They were America’s forerunners, our Pilgrim and Puritan fathers who championed majority rule, unalienable rights, and rule of law over divine right of kings. They were the ministers and the tradespeople, the lawyers and the doctors, people from every walk of life who dared to declare, fight for, and win their independence from the mighty [...]
Much has been written (including by me) about the perils of the party of Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank and Charlie Rangel capturing the U.S. House of Representatives this November. But the importance of who controls the Senate cannot be overestimated. While House members are elected for two-year terms, senators’ terms are three times as long. [...]
Talk to rank-and-file conservatives anywhere in America on any issue on any day, and their number-one complaint is always this: “the Republicans don’t stand up for themselves the way Democrats do”. They’re right. The Mark Foley case proves it. When the maybe-a-pedophile-maybe-just-a-sicko Foley scandal broke, Speaker Hastert’s troops all went on defense. They explained (convincingly [...]
In June of last year, Rep. John Conyers staged a mock hearing into impeachment charges against President Bush concerning Iraq. According to Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank, Detroit’s loony-left congressman “banged a large…gavel and got the other lawmakers to call him ‘Mr. Chairman.”” Milbank wrote that Conyers was enjoying himself so much, he ignored his [...]
In 1998, then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich confidently predicted that the Monica Lewinsky scandal and Bill Clinton’s sale of U.S. military secrets to China for campaign cash would net Republicans 25 House seats in November. When the all-Clinton-all-the-time approach actually produced a GOP net loss of 5, Gingrich had the joy of resigning. As surprising as [...]
Every day brings news of the Minutemen on Mexico’s border; and on this 230th birthday of the American idea, we recall the original Minutemen, who stood ready to meet the British threat at a moment’s notice. But little noticed even by those conservatives who hungered for its creation since long before Ronald Reagan’s 1983 “Star [...]
“For the past century-and-a-half, the Republican Party has proven to be the most effective political organization ever to champion equality and human rights in the United States and around the world.” – Michael Zak This weekend marks a proud milestone for Republicans, the 150th anniversary of the first Republican National Convention. Founded in 1854, the Republicans, distinct from [...]
“Here’s my strategy: we win, they lose.” – Ronald Reagan This was one of the more politically significant weeks in recent history. A recap of the winners and losers: Conservative Senators. On not one but two key votes — permanent Death Tax repeal and a Constitutional Marriage Protection Amendment — conservatives led by Majority Leader [...]
The talk of a Republican apocalypse this fall is likely premature, but very well earned. A White House that can’t seem to communicate its way out of a paper bag surely can’t lead. A Senate which forgets it was elected to cut spending, reduce waste and change Washington should expect to be sent home. This [...]
“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” – Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution “[W]e conclude that the Second Amendment secures an individual right to bear arms.” – Memorandum opinion, Bush Justice Department, 2003 What’s the most [...]
A semi-feudal oligarchy and an impoverished peasant and urban slum-dwelling class. High unemployment and rock-bottom wages. Inefficient capital allocation and low productivity. Insufficient respect for private property, rule of law, and personal freedom. Endemic corruption at every level and within every branch of its oppressive, overbearing government. Since before independence, that’s been Mexico’s story in [...]
“Is your state next?” – NARAL email after passage of the South Dakota abortion ban They lost the Congress in 1994. They lost the presidency in 2000 and failed to recapture it in 2004. They watched helplessly as President George W. Bush reinstituted Ronald Reagan’s Mexico City policy defunding international abortion providers; ended federal abortion [...]
“[T]he appropriate capital gains [tax] rate is zero.” –Alan Greenspan How many times have we heard liberals exhorting America to act like the rest of the world? For literally decades, the denizens of the Left have been badgering us to adopt socialized medicine, abolish capital punishment, and support other “progressive” measures so we can appear [...]
Rod D. Martin is a technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, hedge fund manager, author and conservative activist from Destin, Florida.
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