March 25th, the Day Conservatism Died
Many will look back on this time in American history and marvel at the steady decline of traditional conservatism - the philosophy of small government and big liberty. If one had to pinpoint a defining event signaling the death of the conservative movement, it would be this very day.
With the news that Nancy Reagan is […]
Who Said It?
The following is a quote from a 1983 speech before the House debating whether US troops should be sent into Lebanon. To highlight the comparisons to where we find ourselves today, I’ve omitted the word “Lebanon” and replaced it with “Iraq.”
The fundamental question is: What is the United States’ interest in [Iraq]? It is […]
The Federal Plantation
On January 10, 2007, a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives that is so repugnant and abhorrent it must be shown the light of day. H.R. 393, a.k.a the “Universal National Service Act of 2007,” seeks to impress every man and woman between the ages of 18 and 42 into forced servitude […]
German President Putin, I Presume?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ENwej0fpc
Setting the record straight, Horst Köhler is the president of Germany - though technically the position of Chancellor is Germany’s highest office.
Bush, Congress, Fed, All Hapless to Stimulate Economy
-by Woopadeedoodah
Robert H. Hemphill, former credit manager for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, once said, “Money is the most important subject intellectual persons can investigate and reflect upon. It is so important that our present civilization may collapse unless it is widely understood and its defects remedied very soon.”