While vacationing in California this past week, I purchased the recently-released second volume of Steven Hayward’s monumental history of Cold War America, entitled The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution 1980-1989. The previous volume, The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order 1964-1980, is a powerful analysis of the events following Lyndon [...]
Since the beginning of the Obama presidency last January, the nature of political discourse in this country has undergone a profound change. After eight years of the Democratic Party and its allies in the mainstream media doing everything in their power to convince us that dissent from and rebellion against federal authority was the highest [...]
Cliched? Maybe. Cheap? Yeah, kind of. An inexcusable offense against Our Glorious President? Hardly. But the way the media is reacting, you’d think that someone was putting up posters showing the President as a vampire feeding on the Statue of Liberty. I guess it’s probably just the shock of seeing Obama portrayed as something other [...]
How John Stossel has managed to survive on ABC, I’ll never know. As one of the few truly libertarian journalists active in the mainstream media, he would seem to be a prime candidate for being driven into the hills by an angry pitchfork-wielding mob. Whatever he’s doing to keep his job, God bless him for [...]
Hey everybody! I strongly encourage you all to take a look at the D.C. Writeup. It’s a news and opinion site maintained by and for young, politically-minded adults. I’m writing a weekly column over there now. My first entry, entitled “A Call For Leadership,” was published today. Give it a shot, and be sure to [...]
Which is to say, he’s being Paul Ryan. Great video from MSNBC featuring Congressman Ryan running down the arguments against ObamaCare. Why don’t we utilize this guy more? There’s nothing wrong with using youth, intelligence, and articulateness to sell your message, GOP. Take note.
An elderly woman needs surgery to implant a pacemaker. President Obama’s suggestion: take painkillers instead. The scary thing is that under the Obama healthcare scheme, it will be the government, rather than the doctor and the patient, that has the final word in this matter.
An ambitious young President is sworn into office, supported by the best and brightest his party has to offer. Beloved by the nation’s youth and with the winds of change at his back, he proposes the most sweeping domestic policy reform in a generation. As Social Security and welfare were the legacies of his liberal [...]