Ron Paul Scores in Foreign Policy Debate
One of the great virtues of the 11 debates the Republican candidates have undergone is that by now we know much more about...
Opinion
The Mystery of Thanksgiving Day: of Turkeys and Pencils
Jeff Jacoby listed some of the reasons he was thankful on Thanksgiving Day in 2003, including the feast on the table, the company...
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Mitt Romney: Tom Dewey All Over Again
They arrive now with monotonous regularity. Another day, another announcement by a New Hampshire politician of his or her endorsement of Mitt Romney...
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‘Tis the Season in Which We Celebrate America’s Christian Heritage
One of our local radio stations is already playing Christmas music full-time. It’s amazing how many songs have been written about Christmas. Most...
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An Honest Look at Rick Perry
Governor Rick Perry, so goes the conventional wisdom, is a real conservative. How could he not be? After all, his three terms as...
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Give Thanks — and Act Thankfully
On Monday, November 21, I was chatting with a longtime acquaintance about the anniversary that would fall the next day, on November 22....
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Super Committee Failure — or Success?
Many people are lamenting the failure of the Congressional "Super Committee" to come up with an agreement on ways to reduce the runaway...
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Should the Rich Be Condemned?
Thomas Edison invented the incandescent bulb, the phonograph, the DC motor and other items in everyday use and became wealthy by doing so....
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How Canada Cut Spending and Got a “Payoff Decade”
From Reuter’s interview with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien in August came a much fuller understanding of the forces that moved the...
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Politics Is Money — Other People’s, And Lots of It
We frequently hear from the particularly naïve that they want to take the money out of politics. That claim recently resounded from the...
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An Honest Look at Michele Bachmann
Second only to Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann is the most consistent of the GOP presidential candidates when it comes to the subject of...
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Do States Have a Right to Do Wrong?
During the Thanksgiving Family Forum (TFF) this past Saturday, moderator Frank Luntz asked the Republican candidates a very interesting Tenth Amendment question: “Do...
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Alice in Liberal Land
Alice in Wonderland was written by a professor who also wrote a book on symbolic logic. So it is not surprising that Alice...
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Why Edward de Vere Could Not Have Written Shakespeare’s Works
Roland Emmerich’s new film, Anonymous, tries very hard to persuade us that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, was the actual...
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An Honest Look at Herman Cain
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain styles himself a Washington “outsider,” an “anti-politician,” and a businessman who is just what America needs at this...
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