After Governor Mike Pence’s clear defense of the sanctity of life in the vice presidential debate, I figured it would be timely to publish this (updated) article I wrote months ago explaining Donald Trump’s views on this subject. What are we to make of somebody
Barack Obama
Americans were warned that not electing the 2012 Republican presidential candidate would have consequences, but probably didn’t expect the Donald Trump phenomenon to be one of them. Like begets like, but an extreme begets its opposite. Barack Obama was the anti-Bush, an airy highbrow of
October 31, 2012
Strain Out a Gnat and Swallow a Camel: How Reverse Statism Endangers the Republic
Written by Amanda Read Sheik Posted in Politics, Satire, The Washington Times Communities, World Views Comments 10
If you want to send a message to Washington, you must speak in its language. Washington only comprehends the electorate’s desires based upon the margin of victory between the winning candidate and the losing candidate from the opposing major party. If Obama wins, third party
So, here’s my latest column in the Communities at The Washington Times… Rosen vs. Romney: The equality of homemakers and the relate-ability of presidential candidates Who really has a “dark ages” viewpoint of stay-at-home motherhood, and what does relate-ability have to do with being qualified
But the catch lies in another hypothetical that revealed to me how clever Miss Scanlan really is. I pondered for a moment – if Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson were running against Barack Obama, which candidate would I vote for? Obama professes to be a
April 7, 2011
Obama launches 2012 campaign; Robert Gibbs to be hired by Facebook?
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As President Obama announces his re-election bid, buzz surrounds his former press secretary’s talks with Facebook. President Obama officially launched his re-election campaign on Monday. This unsurprising news came after last week’s buzz that a particular 2012 campaign consultant might be hired by Facebook: Robert
January 16, 2011
Moral imaginations, blood libel and the meaning of words
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“What is government if words have no meaning?” Such was the question that Jared Loughner asked Representative Gabrielle Giffords at an event in 2007. Unsatisfied by Giffords’ response (or warranted lack thereof), Loughner targeted her with an apparently vengeful fixation. The budding thought processes of
November 20, 2010
Alabama Policy Institute Dinner features Fred Barnes, Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Moore
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., November 11, 2010 – The conservative outcome of the midterm elections was a reigning topic of the Alabama Policy Institute’s Annual Dinner, which took place at the Cahaba Grand Conference center. Established in 1989, the API is “a non-partisan, non-profit research and education
Winning minds is one thing. Winning hearts is a totally different matter. I’ll explain later. She’s conservative. She loves and defends Christians. She believes America was founded on Judeo-Christian values. She says she would never vote for an atheist President. But S.E. Cupp herself is