Category: Politics

August 31, 2010

To Reform Government, Reform the Culture First

Filed under: Politics - 31 Aug 2010

My latest Pajamas Media piece is out:

Can all of America’s political problems be solved by returning to constitutional, limited government? The answer given by many conservatives and libertarians is a resounding yes. Reading the Founding Fathers, the answer would …

July 23, 2010

Social Security Has Become a Pyrmaid Scheme And I’m On The Bottom

Filed under: Politics - 23 Jul 2010

It’s a sacred “Third Rail” in American politics and Nevada Senate Candidate Sharon Angle has been under fire for her comments on Social Security.

Yet, what is Social Security?  It’s become a pyramid scheme, a sacred bull in a fiscal china …

July 17, 2010

Darn You, Rich People

Filed under: Politics - 17 Jul 2010

The New York Times has a story that highlights the unintended consequences of left wing policies to the average American:
The economic recovery has been helped in large part by the spending of the most affluent. Now, even the rich appear to …

June 10, 2010

The Money is God Crowd Finds Its Candidate

Filed under: Politics - 10 Jun 2010

Looks like the “Money is god” crowd has found its candidates:

And then, he says, the next president, whoever he is, “would have to call a truce on the so-called social issues. We’re going to just have to …

May 19, 2010

The Danger of Doing Good Things

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 19 May 2010

The fall of Rep. Mark Souder (R-In.) will certainly raise the hackles of many on the left. “There goes another ‘family values’ guy. *snicker*” The Congressman is resigning effective Friday after admitting to an affair.

Each time, it comes out that …

May 17, 2010

Defining the Opponent: Pragmatic Neo-Marxism

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 17 May 2010

Before discussing the left and how social liberalism serves its ends, we need to clarify terms. It is popular, and perhaps politically advantageous to define opponents as “liberal.” It is politically advantageous to do so because the term has been …

May 16, 2010

Saturday Night Links

Filed under: Politics - 16 May 2010

(Note: I actually did a podcast tonight, but things went so poorly on the technical end, that I’ve deleted the file and I’ll give you the links to read at your leisure.)

GOP rolls out You Cut. (Hat Tip: …

May 13, 2010

Social Conservatism is Fiscal Conservatism #2: The Folly of Social Libertarianism

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 13 May 2010

In our first part, we began to look at the essential nature of strong families and strong faith communities to the resolution of fiscal problems. In this number, we examine social libertarianism.

In critiquing libertarianism, one has to be careful. …

May 12, 2010

Social Conservatism is Fiscal Conservatism #1: Introduction

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 12 May 2010

If you want to cause eyes to instantaneously roll on a conservative forum, raise a social conservative issue. In the midst of a heated discussion that will assuredly follow, someone will be sure to say, “Can we talk about real …

May 8, 2010

Scorched Earth

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 08 May 2010

Is it time for the left to get some well-deserved payback? The Conservative site, Respect the Great Game thinks so. They want to know why mlb.com is allowing Keith Olbermann to post on an official blog.

Incredible hypocrisy is going …

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