision to replace the vaunted .45 with a 9mm pistol was seen as a repudiation of all the reasons the military had decided on the .45 in the first place. But the pistol with […]

When the US military decided to replace the 1911 pistol as its standard sidearm, many firearm enthusiasts were apoplectic. The military’s decision to replace the vaunted .45 with a 9mm pistol was seen as a repudiation of all the reasons the military had decided on the .45 in the first place. But the pistol with […]

Aside from foreign policy, the major area in which modern conservatives deviate from the views of the Founding Fathers is in their support for police. Conservatives today have a love affair with police, viewing them often as the “thin blue line” protecting civilization from savage criminals. But modern policing is so far removed from the […]