Reagan tax cuts paid for themselves…

Art Laffer shows us that the Reagan tax cuts  actually did  pay for themselves,  despite people claiming otherwise.   Using the correct math  and the correct numbers matters,  as many of the naysayers should know.

 

 

Trust, but don’t verify…

The Obama Administration  has turned the old  Reagan maxim on its head.   I suspect that, even with his lack of foreign policy experience,  presidential candidate Herman Cain would not think America and Russia share even a single  foreign policy goal.   If His Oneness actually thinks his scripted words will change Russian minds,  he’s dangerously stupid.

Happy 4th! Part 3

Read a homeschooling  mom’s view of our Constitution.   Pat Boone wonders if we still  want the freedom  our Founding Fathers gave us, and someone else asks if we still know  what freedom is.  Victor Davis Hanson ponders how  free individuals  made it work.

Watch George Will  defending the Constitution.   Toby Harnden takes a look from at our state of gloom.   Mark Steyn isn’t that much more cheerful.    But Brit Andrew Stuttaford tells us why he admires our  Independence Day.    London is celebrating by unveiling a statue of Ronald  Reagan.  Of course,  leftist groups don’t view this day  with my enthusiasm.

Just for fun,  read what the 4th means to a whole crowd of National Review stars,  beginning here,  and  here,  and  here.  The fourth installment  is here.

For the gun enthusiasts,  who like me believe that an armed citizenry is a free one,  have some history  on one particular gun.

We have so long been the home of the free due to the efforts of the brave.    Read the document  upon which we rest.   Now the final question is,  are you willing to spend your time and treasure defending what is left of us,  or will you silently,  sullenly,  sink into the abyss which His Oneness is pushing us toward?   Your state of mind  determines the outcome.

Happy 4th! Part 1

It’s beastly hot,  and humid, and there isn’t much of a breeze even at the lake,  but the water’s cool and the beer is cold,  and there’s plenty to eat as friends and family come and go.

My habit is to be outside until my allergies can’t stand it,  then duck inside for a while to recover while chatting  to others taking refuge, so I’ll be adding to this as I read interesting things.

Start with Tony Woodlief’s piece on life,  liberty,  and other forgotten things.   You won’t find a flag in Google’s home page,  but the New York Post isn’t afraid  to salute it.

Dip into the past  with a speech  from Pres. Calvin Coolidge,  then see  how Ronald Reagan  did it.   Hadley Arkes gives us a quote from Abe Lincoln,  but neglects to mention  that president,  like our current one,  didn’t believe his own words,  since  the existence of slavery was merely a political tool for him.   (Remember that the Emancipation Proclamation freed only the slaves in the Confederacy).   Harold Holzer writes on  Lincoln’s rhetorical fireworks.

Berlin Wall anniversary…

Is  this the reason His Oneness isn’t going to Berlin for the special anniversary celebration?    Does he realize vaguely that even with a herd of writers and multiple teleprompters,  he will never,  ever, give a speech half as good as the one Ronald Reagan gave at this place in service of liberty?

For more on the Wall, go  here.