Books to Read in 2017

Here Are 21 Books You Should Read in 2017, edited by Daniel Davis, Daily Signal, December 29, 2017. "“Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children From Failed Educational Theories” by E.D. Hirsch Jr."

The Obama Administration's Curious Record on Firearms

What’s The Obama Administration Up To On Firearms?, Forbes, December 28, 2016, "The Obama Administration’s record on firearms is curiously mixed. On the one hand, the President deserves an award – which he is unlikely to receive or want – as America’s greatest gun salesman. All of his musings about gun control have gone hand in hand with boom times for the firearms industry."

A Very Charitable Post About President Obama

President Obama’s Many Missed Opportunities, Newsday, December 27, 2016, "Everyone makes mistakes, and the Obama administration has made its fair share. But harping on mistakes is easy. The tragedy of most presidential administrations rests not in the errors they make, but in the opportunities they miss — and in the belief that no one else can seize them."

My Annual Land Mines Rebuttal

No, Land Mine Casualties Aren’t Increasing. Wars Are, Forbes, December 13, 2016, "Every year, the International Coalition to Ban Landmines (ICBL) publishes its Landmine Monitor. And every year, journalists run their press release as a story without, apparently, bothering to read the report. This year, no surprises, it’s the turn of The New York Times, which in late November reported that “Land Mine Casualties Jump 75% as Funding for Their Removal Declines.”"

Return the ATT to Sender

The Obama Administration Just Sent the Arms Trade Treaty to the Senate. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Matter, Daily Signal, December 12, 2016, "Last week, the Obama administration took a step that conservatives have been anticipating for three years: it transmitted the Arms Trade Treaty to the Senate for ratification. This move doesn’t matter."

Interpol and the Authoritarians

Way To Go, Interpol, Newsday, December 4, 2106, "At its latest meeting, the General Assembly voted four new members to the executive committee. That’s where the trouble starts. The new president of the committee is Meng Hongwei, the vice minister of public security in China. In other words, he’s in charge of enforcing the world’s biggest police state, a police state with a history of abusing Interpol for its own purposes."