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In case you missed it, Indiana Congressman Mike Pence won the “straw poll” at the Values Voter Summit last week in Washington, D.C. Here are a few excerpts from the speech he delivered. Congressman…
Read MoreOur Founding Fathers knew – in John Adams’ words – that our U.S. Constitution was only going to work for a moral and religious people. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison all used similar words in discussing the necessity of virtue.
Read More“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” ~ John Adams
Read MoreFor years this column has been pleading with Republican elected officials and candidates to do a much better and more thorough job of engaging the public. Too few of them go beyond shallow mail,…
Read MoreOriginally posted 4-28-10. Not enough people are hearing the facts about the problems caused by too much government. Not enough of our fellow citizens are being won over to support the needed changes. It’s going to…
Read MoreIn the 1970s the late Mike Royko used to call California Governor Jerry Brown “Governor Moonbeam” in his newspaper column. Pat Quinn is clearly our “Governor Moonbeam.” Like Brown, Quinn has always seemed to be…
Read MoreWho is Joe Bast? He’s the president of the nation’s premier state issues think tank—the Heartland Institute. Regular readers of this website know we’re big fans of the work of Heartland. In light of…
Read MoreArthur C. Brooks’ new book “The Battle” divides the two main aspects of the “culture war” into new and old, the economic and the social. Brooks seems to prefer that the culture war concentrate on economics and ignore the “old” battle over abortion and so-called homosexual rights.
Read MoreThe question that’s begged is – how can a guy be so good at politics and so bad at policy or common sense?
As a veteran of the arena let me assure you, most people who are credited with being “good at politics” are similarly bad at policy and common sense. That goes for individuals on both sides of the ideological spectrum. For example, Karl Rove on the political right fits this bill. Type “Rove” in the search box above to learn more about why his name comes to mind.
Read MorePhil Kadner offered his Southtown Star column space to Mike Madigan – here’s how Kadner explained it: “On May 12, I offered to turn my column space over to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) to explain his views on this state’s budget crisis to the people of Illinois. Madigan, the most powerful political figure in Illinois, responded to that offer last week and here, unedited and (as promised) without comment from me, is his statement.”
To say the least, I was expecting more from Madigan, so I will comment.
Read MoreIf you’re not watching Glenn Beck’s TV show on Fox News you need to start. Beck continues to do the work much of the big media refuses to when it comes to outlining the relationships and policy aims of the Obama Administration.
Another fantastic weekly contribution from Beck is his “Founders Fridays,” where he dedicates the hour to covering information that you need to know about members of our country’s founding generation.
Read MoreMy title above is taken from the cover of the latest Weekly Standard magazine which features an article by P.J. O’Rourke that “explains how to deal with our bloated school systems.” In the best article I’ve ever read on the subject of the public schools,
O’Rourke writes: “Here’s my proposal: Close all the public schools. Send the kids home. Fire the teachers. Sell the buildings. Raze the U.S. Department of Education, leaving not one brick standing upon another and plow the land where it stood with salt.”
Read MoreYesterday this column began looking at a 1990 speech given by the late Warren T. Brookes titled “Public Education and the Global Failure of Socialism.” For twenty years those on our side of the political aisle have known – or should have known – exactly what is wrong and how it needs to be righted. Instead, we have big government, big debt, big problems, a public education system that is failing, creeping socialism – and Obama.
Read MoreThe above is the title of a speech given by Warren T. Brookes in 1990. That’s right, 1990. Brookes was a Detroit News Syndicated Columnist who died in 1991. If we were to revive him and he saw the world in 2010 – I’m sure he’d have a heart attack.
Read MoreSix years ago today I published an op ed about the need for Republicans to bring private sector/non-political talent into the political arena in order to help get “the message out on Republican alternatives to growing government and increasing regulations.” Back then, as you’ll recall, the GOP held the White House and power in Congress, and our state Republican leaders were in their second year of being out-of-power.
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