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From the Campaign Trail: "I'm 'The Guy With A Truck'"
9/2: LL Blog: A look inside life on the campaign trail. - TGWAT
Che Guevara Was a Murderous Thug and Your Shirt is Not Cool
9/1: Video: Great segment about the Marxist-terrorist turned fashion icon.
The Green Jobs Con
8/30: Commentary: The "green jobs" movement is bad for the economy. - Prothro
GZ Mosque About Sacredness not Constitutionality
8/18: Commentary; Some say the terrorists win if we don’t build the mosque. Poppycock. The terrorists win when we stop honoring the victims. - Goll
Gov. Daniels' Voice of Reason
8/10: Video: Gov. Mitch Daniels talks fiscal sanity on Fox News Sunday
Misreading Financial History
8/5: Link: A thoughtful piece on reading too much from economic history. By Paul Seabright: "Today’s policymakers, reasoning from the 1930’s, appear to believe that creating confidence is somehow different from creating good reasons to be confident."
Debating the Stimulus
8/4: Blog: Somehow, there are those who felt the stimulus did not go far enough. - Goll
Will Boxes in Senator on Abortion
8/2: Blog: George Will examines the abortion extremism of Sen. Barbara Boxer. - Goll
Random Thoughts on the Summer, Part II
7/28: Blog: More thoughts on the past few months. - Goll
Random Thoughts on the Summer, Part I
7/22: Blog: Lots going on the past couple of months. - Goll
Fire David Axelrod?
7/19: Commentary: It's not his fault Americans think Obama's a socialist. - Prothro
Friday Funny: Philosopher's World Cup
7/16: Blog: Any doubt Greece would be the favorite? - Goll
What 5 Books Best Describe Your Political Philosophy?
7/14: Principles: A different kind of summer reading list. - Goll
Sen. Tom Coburn on budget and spending
7/13: Blog: Tom Coburn shows rare common sense and clarity regarding our budget and spending priorities. - Goll
Bad Government, Not Lebron Hurting Cleveland
7/12: Blog: High taxes, low growth are main reasons for Cleveland's lack of growth. Not the free agent chosings of a basketball star. - Goll
Yet Another Straw Man
7/11: Blog: Obama thinks Jews must be suspicious of his middle name. How else to explain those questioning his commitment to Israel? - Prothro
Big Government Prevents Economic Recovery
7/8: Principles: The great Interventionist-in-Chief is stifling the recovery. - Prothro
Austerity or Spending: You Decide
7/5: Blog: The center of the economic debate: Should governments cut spending, spend more, or both? We'll let you make up your mind. - Prothro
New Video: Austrian Economics and the Financial Crisis
6/16: Media: Professor Lawrence White provides an Austrian perspective on the current financial crisis. -Foundation for Economic Education
Originalism v. Judicial Arrogance
6/7: Principles: These people have an astonishing disregard for the exceptional character of our country and a delusional belief in their own intellect. -Prothro
Requiem for a Flip-Flopper
5/26: Commentary: Specter doesn’t just flip-flop—he does double lutzes and triple toe loops and tops it all off with a quadruple salchow. -Spiegel
Don't Mess With Gov. Chris Christie, Part II
5/25: LL Blog: The nation's most refreshing governor is at it again. -Goll
Don't Mess With Gov. Chris Christie
5/21: LL Blog: The governor of New Jersey is on a mission. -Goll
Question for Kagan: Does Saudi Arabia Allow Gays in the Military?
5/18: Commentary: Too often, treating military recruiters shabbily is merely a way for those on the left to disguise contempt for the military and its unapologetic defense of American values around the world. -Spiegel
Confirm Elena Kagan to the SCOTUS
5/14: Commentary: Kagan is the best nominee conservatives could hope for and will move the court to the right. It is a waste of energy and resources to oppose this qualified nominee. -Goll
President Wilson: Visionary or Hack?
5/13: LL Blog: Looking at the renewed debate over Woodrow Wilson's presidency. -Goll
Obama Slips on Oil Slick
5/11: Commentary: Obama often brings his criticisms upon himself. -Spiegel
Crist defects for political "health"
5/5: Commentary: There’s a reason liberals and moderates are more likely to switch parties or bend election rules in their favor. They do not, at their core, all the way down, believe in a stable, predictable rule of law, as clearly stated and adhered to by all citizens in a system of government known as a republic. They believe in doing whatever they can get away with, if they can convince enough people at the time that it’s right for them to do it—hence the “democracy” in Democratic. -Spiegel
Reagan's First Inaugural
5/4: Timeless Voices: Sounds a lot like a speech that could be delivered today. -Goll
Madison and Jefferson on ObamaCare and the Constitution
4/30: Timeless Voices: Ever wonder how the founders would react to ObamaCare? Nathan Tucker explains. - Christian Science Monitor
Reagan, 1964: A Time For Choosing
4/28: Timeless Voices - This week we look at great conservative speeches from the past 50 years. Here's the one that put Reagan on the map.
