The Need to Explain the Issues
The most successful Republican presidential candidate of the past half century — Ronald Reagan, who was elected and reelected with landslide victories —...
Opinion
The Fiscal Cliff: The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn
The fiscal cliff draweth nigh. A lame-duck Congress and a triumphant President have six weeks to effect a deal that will keep the...
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In Defense of Price Gouging
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, there has been much talk about price gouging. New Jersey is prosecuting some who engaged in it,...
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Is Demography Destiny?
If non-white voters can only be gotten by pandering to them with goodies earmarked for them, then Republicans are doomed, even if they...
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GOP Presidential Candidates: Nice Losers
Mitt Romney now joins the long list of the kinds of presidential candidates favored by the Republican establishment — nice, moderate losers, people...
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Taking Back the Public Schools
If conservatives truly want to take the schools back, they will have to use a strategy that works from the bottom up. We...
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It Was “Deja-Dewey” All Over Again
In assessing the Republican meltdown of November 6, let us not blame the candidate at the top of the ticket. No, we mustn't...
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The Election’s Unanswered Question
Thank goodness the tedious presidential campaign is over. It was enough to put a caffeine freak into a coma. If all you cared...
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Where Obama Was 99-Percent Pure
What does it mean when a candidate gets 99 percent of the vote? It means you're either in 1930s Germany, a banana republic,...
Read moreWhy Are the Democrats Losing Married White Voters?
The Democratic Party is alienating middle-class married white voters and older white voters, but the Republican Party does not seem able to differentiate...
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Education and the Election
Seventy-five years of progressive public education has paid off big-time for the Democrat Party. The popular vote indicates that slightly more than half...
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Full Employment Not Expected Until After the Next Presidential Election
A Heritage Foundation study has concluded that a full employment recovery from the Great Recession isn't likely until after the next presidential election...
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Farmers Beware Obama’s Second Term
Farmers — and those who enjoy their produce — are probably asking themselves this: Why does the Obama administration so hate farming? The...
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California Voters Pass $6-Billion-a-Year Tax Hike
In the wake of the November 6 elections, voters have approved a number of contentious state initiatives, including a $6-billion-a-year bundle of tax...
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“Fundamentally Transforming” the U.S. Into the Soviet States of America
Four years ago during an October 30, 2008 campaign speech at Missouri University, then U.S. Senator Barack Obama told a crowd of about...
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