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Dr. Ben Carson: Recovering America’s Exceptionalism

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, the famous French historian, came to America to study our nation. Europeans and others were fascinated with the success of the fledgling nation, then barely 50 years old and already competing on the world stage. Such a thing had never before occurred, and Tocqueville was determined to discover the secret. […] Continue reading →

CPAC’s big tent for the 80%

Lawson Bader I must confess that when asked to speak at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), I was reminded of Tom Lehrer’s classic satirical song, “National Brotherhood Week,” which goes: “Step up and shake the hand of someone you can’t stand. You can tolerate him if you try.” Yes, it’s time for CPAC again, when […] Continue reading →

6 gay couples sue to overturn Fla. marriage ban

Six gay couples filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to overturn Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage, the latest in a series of cases across the country that contend such prohibitions are unconstitutional and effectively relegate gay partners to second-class status. The lawsuit was filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on behalf of the couples by Equality Florida […] Continue reading →

Walter E. Williams: Income Inequality

Democrats plan to demagogue income inequality and the wealth gap for political gain in this year’s elections. Most of what’s said about income inequality is stupid or, at best, ill-informed. Much to their disgrace, economists focusing on measures of income inequality bring little light to the issue. Let’s look at it. Income is a result […] Continue reading →

Americans Don’t Want A Shutdown and They Don’t Want Obamacare

Mitch McConnell As we head into the second week of a government shutdown, many in Washington are busy assigning blame. Far more constructive, in my view, would be for all sides to be working together toward a solution. Nobody expects us to agree on everything, but ordinary citizens should not be caught in the middle. […] Continue reading →

Americans Don't Want A Shutdown and They Don't Want Obamacare

Mitch McConnell As we head into the second week of a government shutdown, many in Washington are busy assigning blame. Far more constructive, in my view, would be for all sides to be working together toward a solution. Nobody expects us to agree on everything, but ordinary citizens should not be caught in the middle. […] Continue reading →

Sen. Harkin, The Civil War Was About Freeing Slaves Not Making Slaves

by Gary DeMar Democrats like Tom Harkin are comparing opposition to an increase in the power and authority of the State to the Civil War. Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin is the worst offender of the comparison. Since Democrat politics feeds off of racial politics, we all knew that sooner or later the image of slavery, […] Continue reading →

The Border Fence and Conservatives

South Carolina’s Trey Gowdy and Ohio’s Jim Jordan are two rock-solid conservatives. I interviewed both Wednesday on the IRS scandal and on the border fence. The transcript of the Gowdy interview is here. The transcript of the Jordan interview is here. The transcript of my conversation last week with the chairman of the House […] Continue reading →

Social Justice And Societal Decline

by Allan Erickson “Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.”-Pope John Paul II What is ‘social justice,’ and what does it mean to demand it? Wrapped up in the idea of social justice is the notion of ‘fairness.’ Van Jones says that social justice means that the state […] Continue reading →

Do Americans truly understand 'redistribution of wealth'?

The recently uncovered tape of Obama addressing students at Loyola University in 1998 has produced an uproar. In the tape, Obama expressed his admiration for redistributive government programs: I think the trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution, because I actually believe in redistribution, […] Continue reading →