9/11: Being there — 12/23: Being here
Twenty-two years ago your scribe was in Washington, DC. On a beautiful Tuesday morning, standing curbside outside the Independent Petroleum Association HQ with my fellow Government Affairs practitioners, we were hailing taxis to the Hill. Just before 9am, IPAA’s Ben Dillon walked toward us waving us back into the office, “You’ve got to see this!”.. read more →
Treaties, Accords & Agreements — Disgraceful History of Deliberate Deceit
Two “diplomatic” events early in the Biden presidency characterize the bald cynicism and deceit in diplomatic “agreements, accords and treaties.” An examination of the cancellation of the Keystone pipeline and the rejoining of the Paris Climate Accords define the U.S. decline in international standing. Both political moves are just that, nothing more. No wait, they’re.. read more →
Murderous Quartet Warming Up for Main Event
The forces employing malevolence across the globe are warming up for the Main Event — confrontation with the Animal House that is Washington, D.C. Four singleminded, cold-eyed killers are in the final stages of the big push — not to annihilate the Free World, but to neutralize it in aid of imposing their leadership and.. read more →
Part II of II — How did we get here? Presidents Trump and Biden — Good Grief!!
Past is prelude to the chaos of the Trump years and the driving into the ditch by, as Joe Biden declared to one and all, the “adults are back in charge and the competence is breathtaking.” That statement followed the 2020 defeat of Donald Trump, bringing four years of tweets, petulance, bravado and misstatements to.. read more →
Part I of II How did we get here? Prelude to an American Dream/Nightmare
The PolicySmith has observed over the decades a certain element of US society pursuing the goal of the rest of the world embracing “how right and good we are.” How the US purity of purpose should be self-evident and if only they understood us the rest of the world, including Rogue States would embrace us.. read more →
The Bravado of Weak Men — Putin Rhymes History
This is about Vladimir Putin — one in a long line of bullies, murderers, sadists and garden variety sickos that have soiled humanity with their odious presence. They prey on the weak and defenseless — those easily intimidated and with fewer resources and strength to retaliate. Hitler, Mussolini, Pol Pot, Kim Il-sung and his spawn.. read more →
Carbon Tax Follies
The PolicySmith has long admired the conservative commentariat that frequents the pages of the Wall Street Journal, National Review and the late Weekly Standard. New conservative voices, among them Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk, assure conservative perspectives will be given voice long into the future. Surgical skewering of the Left by Rich Lowry, Jonah Goldberg,.. read more →
A Pandemic of Hustlers…
After a year and a half of silence, the PolicySmith welcomes you. If you’ve visited previously, welcome back. If this is your first time, thanks for your interest. In previous posts we’ve examined issues ranging from government overreach, to the role of energy in our society and even the joys of ice cream and the.. read more →
Freedom’s Dramas
Humankind has struggled against and at times vanquished oppressors down through the ages. Tyrannies under the guise of religious conformity, political doctrines and allegiance to charismatic leaders have existed since the beginning of organized society. Humanity has valiantly combatted despots, servitude, hegemony and the evils of one group subjugating another. Wars are fought, societies rise.. read more →
Bolsheviks at 100 – The legacy of Soviet wreckage buddies up to the Saudis
The one-trick pony that is Russia’s economy is, in late November, reportedly in discussions with the Saudis about oil and production cutbacks. Petrodollars from oil and natural gas sales are the only thing standing between Vladimir Putin and the typically ugly – and final – exit of a Russian leader. Just as in the late.. read more →