Ronald Reagan and the State of the Union
Ronald Reagan, Master of the State of the Union First laying out his plans, then later his accomplishments, Ronald Reagan mastered the formal setting of the State of the Union.…
Margaret Thatcher’s Eulogy for President Reagan
“Nothing was more typical of Ronald Reagan than that large-hearted magnanimity, and nothing was more American.” by Margaret Thatcher We have lost a great president, a great American, and a…
Ronald Reagan: Born February 6, 1911
One of America’s greatest presidents, Ronald Reagan was born on this day 102 years ago. His economic vision lifted America out of economic malaise. He was the architect of communism’s…
Channelling George Washington: The Worthless Continental
“Pretty soon if a man bought a sick horse or a leaky boat, he’d say it ‘wasn’t worth a continental.’ It was a way of describing something as worthless.” by…
Why am I a conservative?
Why am I a conservative? America’s youth answer the question. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3aDzV2mM2s?feature=player_embedded]
Channelling George Washington: Junking the Constitution
“The word ‘nullify’ . . . turned the Constitution into waste paper. . . . That’s why I take dismissers of the Constitution seriously.” by Thomas Fleming “Mr. Madison, call…
Fleeing high state tax burdens
Flee, Save and Hide: “Phil Michelson was pilloried by the national media for daring to say it’s time to check out of California.” by Charles Payne There is a serious scramble…
People go where taxes are low
“Politicians should always remember that taxpayers are not oak trees. Shake them too hard, and they and their money soon will be gone with the wind.” by Deroy Murdock…
The State Tax Reformers
More Governors look to repeal their income taxes. Wall Street Journal, REVIEW & OUTLOOK Washington may be a tax reform wasteland, but out in the states the action is hot…
Electoral College Reform – Again!
by Gordon S. Jones Regular as clockwork, every four years, we get calls for scrapping that archaic relic of the 18th century, the Electoral College. An institution unique to the…
Court rules that the Constitution applies even to Obama
by Lloyd Green Sometimes, Barack Obama acts like the Constitution does not apply to him and the Congress is an imaginary being. Friday, the United States Court of Appeals brought…
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Becoming Europe’
“Suffocating supranationalism of the European Union marches on . . . . Washington is already on the path to Brussels, Paris and Athens, but it still has an opportunity to…
The End of the Reagan Era?
“The Reagan vision and values are already here, ready to be tapped and again prevail.” by Paul Kengor With Barack Obama’s second inauguration, liberals are touting an altogether new epoch:…
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address: “With malice toward none”
“With malice toward none; with charity for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in . . . to do all which may…
Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address: “The better angels of our nature”
“The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the…