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On this website we’ve questioned the believability of a few recent nice-sounding expressions of principle from General Assembly Republicans. An excellent article in the new issue of National Review helps make the larger point…
Read MoreOur concentration is typically focused on Illinois political and governmental matters. National issues – and especially foreign policy – we leave to our allies with larger budgets and bigger staffs. Occasionally, however, events occur or words are…
Read MoreWith the help of the Republican Party and feckless conservatives, the radical political left has successfully wrecked the economy, grown the government to unaffordable levels, and created unsustainable entitlement programs.
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Republicans and conservatives have elected thousands of good conservative, Christian men and women to public office for the past 25 years. What do we have to show for that?
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Read MoreHere are a few good articles about the K-12 public schools, or as I like to call them, Lord of the Flies child warehouses manned by expensive babysitters. This first one is from Forbes…
Read MoreSo the topic of “income inequality” is on the political left’s list of ways to confuse the already confused low information voters in 2014. The issue is easily explained (and exploded) by conservatives —…
Read MoreThe fact that anyone takes the old, liberal media seriously is amazing in light of reality. Victor Hanson discusses one key aspect of that media over at National Review — here’s an excerpt: Will…
Read MoreA few from the inbox on foreign policy and history. First up, foreign policy: What Conservative Foreign Policy Looks Like: Neither John McCain nor Rand Paul get it right The Futility of the Afghan…
Read MoreReviewing the archive of education posts I’ve linked on this site over the past year turns up a ton of great commentary and research. Here’s some to add to the list. If more Americans…
Read MoreI could easily post this many or more links every day on a host of issues but it’d take too much time and the point is made with far fewer. Today’s topic is the…
Read MoreTwo articles comparing American states to Greece were posted in the last few days – the first, from the Wall Street Journal, had the above title. You have to be a subscriber to read…
Read MoreHere’s today’s second link to a VDH column: [I]f protecting these small states is risky, our concern also reflects positively upon the singular values of the United States. The United Nations has neither the…
Read MoreOne of the many issues the main stream media has been failing to cover is that of the fraudulent contributions coming in by the truck load to the Barack Obama campaign coffers. Can you imagine the outcry if the John McCain campaign had dropped the security restrictions in their acceptance of online donations?
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