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When I first heard South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer’s now infamous remarks comparing people who receive public assistance to “stray animals” who “breed,” I simply thought “what a goofy way to criticize welfare.” Other than that, I really didn’t find Bauer’s comments controversial, just clumsy. In fact, I agree with the gist of his [...]
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In the wake of the Haiti earthquake tragedy, something unusual has been happening amongst conservatives. On talk radio, the blogosphere and elsewhere, some have been wondering how our government can afford to help Haiti given the current economic crisis in the United States. Considering the magnitude of the tragedy in Haiti, I found this to [...]
Why does anyone care about politics? It’s a good question. For all the yammering people do about government and politicians little seems to change and few seem satisfied. But politics could be compared to romantic love, where people still long for a certain ideal despite constant heartache, false hope and disappointment. No one finds it [...]
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That Sarah Palin will be speaking at what’s being billed as the first “National Tea Party Convention” makes complete sense. A popular movement that is still trying to figure out exactly what it is will be addressed by a popular woman still trying to figure out exactly what she is. For now, this is OK. [...]
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If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s politically-correct, guilt-ridden, white liberals. Lately, too many Republicans have been behaving just like them. Even the black ones. Or as current Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said of the controversy over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s supposedly racially insensitive language: “There’s a big double standard here… [...]
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Author of the landmark 1953 book The Conservative Mind, Russell Kirk once observed that “Human society is no machine, to be treated mechanically.” While progressives of all stripes have always sought to restructure society according to specific liberal mechanics (socialism, feminism, etc.), Kirk believed conservatives should stress that man’s grandiose vision is no match for [...]
In the ongoing war of words over who’s more willing to fight the “War on Terror,” former Vice President Dick Cheney says President Obama has made us less safe, while Obama says the policies of Cheney made us less safe. Obama’s right–Cheney did make us less safe. And Obama continues to make us less safe [...]
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In a recent column, I challenged the very concept of “expert” consensus, using global warming as an example. Unlike many right-wingers I did not outright deny that climate change was real, only that given our history and experience with expert opinion, even amongst scientists, today’s supposedly impenetrable truths often become tomorrow’s fiction. For example, blacks [...]