Will GOP Keep Spending on Steroids?
Among those who make up what the "inane-stream" media call the political right in America are those who fashion themselves "fiscally conservative, but socially liberal." That means, I guess,...
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Catholic Tea Served Cold and Decaffeinated
Go to most college campuses today and you will find religion a much neglected subject. At secular institutions, it is regarded as, at best, a refined taste, reserved for...
“Poppy” Bush Should Get “Medal of Government”
"How's all this hopey-changey stuff workin' out for ya?" asked an upbeat Sarah Palin, as her beaming, beauty-pageant smile put a happy face on the angry protests of her...
Benson Letter Backed Welch Against “Ike”
It should surprise no one that someone who had served in the Eisenhower administration would call FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's attention to the charge made by John Birch...
On Hypocrisy, Left and Right
One of the things that made William F. Buckley, Jr. so much fun to read in the days before National Review became a house organ for Republican propaganda was...
Today’s Democratic Party: Anti-God, Anti-Family
Two weeks after the Democrats' joyride with rock star Obama hit a very jarring bump on the road, many members of the nation's oldest political party are no doubt...
C.S. Lewis: Overshadowed but Not Outdone
One of the many stories that grew out of John F. Kennedy’s aborted term as President has to do with an idle question put to him by a reporter...
NATO Spends $50 Million for Each Dead Taliban
The headline atop the front page of my hometown newspaper announced on Friday, the day after Veterans Day, that federal funds for home-heating assistance have been cut in half....
Real Men Want Globocops — and Other Imperial Delusions
Some eternal verities have outlived their usefulness. Okay that's a contradiction, which I cheerfully acknowledge. To be more accurate, some things that seem eternally true never were, and that...
Prometheus for President (Or The Myth of an All-powerful President Lives On)
I am not inclined to rush to the library or bookstore to find and read the latest bestseller or new release, like Deciding Points by former President George W....
Contractor on Tape, Promotes Murkowski to Workers
If it were not already clear by now, there is fresh evidence of why the members of Congress we elect forget, once they are in office, those principles of...
It’s Not Your Father’s Democratic Party
The first political question I can recall ever asking was the one I put to my father when I was seven years old. "Dad, who are we for?" I...
Iowa Voters Oust Judges Over Same-sex Marriage
Iowa voters Tuesday turned out of office all three state Supreme Court justices who were up for term renewal. The three judges seeking new eight-year terms were part of...
New Hampshire GOP says “Thanks, Ayotte”
If any song is being sung at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee today, it's probably not "Happy Days Are Here Again." At the White House it might...
Palin Big Winner in 2010 Campaigns
A lot of people talk about recycling; some people live it. Jerry Brown, who became governor of the nation's largest state in his late 30s, is going back to...
“Bad Deal” Broder Wants More “Preparations for War”
Old war hawks never die, they just beat new war drums. Columnist David Broder, New Dealer emeritus at the Washington Post, believes he has discovered the elixir for our...
The Saints of Now and Then
For those who follow politics, in the hope that our politics leads somewhere, today is Election eve, the day before we get to choose between misfortune and catastrophe, each...
Palin Blasts “Corrupt B*******” at TV Station
She has been called "Hurricane Sarah," and she is predicting a "political earthquake" on Tuesday, but whatever the forecast, there is no doubt Sarah Palin has created a storm...
Halloween Came Early in ’64 Campaign
Is it merely a coincidence that Election Day comes so soon after Halloween? The voting is always in early November, perhaps in consideration of farmers who may be busy...
Bipartisan Warfare State
During the 1976 vice presidential debate between Senators Robert Dole, Republican of Kansas, and Democrat Walter Mondale of Minnesota, Dole outraged Democrats when he said: “All the wars of...