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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Taki) - How to Make It to America 500

Uncle Sam should keep his priorities straight. The post How to Make It to America 500 appeared first on The American Conservative .

Takimag How to Make It to America 500 Uncle Sam should keep his priorities straight. TakiMag (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) I have spent a lot of time in the Middle East, and think about the place even more when far from its pungent smells and 1,001 Nights mysteries. I was sent there very young because my father owned textile factories in Africa, in Khartoum, and every weekend was spent in Cairo or Alexandria. Both cities back then were still cosmopolitan, with wonderful hotels, nightclubs, and restaurants. Nasser had not yet come to power, although King Farouk had been recently…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - The Right Returns to Colombia

President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella says he will crush the narcos and the bureaucracy. The post The Right Returns to Colombia appeared first on The American Conservative .

Latin America The Right Returns to Colombia President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella says he will crush the narcos and the bureaucracy. Clad in the Colombian soccer uniform and accompanied by the rattle of drums and the flash of stadium pyrotechnics, President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella approached the podium in Barranquilla last week Sunday and roared, “Colombia, your tiger is here!” De la Espriella, a right-wing populist lawyer who calls himself “the tiger,” clinched a narrow victory in the second round of the country’s presidential election over left-wing Senator Iván Cepeda. De la Espriella is a return to the right…Open