David Brooks, who can pretty much be counted on to love any idea that loses elections for Republicans, lays out the fight for the soul of the Republican Party as he sees it, It’s only been a week since the defeat, but the battle lines have already been drawn in the fight over the future […]

A large gang of militant perverts has attacked a church congregation in Lansing, Michigan. Right Michigan reports: On Sunday, November 9, 2008 Michigan liberals sat peacefully through announcements, worship and prayer for the sick, our nation and our President-elect before staging a coordinated, disgusting and repulsive attack on worshipers and the broader concept of the […]

On September 29th, I wrote, Let me make a simple prediction; John McCain backs the bailout, he loses the election. Guess what? John McCain lost the election and the conventional wisdom (and it’s correct in this case) is that it was because of the bailout. Then back on October 3, I wrote… There’s supposed to […]

Yesterday, I endorsed Newt Gingrich for RNC Chairman — but, that was before I knew Michael Steele was going to be seriously pursuing the job as well, A behind-the-scenes battle to take the reins of the Republican National Committee is taking off between former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. […]

I rank my favorite blogs and columnists every quarter, but I rarely take the time to hit the best non-blog political sites. I guess I figure they don’t need the help, but there are some very good ones out there that deserve more attention — or more aptly, all the attention they are already getting […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Thomas Sowell: Intellectuals Paul Ryan: What the GOP should do next. Associated Press: Republican Congressman warns Obama’s Civilian Defense Force is a threat to Democracy The Bizarre: Seven of the deadliest delicacies Celebslam: Uma Thurman bikini pics You can check out all […]

I had the occasion to attend a mini-reunion of some of my old friends from the Army. About 12 of us gathered at a restaurant in Birmingham to tell stories about each other and absent comrades and remark about how old we were all looking. Anyway, it was nice to see them all again. As […]

Up until this weekend, there had been interestingly few conservative columnists and bloggers offering their opinion of Tuesday’s election; I suspect this was because we were still recovering from the shock and despondency. I’ll admit that in my present state of mind, all I want to do is hear Newt Gingrich, Laura Ingraham, Michelle Malkin […]

Bill Ayers has finally had his say. I’ll leave it you to read (and heave) the whole thing if you have the stomach for it. Irony, is obviously not a strong suit with Ayers: In a robust and sophisticated democracy, political leaders – and all of us – ought to seek ways to talk with […]

Another shot at the rubes and yahoos who, he says, are ruining the Republican Party: Some of the Republicans’ afflictions are self-inflicted. Some conservatives who are gluttons for punishment are getting a head start on ensuring a 2012 drubbing by prescribing peculiar medication for a misdiagnosed illness. They are . . . unhinged by their […]

Public service can be thankless work if you’re a conservative who lives the values. Your very existence is viewed as a threat to the power brokers and the entrenched smarty-pants set. This country is still a Republic governed by and for the people. I thought it might be nice to let Sarah Palin know that […]

Remember after Bush was reelected, how a bunch of long-faced moonbats posted pictures of themselves holding signs expressing their hatred of the President and irritatingly apologizing to the world for living in a country that would elect him? Now that their own candidate has won with a similar percentage of the popular vote, suddenly they […]

Look who’s crawling back out from under their rocks: “For nine months, I kept quiet,” Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said today at Mosque Maryam in Chicago, “because I saw that the good words that I spoke about this beautiful young man” — President-elect Obama — “at our Saviours’ Day convention and the way […]

There has been a lot of talk over the last few years about the GOP “brand,” but few people have gone into any sort of depth on the subject. So, let’s take a little time to think about the GOP and branding. What Is The GOP Brand Promise? First off, what is the “GOP Brand […]

John McCain’s chief strategist, Steve Schmidt, encapsulates everything that’s wrong with the GOP in this one excerpt from his interview with The Daily Beast, The moment that I will look back at as the moment deep in my gut that I knew, was September 29, when I was flying on a plane with Governor Palin […]

