An Open Letter to Libertarians
From Steve Deace: Here’s a political reality at least some libertarians are going to have come to grips with: you’re going to have to choose homosexuality or a potential Rand Paul presidency in 2016….
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America’s Big Fat Advantage: Our exceptionalism will last as long as we judge people according to their achievements
From Victor Davis Hanson: For all the Obama-era talk of decline, there is at least one reason why America probably won’t, at least not quite yet. “Peak oil” and our “oil addiction” were supposed…
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Bobby Jindal at the Gridiron Club Dinner
On the lighter side… To read more about this event HotAir.com has a few details here, It’s where the following text appears: Thanks for that kind introduction Chuck. I’m honored to be here tonight,…
Read MoreOf wimpy budgets, messaging, citizenship, and winners
A few notes about some recent posts on the web. First up, Paul Ryan’s article in the Wall Street Journal laying out a budget that isn’t balanced for a decade. You can read it…
Read MoreLaurie Higgins explains why Pat Brady shouldn’t be IL GOP chairman
Before excerpting the latest article by Laurie Higgins I have a few comments. The controversy caused by Illinois Republican Party chairman Pat Brady’s coming out of the closet for homosexual “marriage” has silver linings….
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Understanding the Threat of Progressivism’s Equality
It’s becoming clearer to me that AmericanThinker.com is the best website for policy and political commentary in the country. Here’s a post by Dr. Tom Barron: The core of progressivism is radical egalitarianism, a…
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Fighting the Real Enemy
I agree with this from Bruce Walker at American Thinker: Creeping totalitarianism is silently supplanting normal human thoughts and beliefs with an omnipresent and soul-destroying moral pathology. Although many wish to find another name…
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Curing the GOP’s infection: Leaders who won’t defend their values should be excised
From Robert Knight: One of Bill Cosby’s best-loved routines is “Tonsils.” Mr. Cosby relates how the doctor explained the need for surgery when he was a young boy. “Your tonsils guard your throat,” the…
Read MoreLow Information Voter Thoughts
They sound accurate to me: • How do I sign a check on the front? • Why stop at Gun Free Zones? We should also create Crime Free Zones! • I voted for Change,…
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (Again)
Back in 2009 I opened a post titled “Raiders of the Lost Ark” with this: In case you were wondering what happens with all those studies, reports, commentary pieces and talk show transcripts after…
Read MoreAmerica’s Opportunity For All
For the umpteenth time the Heritage Foundation has summarized what it and political conservatives stand for. Hey, I’m not complaining, I think it’s great to say things over and over again in a lot…
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Does the Republican Party Have a Future?
Star Parker is correct as usual: [L]ongshoreman philosopher Eric Hoffer once observed [that] “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” It‘s no mystery why the…
Read MoreA Perfect Contrast
By William Sullivan: At this year’s prayer breakfast, his exact opposite stood and spoke in sharp contrast to our president.
Read MoreAUDIO: Radio talk show host Mark Levin Shreds Karl Rove
Mark Levin sums up Karl Rove’s failures nicely. Some of us have been Rove critics for most of the past decade. UPDATE…second audio excerpt added…
Read MoreWhat’s Worse, Having an A-Bomb Dropped On You, or to be Governed By The Democrat Party?
One of the best headlines ever — authored by my friend John Sullivan. You may have seen the pictures of Hiroshima today v. Detroit today. There’s only one of each posted with the above…
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