Year: 2009

A true environmentalist forms a symbiotic relationship with the other animals with whom humans share this Spaceship Earth. Hair can help reinforce reciprocal bonds. Pet hair should not be discarded, but used to make environmentally friendly clothing: Utilizing your pet’s hair to make clothing, may seem a little bit odd, but it’s a great way […]

I can’t thank each of you enough for your response to my post about President Obama seeking to strip conscience protections for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and medical students. So many of you contacted Health and Human Services and also encouraged your family and friends to do the same. It’s impossible to tell how many comments […]

The primary goal of liberals is to mislead the American public about what they really feel, while the primary goal of conservatives is to explain to the American public what they really think. Similarly, conservatives are forever trying to have a debate on the facts while liberals work incessantly to turn the discussion to motivations, […]

My latest American Issues Project column delves into the American psyche. I think the overspending spree that both individual Americans and then the banks and ultimately the Fed partook in the last few years can be traced back to the 9/11 attacks. I’m interested in what you guys think about my theorizing. Here’s a bit […]

I found some newly uploaded Milton Friedman Videos on YouTube. Enjoy.

Hi guys! A couple months ago, the Republican National Committee asked the grassroots for feedback to help the GOP get going the right direction with the use of technology. People responded via Facebook, Ning groups, and blogs. Maybe you thought your feedback didn’t matter. Well, as with all things transitional, it often takes extra effort […]

We have a primary shaping up in Florida between Charlie Crist, a pro-stimulus, pro-amnesty, Arlen Specter style “Republican” and Marco Rubio, a young, Hispanic, anti-amnesty conservative who was the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2007 and 2008 legislative sessions. Admittedly Crist, who’s the current governor, is the heavy favorite — but, […]

I supported Michael Steele when he ran for Chair, support him now, and think it would be a big mistake to try to dump him as Party Chair. Furthermore, as anyone who read RWN during the primaries knows, I am not a fan of Mitt Romney — at all. Still, these comments from Steele about […]

Hey, there’s another of those really cool climate change conferences going on in yet another exotic vacation spot. Anyone surprised that the folks who claim man-induced climate change will kill us all EVERYBODY PANIC have gone somewhere nice? With planes, certainly using cars, maybe limo’s, eating well….. MANADO (North Sulawesi), May 11 (Bernama) — A […]

“A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling ‘Stop!’” — William F. Buckley During the first World War, Kaiser Wilhelm supposedly referred to the British troops as a “contemptible little army.” The British soldiers, rather than ignoring the insult of their enemy, adopted the nickname of the “Old Contemptibles” and then proceeded […]

First we have the “car czar” threatening investors with audits and vilification, and now we have a report that a union was inappropriately involved in matters in which it should not have been included: Officials in the governor’s office say a politically powerful union may have had inappropriate influence over the Obama administration’s decision to […]

Have a bucket handy. Yesterday WaPo delivered an obsequious ode to Michelle Obama’s arms: Her arms are representative of a new kind of woman: young, strong, vigorous, intelligent, accomplished, sexual, powerful, embracing and, most of all, loving. Today is Mother’s Day. Today we should celebrate Michelle Obama’s arms as the arms of a mother. This […]

They say environmentalists are green on the outside, communist red on the inside. But even the most Marxist of moonbats like to make a buck. Check out some of the latest products to exploit the increasingly risible environmental craze. The solar power boat: Just make sure to bring an oar in case the clouds come […]

Joe Biden takes credit for ending the Vietnam War and tells students to be naive. No Joke. Please rate on YouTube.

Dick Cheney, who is probably one of the most honest politicians you’ll ever run across in Washington, gave an answer to a question that would no doubt horrify many of the effette, establishment Republicans in DC, even if they wouldn’t have the guts to admit it publicly, Schieffer brought up recent banter about the Republican […]

I’ve never liked the White House Correspondents Dinner or as people have taken to calling it, “Nerd Prom.” The dinners are implacably hostile to all things conservative, the politicians end up behaving like jackasses about half the time, and the comedians who are invited to perform have every incentive to go way over-the-top to get […]

One of the biggest problems we have in the war on terrorism is that our media, almost by default, takes the side of the terrorists. It’s not just that they reveal sensitive classified data that helps get Americans killed; it’s that they slavishly slant almost every story in a way that helps the terrorists and […]

The moderates are feeling persecuted, marginalized, reviled and yes, put-upon. They also tend to inhabit the ranks of writers and journalists–you know, balanced, seeing all sides and generally talking around a topic. Because of their professional affiliation, those on the right get to hear their tortured logic and navel gazing ad nauseum. In response to […]

Back in 2006, when I led the Rightroots effort in the blogosphere to help get Republicans elected, one of the candidates we raised money for was Michelle Bachmann. Happily, she was elected and since then, she has been ferociously fighting for conservative causes in Congress and has become one of the Left’s primary targets. Last […]

We all want to go back to the past, right? Some time traveling? No need to wait for Doc Brown. Obama and the Climahysterics plan to take us there, as Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tx), among others, points out The war against global warming evidently starts at home, where President Obama says the price of electricity […]

It wasn’t too long ago that the Obama administration, in conjunction with Senate Democrats, destroyed a DC voucher program that allowed DC parents to send their children to private schools.  This was a Democrat united front to destroy school choice. And it seems that wasn’t enough.  In the proposed Obama budget, historical Black colleges are […]

It equals quite a few other things, like restriction of free speech, spending beyond belief, massive interference in peoples private and business lives, and much more, including, as Jonah Goldberg calls it, “nice fascism,” but, let’s stick with the culture of death for the moment The pro-abortion policies of the Obama Administration are part of […]

I‘m still amazed that many people who put their support behind Obama in the presidential election, are suddenly discovering things about him they don’t like. Really? Now they discover Obama is a class warrior? It comes as no surprise for those of us who took the time to assess where he came from and what […]

I saw a tee shirt design a few weeks ago that had a picture of an outhouse on it. The caption was “Be back in five, I have to go take an Obama.” This, to my thinking, is disrespectful and unacceptable. But it does raise an interesting point about that name. It is so unique, […]

Dick Cheney thinks it is a mistake for Republicans to try to be more moderate. “I think it would be a mistake for us to moderate,” Cheney said. “This is about fundamental beliefs and values and ideas … what the role of government should be in our society, and our commitment to the Constitution and […]

Now that Bessie’s retired, it would seem the next-most-durable appliance in the household is a Memorex DVD/VHS combo unit that has done little-to-nothing to go above & beyond the call of duty, but has filled out an impressive lifespan of heavy use, with no grief involved whatsoever. I realized this all of a sudden when […]

The Reagan White House’s political director Jeffrey Lord pens a piece in today’s Philly Inquirer that talks about how past predictions of the demise of the GOP have proven to be way off (via ST reader GWR): A former GOP presidential nominee claims conservatives “want to drive all the moderates and liberals out,” which would […]

I’m not a mom yet, but I have been taking note of the smart parenting of my friends and peers. In 2004, when former governor Mark Warner was telling me in his commencement address at Mary Washington College to “Listen to your Mother” it showed that a mother’s impact is undeniable no matter what your […]

The Bipartisan Rules blog, relying — not surprisingly on this point — on support from David Frum, writes as follows: The Republican Party should be a political vehicle, not an ideological movement, but its opinion makers have it completely backward. Its policies have become secondary to this ideal that we must keep alive the flame […]

On my Princeton lawyers list there was a bit of a dustup late last week when some excited participants started talking about the prospect of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a fellow alumna, being nominated to the Supreme Court by President Obama. It started with one of the participants breathlessly reporting the news; the inevitable comment from […]