Political Arena

Convention speeches, follow-through, and reform

By John Biver

With John McCain’s and Sarah Palin’s convention speeches done, the campaign kicks into high gear for the next two months. Both speeches were effective – McCain’s was workman like and Palin’s was historic. Both speeches had in them what…

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The GOP Convention and the Anbar Awakening

By John Biver

Previously we called for a political “counterinsurgency,” and outlined the parallels between what General David Petraeus did in Iraq and what needs to change in American on the political right. This week the Republican Convention should be about the…

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Hurricane Sarah

By John Biver

Reform supporting Republicans aren’t worried about Hurricane Gustav impacting their party’s convention for several reasons, not the least of which is that they look forward to Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby Jindal providing the nation…

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The church pulpit v. the bully pulpit

By John Biver

Last week a friend asked if I had addressed the issue of the kind of blatant Not-For-Profit violations that are often seen in liberal and minority churches. It’s well known and talked about generally,…

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Captains of Today’s Titanics

By John Biver

We’ve noted previously our appreciation for the libertarian Cato Institute as well as the fact that we disagree with them about half of the time. However, when it comes to the issues Cato is exactly…

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In search of a political defibrillator

By John Biver

The moribund Illinois GOP and its elected representatives in the General Assembly are candidates for political defibrillation. While some of us will continue to outline specific solutions and practical steps that will lead to…

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