The dinner event began with Robert Levy, the Chairman of the Board of the CATO Institute, and author of the new Dirty Dozen, a fascinating analysis of twelve Supreme Court decisions that have forever changed our country. I read the book over the weekend...
I am not the type of person to mope around very long. I believe I have a pretty resilient spirit, and I am a deep believer that the only long term realism is optimism. I can not recall a time that very bad...
To say that President Bush's Presidency was a wild success for those in the conservative movement is, of course, patently absurd. But to say that his time in office was a universal failure is equally ignorant. The truth is that few Presidencies in...
The election was nearly two weeks ago, and yet I still have been unable to find the time to draft my post-mortem. Perhaps that is because George W. Bush and John McCain conspired together so effectively to make banks lend money to people who...
An abundance of material is available on the subject of the Christian and politics. Christian political engagement has been debated and discussed from every possible angle. Rick Warren, pastor of the mega-Saddleback church in Southern California, known for his advocacy of a "seeker...
Though business travels, tax season, and routine family commitments have delayed this article from being drafted, I really wish I had completed this just after the death of William Buckley. I fear that the delay in getting this out will dilute the message I...
This past Saturday evening I enjoyed a two-fold benefit I will not soon forget: Not only did I hear Mark Steyn deliver the annual address at the 46th annual dinner of the Lincoln Club of Orange County (a prestigious and highly influential political group I...
If I somehow could write it much better than the Wall Street Journal does below, this would be a longer email. It is totally contrary to my value system to take glee in the pain and misery of others, so I will say that...
"Senator Obama, would you raise taxes to bring about your goal of universal health coverage by the end of your first term?" "I can tell you that I will do whatever it takes." ************************ "Senator Clinton, what about your new proposal for universal health coverage will...
Dear Editor - John Mackey's piece in yesterday's Commentary represented one of the best editorials I have read in years. For the bulk of my adult life I have shared with him a love of "the freedom movement", yet also have shared his frustration with...
