From the monthly archives: November 2012
If you ever want to learn how not to do something, these days, look no further than the French.
The French President knows just about as much about archery as he does about free market economics. Grip, wrong. Arrow placement, very wrong.
France’s government share of GDP is close to sixty percent. Rather than cut [...]
The government of Spain raided a leading heavy machinery and equipment manufacturer in the Basque region of country for alleged violations of EU and Spain export control laws.
Among other allegations, ONA Electro-erosion is accused of setting up a Turkish front company that was used to export to Iran at least seven [...]
The Political Industrial Complex (PIC) runs vast and wide in American politics. It runs especially deep in this city. We have a cadre of political and communications experts from both political parties that make a living advising political campaign. It is not a bad or good thing. It just is. I’ll have more [...]
The weather was great here last week, although, it was in the low forties and we are starting to get in that familiar fall rhythm of overcast skies for most of the day. That is why when I read the first draft of this week’s Guest Dispatch from our friend in Miami, Arthur Freyre, my [...]
As penned on our blog earlier this week, the Petraeus stories are likely the result of an ugly turf war. Beating up on the CIA is a favorite pastime in this town and, I think, it will fail this go around. As it should.
Benghazigate will not be contained, as Obama’s acolytes thought [...]
Tired of the Petraeus scandal media barrage yet? Of all that has been released to date, and folks this seems to be the tip of the iceberg, the most striking issue has been the timing. The story, still taking shape, seems to have all the elements of an inside the beltway vendetta by one of the [...]
Good morning. Out Guest Dispatch this week is from South Florida Attorney Arthur Freyre. It is a great read. There was one point, however, that stood out. Arthur talks about avoiding the “messianic” leader if the GOP is to succeed in the years ahead. Indeed. It has been less than a week since the elections, [...]
The 2012 election cycle is barely over, the ink on the political postmortems barely dry. The pundit class, however, is talking up the 2016 presidential race, possible candidates, and snake oil solution for what ails the losing party. This is to be expected. The members of the Political Industrial Complex (pollsters, talking heads, political consultants) [...]
There will be many political postmortems penned about the 2012 elections. But the only poll that matters in my book, the Republican wins in the House of Representatives. Rather than appeal to voters with a conservative message, the Romney-Ryan campaign ran a fragmented and targeted campaign with many messages. And it backfired. Royally.
The Republicans [...]
The Obama Administration appears to have granted a license to a U.S. company that allows it to facilitate the transmission of Cuban government programming in the United States. It will be difficult to secure all of the details of the arrangement, however, we can glean some information from materials released by Olympusat, [...]
Our latest Guest Dispatch comes from Arthur Freyre, an attorney and conservative political activist in Miami, Florida. This week Arthur takes the position that two issues are at the root of the U.S. economic crises: tone-deaf leadership from our political leaders as well as and postmodern liberalism. What does that have to do with Spain’s Catalonia? [...]
