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Aren’t You a Little Young to be a Conservative?
Over the last few years, there is one question that I have gotten a lot and one question that drives me up the wall: “Aren’t…
Cirque du Kagan
This is the Progressive endgame. Feign respect for judicial impartiality all the while resigning one’s votes to the dictates of social engineering from on high. Sen. Leahy and his Progressive colleagues play the game well.
Intelligent Lemmings?
Community Guest Post This is the amount of money spent by the Federal Government in Fiscal year 2009 on Education: $142,979,796,091. (source) If you are…
The Signers of the Declaration
Two hundred and thirty-four years ago, 56 men stood around a table and signed their names to a document we’ll be celebrating this weekend- the…
Proud to be Pro-Choice (Though not in the Way You Think)
I love bacon cheeseburgers. I honestly do. Give me a solid bacon cheeseburger covered in ketchup and mayo with a side of fries drenched in…
American Religious Freedom Part I: The Past
There are about as many opinions on religious freedom in America as there are Americans, and this blog certainly won’t please everyone. However, because faith is of such importance to so many Americans, why should it be taboo?
Inside Baseball
A very good friend of mine just won his city council seat in a Dallas-area suburb. He won by a single vote. Instead of concentrating on “inside baseball” politics, he stepped outside the box and thought like a voter. The moral of the story is this: every vote counts, but little else does.
“Nobody does it better!”
Well really, nobody else really comes close. American Majority is in the unique position of being the premiere non-profit, non-partisan, conservative political training institute in…
Mercenaries and Patriots
That our militia and regulars were willing to brave death by exposure and starvation in the horrendous winter at Valley Forge is a testimony to the esprit de corps of patriotism.
Does Anyone Have a Testimony?
Perhaps the only label that seems more oxymoronic than New England Conservative is New England Pentecostal. Growing up in a small city along the coast, it didn’t take my long to realize that I believed different than those around me.
On the Outside, Moving In
Last week, Clint Didier, former NFL player and current candidate for senate from the state of Washington, caught the eye of a notable political pundit. Keeping…
OH MOM AND DAD
I’m sure all of you who are parents have heard it before; “Oh Dad” or “Oh Mom, not now” with the inevitable eye roll. This…
Barbie Shatters the Glass Ceiling
I just returned from Toy Story 3 and I have to tell you that in our day to day battle of politics, spin and outright…
Volunteering on Local Campaigns: Why You Should
Convincing individuals to give up a presumably warm summer Minnesota day (to my friends outside of Minnesota, it does get warm here) and instead stay…
Any excuse will work
I was twelve years old when I had my first experience with door-to-door campaigning for a candidate. My dad dropped me off at the the…
Corporate Liberty versus Individual Liberty
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” is a quote that many of us might be familiar with. It is usually attributed to Aristotle in his work Metaphysics, although a careful investigation indicates that this is, perhaps, a very loose paraphrase at best. Nevertheless, it is an important idea that has intersected with politics on many occasions in world history and the understanding of this idea, in my opinion, is critical to the long term success of the conservative movement.
Some Food for Thought: Government Efficiency
Following the president’s speech last night regarding the oil spill and cleanup efforts, I stayed around to watch some of the commentary just to see…
More Unpopular than BP?
Guess who is still more unpopular than BP? Felix Salmon posted this chart displaying just how much BP’s brand has tanked since the start of…
The Virtue of Localized Government
It may not be in the headlines much these days, but the healthcare battle rages on. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, no stranger to controversy…
Technology: America’s Check on Government Power
Special thanks to Austin James for bringing this to my attention, and Raz Shafer for contributing key material. Regarding this piece from the Huffington Post:…
The Third Party Temptation
There was nothing particularly odd about this post from the Philadelphia Libertarian Examiner. Nothing, that is, until the last line. Every day a new column,…