A couple of weeks ago, I decided to do something I should have done when then-Senator Barack Obama announced he’d run for president : I ordered a copy of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals.
Of course I realize that Alinsky isn’t exactly the most beloved author and activist among my fellow conservatives. He was a radical [...]
The Washington Journal’s Daniel Henninger explains why Democrats are likely to lose the elections for Congress in November:
Henninger explains that “the American people have issued a no-competence vote in their government.” A recent poll shows that confidence in Congress has dropped to a mere 22%. “This report isn’t just bad news for the Democrats, it’s [...]
Surprising developments in Great Britain: although many expected the conservative Tories to win the upcoming elections for Parliament, the traditional third party of the country, the Liberal Democrats, are now leading in the polls. The party’s leader Nick Clegg did a wonderful job during the first ever nationally televised debate in England; it gave him [...]
All along, Newton had provided me with clues to his dark side, but I had ignored them. I recalled an evening at the penthouse, where I had asked fora private meeting to tell him my concerns about the school. When I had said my piece, he went over to the quadraphonic stereo that Schneider had [...]
Governor Charlie Crist, who’s currently running for Florida’s Senate seat, is in serious trouble. Not only is he trailing his challenger for the nomination of the Republican Party, Marco Rubio, in the polls, but he’s now also publicly criticized by Republican big shots, such as his predecessor former Governor Jeb Bush:
I am disappointed by the [...]
Totalitarianism is the possession of reality by a political Idea — the Idea of the socialist kingdom of heaven on earth, the redemption of humanity by political force. To radical believers this Idea is so beautiful it is like God Himself. It provides the meaning of a radical life. It is the solution that makes [...]
Our favorite talk show host Glenn Beck recently criticized Paul Ryan, for giving a speech in which he tried to rehabilitate progressives such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Beck’s criticism came after he read this post over at the popular conservative Hot Air blog, in which Ryan is praised for being a “real progressive.” Unlike Ryan, Beck [...]
Forbes magazine just published a profile of our favorite talk show host, Glenn Beck. I advise all those who wonder about who the man behind the public mask – the one he wears on radio and on television – is to read it in its entirety. It’s three pages long, but it’s well worth your [...]
At the CATO Institute’s website, Richard W. Rahn makes the excellent point that, while it is absolutely necessary to pay taxes in a civilized society, tax laws not only have to be functional but also moral. And, I’m sad to say, some of today’s laws are anything but:
The county tax collector who is responsible for [...]
I was going to write about a video published by WikiLeaks recently – supposedly showing American soldiers killing, among others, two Iraqi journalists – when I read this post by my good friend Michael Merrit about it. He and I agree completely on this one, so instead of writing a long post defending these soldiers, [...]
