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Speaker Hastert: Eight years is a very long time

Speaker Hastert will have held that top spot in the U.S. House as long as Ronald Reagan occupied the White House. A lot can happen in eight years and a lot can be accomplished…

The Denny Hastert Predicament

In the sports business, skill and judgment are still what counts when it comes to winning and turning a profit. That stands in contrast to politics and government, where you can succeed just by…

Political Lessons to be Learned By Conservative and Libertarian Rich People

If you’re an American conservative or libertarian with an above-average brain it’s plain to see that the media is against us. It should also be obvious that the government run the education system from…

A GOP civic and political culture reformation is required

From the archive–originally posted March 18, 2008: The downward trajectory of the GOP as shown in the recent loss of Illinois’ 14th congressional district can only be reversed through a reformation in the civic and…

Conservative and Libertarian Wealthy Have Much to Learn Politically

From six years ago this month: If you’re an American conservative or libertarian with an above-average brain, it’s plain to see that the media is against us. It should also be obvious that the…

The Right Kind of Optimism: The Stockdale Paradox

“The Right Kind of Optimism” is also from the archives. The article below was first published in August of 2008 and I re-post it here because it’s important to rightly understand optimism. No one…

Tax Simplification is Wildly Popular — So Why Didn’t the GOP Get it Done When They Held Power?

Tax simplification is wildly popular and since this article first posted six years ago today Republicans missed another chance to enact it. Who cares about the tax code in November? Heck the holidays start…

Is the Illinois GOP Civil War Finally Here?

Now that prominent conservatives are seeing Governor Bruce Rauner for who he really is, we arrive at a genuinely dramatic moment in a state where the Republican Party’s failures have paved the way for…

Trump and the La Raza Judge

The judge presiding over the Trump University class action lawsuit is a member of the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association, a group that while not a branch of the National Council of La Raza, has ties to the controversial organization.

Trump and the La Raza Judge

It’s big news that The Donald has publicly complained about the judge in his Trump University court case and he referred to the judge’s race. My question is — so what? The reason that…

Reduce the Size of the U.S. Government Through A Convention of States

What is a Convention of States? Here is the definition from www.conventionofstates.com: “A convention of states is a convention called by the state legislatures for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution. They…

Political Battlefields to Reach the Middle Third

Historians tell us that during the founding era about one-third of the population didn’t favor separation from Britain, a third was ardently for separation, and a third was ambivalent. Today the fractions are similar…

Republican Money, Metrics, and Lines of Communication

David McCullough, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book John Adams, was once quoted as saying that if you want to understand something you need to “marinate” your head in the subject material. A…

More GOP 101: Defending and Promoting the Party Platform

What does it mean for the Republican Party to be a “big tent” party? For conservatives, that means men and women of all races and backgrounds should populate the party. The days of the…

More GOP 101: Defending and Promoting the Party Platform

What does it mean for the Republican Party to be a “big tent” party? For conservatives, that means men and women of all races and backgrounds should populate the party. The days of the…