On May 3, 2016, US Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Keating IV was fatally wounded in Tal Askuf, Iraq, during a firefight with the Islamic State. Keating was a SEAL assigned to a quick-reaction force (QRF) sent in to rescue eleven Americans who were advising the Kurdish Peshmerga. It appears that the OPSEC or…
Accountability is the solution to all our problems
February 15, 2016
Today I read two pieces written by Muslims trying to explain the mayhem taking place across the world. Both writers miss the mark. What’s happened is that every culture on earth has purged itself of accountability. That’s all. Accountability would prevent this Kamel Daoud’s piece is titled “The Sexual Misery of the Arab World.” The…
Hysteria is absolutely fantastic—for your opponents
January 22, 2016
Nobody can succumb to hysteria like Americans. As an investor, I see it daily. The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses 500 points for no reason, and then the very same people who panicked yesterday make it go up 500 points today. We’ve become a nation of geese. Although I’m apolitical, I oppose President Obama. In…