News, Research & Insights for American Homeowners, Patriots & Constitutional Conservatives
Citizenship.
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin may not be allowed to return to the United States after he renounced his citizenship to save millions in tax… The timing of the move has raised eyebrows since Singapore does not have a capital gains tax, which could vastly reduce his bill on any [IPO] payout… Despite leaving the U.S. [...]
NATO commander insists, "We're succeeding."
Yesterday, both Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) reported back from their trip to Afghanistan that the Taliban are gaining strength rather than falling into disarray. This revelation from the Washington Post about our detention policy in the theater might explain why, at least in part: The United States has for several [...]
What could possibly go wrong?
I can’t imagine how this plan could possibly produce anything but a stunning success, can you? A United Nations investigator probing discrimination against Native Americans has called on the US government to return some of the land stolen from Indian tribes as a step toward combatting continuing and systemic racial discrimination. James Anaya, the UN [...]
"The ninth circle of business hell."
I seem to recall, not too long ago, California Governor Jerry Brown saying that his state’s policies were about “California leading the country,” which, in turn, could serve as a model for “America potentially leading the world.” Yet again, Gov. Brown has provided an all-too-apt example of how these United States could indeed lead the [...]
"Sometimes the facts you need don't exist"
We’ve had far too much in the way of fun stories this weekend, so let’s get one more item in to get your blood pressure back into the red zone. As you may recall, various agents and legal entities (most from inside the United States) have been pursuing a extremely suspect lawsuit – to put [...]
"Important to the national security interests of the United States."
Isn’t it funny what you can find out on Friday evening about what our executive branch does? For instance, Agence France-Presse reported last night that Barack Obama bypassed Congress to send $192 million to the Palestinian Authority, claiming that national security required the US to put money into Mahmoud Abbas’ pocket: President Barack Obama has signed [...]
Trends.
The US economy slowed in the first quarter of the year, dropping from the previous quarter’s 3.0% to 2.2%, according to the latest report from the Department of Commerce: Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual [...]
Immigration.
“The largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States has come to a standstill. After four decades that brought 12 million current immigrants—more than half of whom came illegally—the net migration flow from Mexico to the United States has stopped—and may have reversed, according to a new analysis by [...]
That's one fine looking car on that flatbed.
The last time we checked in on our friends at Fisker, the news was less than sunny. The rising star in green technology, after receiving significant taxpayer funding, was laying off workers. And the vehicles they were going to build were being manufactured in Finland instead of providing jobs here in the United States. But [...]
Ambiguity.
“In a high-stakes meeting at the White House, Obama stressed that there’s ‘still a window that allows for a diplomatic resolution’ to the Iranian nuclear threat and that the United States, together with other nations, would continue to ‘tighten pressure’ on the regime through stiffer sanctions in the coming months. “Even before their two-hour meeting [...]
What could go wrong?
After a week of Afghans rampaging over burned Korans, a series of Islamist landslides in Egypt’s elections, and now grave desecration at a war cemetery for Allied heroes in Libya, anyone else eager to risk more American lives to help? “Foreign capitals across the world are looking to the United States to lead, especially now [...]
1931-2012.
James Q. Wilson has been called “the smartest man in the United States,” “the Sinatra of social science” and “a man as distinctive as the Q” that served as his middle initial. His death last Friday at age 80 represents the loss of a rare and brilliant illuminant for conservatives (although Wilson once wrote that [...]
"Calm."
One of the gunmen: An Afghan soldier. Of course. Like I said yesterday, O’s defense of his apology as a utilitarian device to try to save lives was good. The part about things having “calmed down”? Not so much: Another two United States soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday when an Afghan soldier in [...]
Overcriminalization.
Last August, the federal government raided a Gibson Guitar factory and confiscated property worth at least $500,000. What had Gibson Guitars done wrong? They had imported wood from India and failed to follow every “jot and tittle” of the regulatory law … not of the United States, but of India. Apparently, Gibson used an inappropriate [...]
Oh, you're ready.
To cleanse the palate. Nearly a hundred years ago, Mencken began an essay on Lincoln this way: “Some time ago a publisher told me that there are four kinds of books that seldom, if ever, lose money in the United States—first, murder stories; secondly, novels in which the heroine is forcibly overcome by the hero; [...]
Oh, you're ready.
To cleanse the palate. Nearly a hundred years ago, Mencken began an essay on Lincoln this way: “Some time ago a publisher told me that there are four kinds of books that seldom, if ever, lose money in the United States—first, murder stories; secondly, novels in which the heroine is forcibly overcome by the hero; [...]
Moon base flop.
How far should the US go to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon? A new poll from The Hill shows that 49% of Americans would support military action by the US to stop Iran from developing or acquiring a nuclear weapon, with only 31% opposed: Nearly half of likely voters think the United States [...]
Asymmetrical.
During the debates, Rep. Ron Paul often wonders aloud why the US should fear an Iranian nuclear weapon. I’d call this a good reason: U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Iran is prepared to launch terrorist attacks inside the United States in response to perceived threats from America and its allies, the U.S. spy chief said [...]
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