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Almost exactly two years ago I wrote about Senator Elizabeth Warren’s heroic quest to destroy Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot. You might be familiar with iRobot; they are the maker of the robotic “Roomba” vacuum cleaner, and Amazon wanted to buy it for more than $1 billion. Well, Lizzie Warren wasn’t
In the year 578 AD, a Korean immigrant named Shigemitsu Kongo arrived in Japan at the invitation of the royal family. Buddhism was flourishing, and the Japanese needed someone who knew how to build temples. Kongo was their man. He founded a construction company—Kongō Gumi—that would go on to build
When my Ukrainian wife and I got married several years ago, one of the first things we had to do was apply for her US residency visa so that we could continue living in Puerto Rico. The process was overly bureaucratic and cumbersome… and there is ample room to reform
In the early 2000s as my time in the military was winding down, I had the opportunity to spend a few months of ‘terminal leave’ in Europe. I had just completed a couple of tours in Middle East, so, for me, Europe felt like the pinnacle of civilization. Twenty years
In the ancient town of Casinum—modern-day Cassino, Italy—parts of a Roman amphitheater still stand after nearly 2,000 years. Carved into the stone, in Latin, is an inscription that translates to: “Ummidia Quadratilla, daughter of Caius, built the amphitheatre and temple for the people of Casinum at her expense.” Ummidia Quadratilla
Every January, a consulting firm called the Eurasia Group releases its annual “Top Risks” report—required reading in corporate boardrooms. That’s because the firm’s founder, Ian Bremmer, is a CNN and MSNBC regular. His chairman, Cliff Kupchan, is a former Clinton State Department official. They’re about as establishment (i.e. leftist) as
Former Fed Chair and ex-Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen finally told the truth. In recent remarks at the American Economic Association, she told the audience that US finances are in worse shape than most third-world countries. She said specifically that America’s “needed belt tightening is significant—larger than in most programs supported
Congratulations to Kamala Harris on her new $8.2 million beachfront home in Malibu. The former Vice President—who spent years warning Americans that “our oceans are warming” and “sea levels are rising”—has apparently decided the beaches of California are safe enough to bet $8 million on. During her 2019 presidential primary
In 1913, Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries on Earth. Its GDP per capita rivaled that of Western Europe. The port of Buenos Aires bustled with international commerce. Immigrants flooded in from Italy and Spain, chasing the same promise that drew millions to US shores. Then came the Peronists.
On September 1, 1575, a royal courier from King Philip II of Spain arrived to the banking house of Niccolò de Grimaldi in Genoa. The Grimaldi bank had loaned Philip quite a sum of money, and the Italian bankers already knew that the king’s finances were on shaky ground. So
Tim Walz is angry. Jacob Frey is angry. I find it so rich that the people destroying the country think they have the right to be angry. Walz is the guy who allowed billions in fraud to flow through Minnesota social programs. He and his party import the worst third
Of the $18 billion in federal funding that went to 14 Minnesota-run welfare programs since 2018, HALF of that total may have been complete and total fraud. This scandal is a case study in government incompetence— over 90 people charged with bilking at least hundreds of millions from programs meant
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