Mark Steyn in NRO: There is a great deal in Mr. Steyn's piece to mull over and here are a few thoughts of my own. British prime minister Gordon Brown thought long and hard about what gift to bring on his visit to the White House last week. Barack Obama is the first African-American president, so the...

Too good not to bring to your attention: Mike Church asked me to prepare a talk for his national radio program. He asked me to give the speech that I would have given had I been invited to speak at CPAC on the state of conservatism in America today. My initial reaction was: Who cares what I have to ...

WASHINGTON -- New Hampshire Republican Sen. Judd Gregg withdrew from consideration as Commerce secretary Thursday, saying his differences with the Democratic White House ran too deep. The announcement was a fresh embarrassment for an administration rocked by a number of setbacks. While his recent pr...

Here is an editorial from the Washington Times on the socialized health care measures which are embedded in the "stimulus bill". Secreted in the House version of the stimulus bill the President is trying to rush through Congress is the germ of a major overhaul of the American health care system. One...

That means that YOU are listening! It's bad enough when illiterate jurors issue damages awards in the billions of dollars because they don't grasp the difference between a million and a billion. Now it turns out the Democrats don't know the difference between a million and a trillion. Why not make t...

Our friend the White Trash Republican left a comment on my post about the current state of affairs which contained this thought: One bright spot- Everyday has now become "a teachable moment" for my younguns, but so sad they are having to witness this. I agree, but we must be careful to learn all the...

Contrary to the rumors that some have been spreading (thank's Liz, you will get yours one day) I was neither in jail nor "drying out" in a private facility in Virginia. Mother Calhoon was in for the weekend so my schedule was not my own. As I return to the computer to check the news I see that congr...