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November 2021

November 17, 2021

Overcoming Polarization

Polarization and conflict in a society are not necessarily bad, but they can be. Unity...

September 2021

September 16, 2021

The Infrastructure Bill Would Turn America into a Welfare State

Most criticisms of President Biden's $3.5 trillion social infrastructure plan focus on its mind-boggling price...

July 2021

July 23, 2021

The Left’s Culture War

Conservatives and Christians are associated with the culture wars. But the most aggressive culture warriors...

June 2021

June 22, 2021

The Republicans’ Three-Legged Stool is Coming Apart

The Republican Party's "three-legged stool" of the Christian right, business interests, and neo-conservatives is coming...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Making Taxpayers Pay for Abortions?

The looming pro-life issue is whether or not Democrats will push through the elimination of...

March 2021

March 19, 2021

The Politics of the New American Welfare State

The $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill amounts to the largest government social program since the...

January 2021

January 07, 2021

Trump Turns the Country Over to the Democrats

The Democrats won both of the senate seats in Georgia, giving them control of the...

January 06, 2021

Whither the Democrats? Whither the Republicans?

Both Democrats and Republicans have decisions to make. Neither party did as well as they...

December 2020

December 10, 2020

How Blacks and Immigrants Will Help the Conservative Cause

Blacks, Hispanics, and other immigrants are more conservative and more religious, on the whole, than...

November 2020

November 24, 2020

Why Republicans Are Likely to Win in Georgia and Keep the Senate

The Georgia run-off elections will determine which party controls the Senate and thus the ability...

November 09, 2020

Biden Wins Presidency; Republicans Win Everything Else?

Pending recounts, run-offs, late ballots, law suits, and Supreme Court reviews, it looks pretty certain...

November 06, 2020

Republicans Should Be Party of Working Families vs. the “Bigs”

Here is a way forward for the Republicans: be the party of working families and...

September 2020

September 02, 2020

In Name Only?

Lou Holtz accused Joe Biden of being "Catholic in Name Only" for his support of...

August 2020

August 18, 2020

Biden for Prime Minister

Presidents usually lead their parties and take them in the direction they want them to...

February 2020

February 24, 2020

Choosing Between Socialism or Plutocracy

The Democratic presidential campaign is shaping up to be a contest between Bernie Sanders and...

February 13, 2020

President Sanders

Bernie Sanders is now, at this point in the campaign, the frontrunner for the Democratic...

February 06, 2020

Re-Electing Trump

The Democratic effort to impeach President Trump has failed, giving him his highest approval ratings...

December 2019

December 16, 2019

Lessons from the Conservative Landslide in the UK

Liberal-minded, non-religious Great Britain gave its Conservative Party and Trump-like Prime Minister Boris Johnson a...

October 2019

October 07, 2019

The White Privilege of the Democratic Left

Affluent college-educated white Democrats are further to the left than working class, Hispanic, and African-American...

May 2019

May 21, 2019

Why Joe Biden Leads the Democrats

So far, Joe Biden is running away from the crowd in race for the Democratic...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

The Democratic Presidential Candidates

All the Democrats have to do to defeat Donald Trump is to hold onto the...

April 03, 2019

We’re Not Supposed to Have a Democracy

The United States of America is not a democracy. And it was never supposed to...

March 2019

March 12, 2019

The Rebirth of Socialism

With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, people...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

With Backlash to Extremism, Pro-Lifers Catch Up

Just a few weeks ago, in mid-January, a poll found that 55% of Americans considered...

August 2018

August 20, 2018

The Different Flavors of Socialism

Socialism is back in vogue, especially among Democrats and young adults, a majority of whom...

August 13, 2018

Muslims and the Democrats

We have blogged about the curious embrace of Muslims by the hard left, despite their...

July 2018

July 24, 2018

Playing Politics

Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has become a by-word among conservatives for her extreme...

July 06, 2018

With Ocasio-Cortez, Dems Consider Bernie Sanders Too Conservative

The victory of a 28-year-old avowed socialist over a long-time Democratic congressman in a New...

April 2018

April 23, 2018

Free Health Care, Free College, Legal Pot, & Reparations for Slavery

A high-level meeting of big donors, Democratic party officials, and politicians came up with three...

April 17, 2018

Getting Beyond Nostalgia for Reagan or for the New Deal

The Republican agenda has long been shaped by its nostalgia for Ronald Reagan. The Democratic...