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Guilt-Tripping Our Way to Self-Destruction Feb. 08, 2024
Everywhere we turn, the country looks like it is falling apart. Crime is out of control. Millions of... Read More
Are We Headed for a Civil War? Aug. 24, 2022
I wrote a column in 2011, as the presidential politics of the upcoming year were starting to unfold,... Read More
It's Not About Principles Sep. 24, 2020
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them, I have others." — Groucho Marx Senator M... Read More
Rumors of Conservatism's Demise Greatly Exaggerated Feb. 23, 2018
I happened onto a piece by Bill Kristol in The Weekly Standard, wherein he links to "a short, powerf... Read More
Partisans Without Principles Nov. 28, 2017
What do evangelicals and other social conservatives have in common with liberal feminists and the se... Read More
For God and Country -- or Something Nov. 06, 2017
Dear Annie: I have witnessed a change in a local American Legion post over the past several years. I... Read More
The Religious vs. Gays -- Whose Constitutional Rights Matter Most? Sep. 23, 2017
America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. What's the phrase mean to you? To me, it me... Read More
Defending Trump Against Excessive Charges Is Not Selling Out May. 19, 2017
One thing should be clear, at least to Republicans: The left has had the long knives out for Preside... Read More
A Coalition of the Principled Center Will Fight Trumpism Feb. 02, 2017
Here's a little story from the bad old days of the New York subway: On seeing a well-dressed man dro... Read More
Pro-Lifers' Fatal Attraction to Trump Oct. 16, 2016
In 2003, Donald Trump recalled that he married Marla Maples because she was expecting. She was thril... Read More
In a Party Filled With Cowards, Cruz Stood Apart Jul. 22, 2016
Say what you will about Ted Cruz's politics or personality, but it takes a special kind of chutzpah ... Read More
Obama, Immigration Propaganda and Our National Identity Jun. 07, 2016
Just when you think the Hollywood left might be showing some independence from the Obama White House... Read More
Can We Reconcile the Trump Phenomenon With America's Founding Principles? Jun. 03, 2016
Apart from the endless question of who always will, who probably will, who may and who never will vo... Read More
Who's the Conservative Heretic? May. 20, 2016
In his coquettish refusal to accept the Donald, Paul Ryan says he cannot betray the conservative "pr... Read More
The Trump Riddle Wrapped Up in an Enigma Mar. 31, 2016
The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, businessman Donald Trump, has been call... Read More
Establishment Endorsements Don't Make Ted Cruz an Insider Mar. 25, 2016
It is time to address the canard that endorsements for Sen. Ted Cruz from establishment Republicans ... Read More
No, I Don't Believe Donald Trump Is a Conservative Mar. 22, 2016
This short essay is in response to a friend who asked me to explain how Donald Trump is unacceptable... Read More
Last Chance for America? Part II Mar. 02, 2016
The worst political blunder of all time, according to scientist Freeman Dyson, was the decision of t... Read More
Moral Equivalence Is Usually Moral Negligence Jul. 22, 2014
Efforts to proclaim moral equivalence are not always misguided; sometimes each side is equally at fa... Read More
The Education Establishment's Success Jun. 25, 2014
Many view America's education as a failure, but in at least one important way, it's been a success &... Read More