One of the things I’ve been saying for quite a while is that gay marriage is just another stop on the slippery slope, not an end point. In other words, if we have legalized gay marriage, we will have legalized polygamy relatively soon afterwards and then next, eventually, we’ll end up with every other bizarre […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mark Steyn: The death of the American idea KnowYourMoney: The 10 most expensive movies of all time Cracked: 5 jobs you wanted as a kid and why they suck Red Balcony: Kelly Kelly bikini shots You can check out all those links […]

“As Barack Obama shifts from a waking dream to the real world, he faces the near-virtual reality of climate change. He has to move decisively.” (Ian McEwan, “A New Dawn,” Wall Street Journal, Nov. 8/9.) What is near-virtual reality? I’m fascinated that McEwan starts his sermon upholding his belief in man-made global warming by quoting […]

I regularly poll right-of-center bloggers on a variety of different issues and over the next couple of months, there are going to be some fantastic “end-of-year” polls that I’ll be doing. About 10 days ago, I noticed Rick Moran at Right Wing Nuthouse publicly wondering if I’d deliberately left him off my blogger mailing list. […]

The silence from John McCain regarding his own campaign members savaging Sarah Palin deafens. What rock is Senator McCain hiding under and why can’t he extricate himself for a moment to defend his running-mate? Welcome to being a friend of John McCain, Sarah. Don’t worry, the stab wounds will heal. Once again, John McCain’s actions […]

Here are the results of a poll of RWN’s readers that I ran on Friday. There were 1,355 responses to the following question, If you had to pick today, which of the following candidates would you like to see the GOP run in 2012? Here are the results. 11) Charlie Crist: 1% 10) Tim Pawlenty: […]

Apparently, if the RNC wants Newt Gingrich, he’s ready to serve as their new Chairman, Newt Gingrich has let it be known that, if Republicans want him, the former U.S House speaker is willing to serve as chairman of the national party and lead it out of the wilderness it’s blundered into. The question is […]

The honeymoon is officially O-V-E-R. Those on the right have been polite but firm. Dan Gainor of the Baltimore Examiner sums the feeling up nicely: Conservatives need to make that clear as day so the media don’t twist opposition into something it’s not. We support law and order and, as loyal citizens, we respect the […]

…or is he just trying to come up with a 21st-century version of the Tytler Cycle. As loyal readers of The Blog That Nobody Reads might’ve predicted, the panel below in particular is by far my favorite. I have captured it and expect to use it very often over the next four years, and of […]

Oh brother. Get used to fluff like this coming from columnists (and mainstream media news journalists) for the next four years. That column, by the way, appeared under a huge image of Obama yesterday on the front page of the second of two multi-page special sections published my local paper The Charlotte Observer – a […]

Jon Henke points to a little editing at the Obama site. The original (cached): The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, […]

Asia Times Online For the millions around the world who supported the candidacy of United States president-elect Barack Obama, let the disappointment begin. Rhetoric fades and symbolism pales in the harsh light of familiarity. But the biggest culprit in this emerging, imminent disillusionment is simple reality. The world’s investment of hope in Obama will likely […]

Uh-oh. Someone’s been sliming Joe Biden: WASHINGTON D.C. – Best known for verbal fumbles, gaffes, and crazy talk, Democratic vice president elect Joe Biden often uttered quiet, self-aware statements in private. An anonymous aide to the senator recalled Biden saying, “My helicopter was never forced down in Afghanistan by terrorist gunfire. I guess I wanted […]

We took our kids to the Norwalk Maritime Aquarium last weekend, and forked over a bunch of dollars so they could see an IMAX film about the Grand Canyon. It was, in many respects, a real pleasure. The awesomeness of God’s creation was well depicted in the soaring photography, and we learned a lot about […]

In Pro-Wrestling, ‘jobbing out’ occurs when a big-name wrestler, a star, gives notice to the promotion he/she is working for. That wrestler is then subjected to humiliating losses and degrading attacks on his wrestling character to those equal to and lesser talented wrestlers. The promotion, in effect, is “burying” the leaving wrestler. The purpose is […]