[Flashback interview] Retired Senator Malcolm Wallop: “The Great American Experiment”
“What the world has not come to grips with is that the Great American Experiment is still going on. It’s the quintessential revolution of the world. . . .” by…
The Rights of the Colonists, by Samuel Adams, November 20, 1772
“The Colonists have been branded with the odious names of traitors and rebels only for complaining of their grievances. How long such treatment will or ought to be borne, is…
Larry Elder, “Rich Lefties and Their Taxes”
“People change behavior in response to taxes, raising them can result in getting less revenue.” by Larry Elder Ah, the hypocrisy of tax-hikers who do everything they can to avoid…
Ronald Reagan, “Our Noble Vision: An Opportunity For All”
“You cannot create a desert, hand a person a cup of water, and call that compassion. . . . And you cannot build up years of dependence on government and dare…
George Landrith on Legacy of Ronald Reagan
“In Eastern Europe and around the world, memorials, boulevards, and plazas are renamed for Ronald Reagan — because they see him as their liberator.” by George Landrith Presidential greatness is…
2012 Review: Must Read at Frontiers of Freedom
“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted…
[Movie review] Lincoln: A President Engaged in a Great Civil War
“The genius of ‘Lincoln,’ finally, lies in its vision of politics as a noble, sometimes clumsy dialectic of the exalted and the mundane. Our habit of argument, someone said recently,…
George Washington’s First Inaugural Address
“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted…
There Is No Santa Claus and Bill Clinton Was Not an Economic Savior
“In Washington it is common to tout the budget surpluses of the Clinton years as some momentous achievement, as though the point of economic policy is to run budget surpluses.…
December 23, 1776: The Crisis (Thomas Paine)
“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods;…
Stossel: It’s the Spending, Stupid!
“Given our growing debt, can’t they even slow the growth of government to the rate of inflation? Or inflation plus 1 percent? . . . That might balance the budget…
[Flashback interview] Retired Senator Malcolm Wallop: “Frontier Freedom”
“America needed to define its interests. . . . The first, foremost obligation is defense of the homeland. . . . (2) We are a trading nation. We need access…
Federal Spending Up 78% After Inflation Since 1998
“If we had kept government spending down to just increases for inflation and population growth, we wouldn’t be in the trouble we’re in now.” by David Hogberg President Obama says…
5 Myths Liberals Have Created About Themselves
“Five Myths: 1) Liberals love science, 2) Liberals care about education, 3) Liberals are tolerant, 4) Liberals don’t moralize, 5) Liberals love the poor.” by John Hawkins Liberalism is like…
Charles Krauthammer: The right-to-work dilemma
“Higher wages or lower unemployment? It is a wrenching choice. . . . Think of the moral calculus. Lower wages cause an incremental decline in one’s well-being. No doubt. But…