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- Historic Document · May 29, 20121868 Republican Platform
orphans of the gallant dead are the wards of the people—a sacred legacy bequeathed to the nation’s protecting care. Eleventh—Foreign immigration, which in the past, has added … asylum of the oppressed of all nations—should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy. Twelfth—This Convention declares its sympathy with all the oppressed people which
- Opinion · May 22, 2012Obama’s Morbid Vanity
record -- most liberal senator in 2007, liberal state senator in Illinois, mysterious past, sordid relationships, radical community organizing past, anti-American upbringing and mentors, and more -- but he concealed … probably not entirely contrived. Obama is so self-satisfied that in his mind, his legacy was largely written before he stepped into office. So fervent is his ideological belief system
- Opinion · May 9, 2012Fox News, ‘America’s Poison’?
Times is blunt: “I would argue that -- at least for Americans -- Fox News is Murdoch’s most toxic legacy.” If that’s not ridiculous enough, try this: He claims … typed this was unclear. Can these liberals be more clueless? Actually, yes. Keller is smart enough to understand why the American people believe the media elite is shamelessly slanted
- Opinion · Apr 15, 2012Our Turbulent Skies
majority of Americans had never taken an airplane trip. Now everyone is more free than ever to move about the country, air travel having been democratized by liberating it from … later, Southwest launched its first flight. The “legacy carriers” -- those that had operated under the CAB regime -- were in for heavy weather. American bought TWA shortly before 9/11, adding capacity
- Alexander's Column · Mar 22, 2012Women Will Elect the Next President
campaign model still work? Here are some additional statistics from Rutgers’s Center for American Women and Politics , verified through other sources, that deserve GOP attention. In 2004, the majority … tell us how the conservative model will do more to alleviate that than the liberal model. We influence our husbands and families more than Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill
- Opinion · Mar 8, 2012Another Piece of Obama’s Radical Puzzle
disparagement of the motives of American Jews, who were highly active in the civil rights movement. Furthermore, in their book “Beyond All Reason,” liberal law professors Daniel A. Farber … because the “black liberation theology” espoused by Wright marries itself seamlessly to critical race theory in that it too centers around the black struggle for liberation from the omnipresence
- Opinion · Feb 3, 2012Jim Moran, Racist Pig
retired U.S. Army colonel, who is black, as “not representative of the African-American community.” Moran then launched into the kind of tired race-traitor tirade I’ve heard from … United States don’t want to be governed by an African-American, particularly one who is liberal, who wants to spend money and who wants to reach out to include
- Opinion · Feb 1, 2012The NYPD Caves to CAIR
liberalism and Americanism. Were Americans ever to finally become educated to the slippery slope between nonviolent Islamism (political Islam) and Islamist militancy, the legitimacy of these Muslim-Brotherhood-legacy groups
- Opinion · Jan 6, 2012Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize
city’s schools. Eisenhower was criticized endlessly by liberal elites for his emphasis on massive federal highway construction and for encouraging American prosperity. “A vast wasteland,” they dubbed … that vision because he kept his eyes on the prize. All Americans can be grateful for his legacy
- Article · Dec 24, 2011Roger Ingvalson, American Patriot, Hero
both humble and faithful. Roger drew his last breath on Christmas Eve, but his legacy is eternal. On Veterans Day, 2006, I had the privilege of featuring Roger … Austin, Minnesota, in the era between the World Wars. He was an all-American kid, attending local schools and then the University of Minnesota. He joined the Air Force
- Opinion · Dec 7, 2011Gingrich the Compassionate
driven by a lack of compassion, but a surplus of it. The liberal bureaucratic mind-set seems to define compassion simply as spending more money on systems and policies that … American Enterprise Institute (where I’m a visiting fellow). Gingrich rejected then-candidate Obama’s suggestion that the legacy of racism combined with a failure to fund education to liberals
- Opinion · Dec 4, 2011Choking on Obamacare
Southern California’s contribution to American cuisine -- fast food. Including, eventually, hundreds of Carl’s Jr. restaurants. Karcher died in 2008 but his legacy, CKE Restaurants, survives. It would thrive … products, $175 million on advertising, $33 million on maintenance, etc.) Puzder laughs about the liberal theory that businesses are not investing because they want to “punish Obama.” Rising health care
- Opinion · Dec 1, 2011Bulletproof Barney Frank Retires -- Liberal, Gay, Untouchable
most familiar, powerful and colorful characters on Capitol Hill.” NBC said, “Among his legacies -- besides his legendary sharp tongue -- he was the first member of Congress to publicly acknowledge … nearly 30-paragraph press release -- uh, news article -- headlined, “Barney Frank, a Top Liberal, Won’t Seek Re-election,” The New York Times sanitized, purged and whitewashed
- Opinion · Oct 12, 2011Arab Spring and the Paradox of American Leadership
Turkey as a model for modernizing a culturally Islamic nation. Turkey 2011 is the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. Erdogan hasn’t explicitly offered … that there is a bitter paradox liberals just don’t get: “The Arab revolutions ... make clear that there is no replacement for American leadership, even from the perspective of those
- Opinion · Sep 29, 2011Supreme Court Might Kill ObamaCare Before Election -- If Obama’s Lucky
supported ObamaCare. If the vacancy comes from the conservative side, Obama can fulfill a liberal dream of switching the court’s majority from center-right -- four conservatives and the Anthony … second term? ObamaCare remains unpopular, with a plurality of Americans wanting it repealed. Unlike major historic safety-net legislation like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, ObamaCare received no opposition party
- Opinion · Aug 23, 2011Obama Is a Robot That Needs Reprogramming
financial condition approach DEFCON 2 and Middle East turmoil continues apace. President Obama’s legacy is shaping up to be a recurring cycle of rhetorical failures chasing policy failures … Middle East turmoil continues apace. From the superficial snippets we get from the liberal media, Obama doesn’t seem to be too concerned with either domestic or foreign policy while
- Alexander's Column · Aug 11, 2011The Obama Degrade
Undermining our Legacy of Liberty “No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious … American history who have been sufficiently craven to inflict massive harm on innocent victims to achieve their political goals.” New York Times scribe Maureen Dowd, the darling of liberal punditry
- Opinion · Aug 3, 2011A Clarifying Debate
Barack Obama and their dismay about the dangers and incompetence of liberalism’s legacy, the regulatory state. For weeks, you could not fling a brick in Washington without hitting someone … Washington’s most consequential Democrat, Harry Reid, proposed a revenue-free solution. By affirming liberalism’s lodestar -- the principle that government’s grasp on national resources must constantly increase -- Obama
- Opinion · Jul 6, 2011‘That’s Racist’ as a Punch Line
actually gets the joke. Ulaby relied heavily on Regina Bradley, who teaches African-American literature at Florida State University. Bradley admits her students say “that’s racist” all the time … minutes trying to grapple with a wonderful yet utterly inconvenient truth for the ostentatiously liberal network: Young people just aren’t as uptight about race as their parents, never mind
- Alexander's Column · Jun 30, 2011The Constitution: ‘Does It Still Matter?’
depth of Stengel’s abject ignorance in regard to our Constitution and the Legacy of Liberty, or perhaps the genius of his Leftist subterfuge, consider that he graduated Princeton magna … have a lick of sense. As Ronald Reagan observed, “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that