Primer on America’s political ills & steps to a cure
(’76 Editor) Two important articles published recently, along with a classic from the early Reagan years, remind us how deep and grave are the pathologies threatening American self-government—and map...
View ArticleBipartisan games or downsizing government?
(‘76 Contributor) Bipartisanship is greatly overrated as a formula for good government. Every major government boondoggle in recent memory was launched with bipartisan enthusiasm. Bipartisanship has...
View ArticleBarone, Benson, and Ham: Who Owns the Future?
Building on Friday night’s message of optimism and looking to the future, the morning panel featuring Michael Barone, Guy Benson, and Mary Katherine Ham handicapped the next few election cycles,...
View ArticleYoung Conservatives: Go To Where the Youth Are
If conservatives hope for a new generation of activists and voters, go where the youth are, a panel of young conservatives told the Western Conservative Summit Saturday afternoon. Charlie Kirk, a...
View ArticleShutdown: Who benefits short- and long-term?
By the time you read this, “The Shutdown” may be over, but the first ten days did reveal some things worth noting. In purely random order they include the following: The conventional wisdom endlessly...
View ArticleAn open letter to the true blue right
For the past 30 years, I have lived the life of a self-described right wing capitalist pig. For the past 16 years, though, I have been living in Mesa County, Colorado – in the center of the Rocky...
View ArticleShould all political parties embrace liberal values? The Left seems to think so
The concept that the whims of public opinion, the fads of the moment, or the opinions of an ideological opponent should fundamentally alter what a particular political party stands for has always...
View ArticleGiven what’s at stake, upcoming election another important one
An important election looms this November. (Will there ever be an election deemed “unimportant?”) As the election approaches and we prepare for the machinations that accompany an American election...
View ArticleThe three scariest things that could happen if Democrats keep the Senate
With Halloween creeping up on us, it’s time to turn our attention to spooky stuff. Though it looks like Republicans are in good shape to take the Senate, in the horrific possibility that Democrats...
View ArticleInnovative data tool could help GOP counter Dems’ targeting advantage
When, in the eyes of Democrats, President George W. Bush “stole” not one, but two presidential elections, the party did not stand idly by. Democrats came back unified, strong and –most importantly —...
View ArticleMidterm message: Respect the people
“The people have spoken, and they must be punished,” former New York City Mayor Ed Koch famously vented in defeat. In sweeping away waves of Democrats in Tuesday’s midterm election — even in blue...
View ArticleElections 2014: A Longer Perspective
(Denver) It is often the case with elections that those races that are most visible are actually less enduring in their significance and provide less insight into the deeper forces shaping our politics...
View ArticleEstablishment or Tea Party?
(’76 Contributor) George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove looked like the proverbial cat that ate the canary. Republicans had won control of the U.S. Senate and the newcomers were all his kind of...
View ArticleShould all political parties embrace liberal values? The Left seems to think so
The concept that the whims of public opinion, the fads of the moment, or the opinions of an ideological opponent should fundamentally alter what a particular political party stands for has always...
View ArticleGiven what’s at stake, upcoming election another important one
An important election looms this November. (Will there ever be an election deemed “unimportant?”) As the election approaches and we prepare for the machinations that accompany an American election...
View ArticleThe three scariest things that could happen if Democrats keep the Senate
With Halloween creeping up on us, it’s time to turn our attention to spooky stuff. Though it looks like Republicans are in good shape to take the Senate, in the horrific possibility that Democrats...
View ArticleInnovative data tool could help GOP counter Dems’ targeting advantage
When, in the eyes of Democrats, President George W. Bush “stole” not one, but two presidential elections, the party did not stand idly by. Democrats came back unified, strong and –most importantly —...
View ArticleMidterm message: Respect the people
“The people have spoken, and they must be punished,” former New York City Mayor Ed Koch famously vented in defeat. In sweeping away waves of Democrats in Tuesday’s midterm election — even in blue...
View ArticleElections 2014: A Longer Perspective
(Denver) It is often the case with elections that those races that are most visible are actually less enduring in their significance and provide less insight into the deeper forces shaping our politics...
View ArticleEstablishment or Tea Party?
(’76 Contributor) George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove looked like the proverbial cat that ate the canary. Republicans had won control of the U.S. Senate and the newcomers were all his kind of...
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