Fifty Years on Politics and Politicians
by Mark BauerleinCal Thomas joins the podcast to discuss his new book Continue Reading »
Remembering M. Stanton Evans
by Mark BauerleinSteven Hayward joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom. Continue Reading »
Republicans: Listen Before You Talk
by Pete SpiliakosRonald Reagan was a “Great Communicator” largely because he was a great listener. Continue Reading »
Enough Talk About Entrepreneurs
by Pete SpiliakosIn the documentary “Mitt,” Romney talks about a business owner who was complaining about his tax burden. The business owner didn’t just pay income taxes. There were also the payroll taxes and gas taxes. Fair enough, but what about Romney’s infamous 47 percent comment in . . . . Continue Reading »
Thoughts On Rick Santorum Part II: Wrong Guy, Wrong Policies, Wrong Time, Right Idea
by Pete SpiliakosByron York pointed out that Santorum has been one of the few Republicans who spent the 2012 trying to emphasize the problems of the struggling middle-class. Santorum was talking about the wage-earners who had not graduated college while the Republican ticket was publicly obsessed with extolling the . . . . Continue Reading »
Reading Ronald Reagan in Prague
by Carl ScottAnd not with pacifists. Ricochet member and pomocon friend Flagg Taylor is over in the Czech Republic again, and sending home dissidents’ reports of what it was like to hear a U.S. president to speak openly against the communist oppression they lived under. . . . . Continue Reading »
Very Quick Thoughts
by Pete Spiliakos1. Ross Douthat writes that Walker’s victory in the Wisconsin recall election indicated that “November 2012 will just be one battle in a longer war, and the outcome in Wisconsin suggests that the edge in that war currently (and to some extent unexpectedly, given the demographic . . . . Continue Reading »
I Guess John…
by Carl ScottGot Some Truth! Emphasis on the some. Being against Carter in 1980 was an easy step. A number of rockers got the political jitters towards the end of the 70s—Bowie famously suggested, under whatever mix of drugs I know not, that Britain might need a fascist strongman, and even Paul Weller, as . . . . Continue Reading »
A Matter of Life and Death
by Gayle TrotterHBO tells us “You Don’t Know Jack,” referring to Jack Kevorkian, played by Al Pacino in HBO’s recent movie of the same name, or as some might call it, a hagiography of Dr. Death. Kevorkian came to notoriety in the 1990’s as a leading advocate of assisted suicide . . . . Continue Reading »
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