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The dollar is headed for collapse. China will start unloading it first, then the oil industry will start to shift away from it. From there, it’s all downhill. Once things are really in the toilet, then Our Imperial Federal Government will Save The Day by proposing …the amero, the North American version of the Euro. National sovereignty is, like, so 20th century.

Andrew McCarthy has an outstanding piece over at NRO titled “Negotiate With Iran?” Now that the Iraq Study Group has released it’s September 10th recommendations (replete with …absolutely no surprises), Mr. McCarthy’s piece is simply required reading. His history lesson of Iran’s central position in Islamic radicalism throughout the past quarter century puts [...]

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that [...]

Some random bits, aimed at your general enlightenment and edification.

Could you have passed the eighth grade in 1895? As it turns out, I wouldn’t have even come close…
Debunking the fallacy of throwing more money at education. More support for getting rid of the Department of Education…
Milton Friedman talks about limited government. Milton [...]

She’s now, constitutionally, second in line to the Oval Office. While I’m less than thrilled with Jorge’s performance of late (a massive understatement), I don’t want to attempt to imagine where we’d end up with a Democrat-controlled Congress and a President Pelosi. Nationalized health care? Endless tax raises? Forever porous borders [...]