Barry Goldwater's 1964 GOP Convention Speech
4/26: Timeless Voices - This week we look at great conservative speeches from the past 50 years. We start with Sen. Barry Goldwater's 1964 GOP Convention Acceptance Speech. - Goll
NRO's Jonah Goldberg asks "What Kind of Socialist is Obama?"
4/23: Timeless Voices - Get your political philosophy fix by reading Jonah Goldberg's appropriately long but digestible essay on Pres. Obama's socialism. - Goll
Newsweek's Shameful Smearing of the Right
4/22: Commentary - Dissecting Newsweek's lame attempt to prove a "surge of hatred" on the political right. - Goll
Are Volcanoes Subject to Cap-and-Trade?
4/21: Commentary - This week's volcano has done more environmental damage that cars and planes ever could. - Spiegel
By Reid's Own Standard, His Reelection Is Lost
4/19: LL Blog - Harry Reid's reelection bid is in much worse shape then the Iraq War was when he called that a loss. - Goll
SCOTUS Confirmation Will Be More About Politics, Less About Judicial Philosophy
4/15: Commentary - Despite everyone's rhetoric posturing, in the judicial conformation process Republicans and Democrats are going to act like... well, Republicans and Democrats. - Spiegel
Paul Krugman: Missing the Point
4/12: Commentary - This guy learned nothing from Greece. - Prothro
The Butler Way
4/8: LL Blog - The intersection of basketball, politics, and philosophy. - Goll
Parsing Obama
4/7: Commentary - 17 minutes to answer a question about tax increases? Let's break down the President's answer. - Spiegel
Armies of Hate
4/1: Commentary - Peaceful, concerned Americans are gathering in armies of opposition to a healthcare bill they hate. Nothing more. - Spiegel
How to Reform - In Five Pages or Less
3/31: Commentary - If the founders can in eight pages establish the laws of a new country, what’s wrong with reforming health care in five? - Prothro
Obama's Laundry List of Broken Promises
3/30: LL Blog - Looking at Jim Geraghty's extensive documentation - Goll
Gingrich Talks "Repeal and Replace"
3/25: LL Blog - The former Speaker on immediate and long-term strategy - Goll
12 Ways to Stop Obamacare
3/23: Commentary - Repealing it, and 11 other helpful suggestions - Spiegel
Happy Dependence Day
3/22: LL Blog - Conservative voices sound off on Obamacare. - Goll
Slaughter in the House
3/18: Commentary - "The Slaughter Solution, in addition to being unconstitutional, anarchic, and embarrassingly and transparently desperate, sets an ugly precedent..." - Spiegel
How the Democrats Self-Executed
3/17: Commentary - Who knew representative democracy could be so flexible? - Prothro
Sunday Chat Wrap: Gibbs Makes Bold Prediction
3/15: LL Blog- The White House Press Secretary thinks things are very close. - Goll
Railroading Toyota
3/12: Commentary- Big surprise the part owners of GM are hauling a non-unionized rapidly growing car company to Washington. - Spiegel
George Washington Cautions Obama
3/10: Timeless Voices - Washington likens government to fire, so no surprise Obama may be getting burned. -Goll
George Will v. Robert Reich
3/8: LL Blog - "... the American people are such dopes they can't be counted upon to buy their own insurance." - Goll
Ken Starr, Baylor University, and the Real Problem With Hyper-Partisanship
3/5: Commentary - The former Clinton prosecutor is now a university president. Why those who dismiss him as "controversial" are misguided. - Goll
A War Movie For Those Who Know Nothing About War
3/4: Commentary - An in-depth review of the Oscar-buzzed movie, The Hurt Locker. - Spiegel
I Got a Fever and the Only Prescription is Mitch Daniels
3/2: LL Blog - He's no showman, but Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is gaining 2012 momentum quickly as he gains fans around the county for the job he has done in Indiana. As recent feature pieces suggest, he may be the "anti-Obama," but that may be just what the voters are looking for in a couple of years. - Goll
Ladies and Gentlemen, Leftism
3/1: Timeless Voices - We should be thankful to Al Gore for this weekend giving us a crystal clear view into the soul of leftism. - Goll
On the Constitution
2/26: Principles - The important thing is that our leaders use constitutional provisions for the furtherance of liberty. - Simmons
Good Move, Scott Brown
2/25: Commentary - Why Scott Brown's vote on the "jobs" bill was a smart move. - Prothro
Harry Reid, In-House Senate Sociologist
2/23: LL Blog - Harry Reid says unless we pass the $15 billion jobs bill, domestic violence will worsen. I say government healthcare causes domestic violence. - Goll
Health Care and the Role of Government
2/22: Timeless Voices - “Great political ideas," according to Jude Wanniski, “are not those which can be sold to the people, but are those ideas which the electorate craves even prior to their conception by philosophers or politicians.” - Prothro
What's Written on Biden's Palm?
2/18: Commentary- From any angle of comparison, Sarah Palin looks a lot better than Joe Biden-- on style and substance - Spiegel
Anti-Incumbent vs. Anti-Democrat
2/17: LL Blog- The left wants sure argue that while the American people are fed up with Washington, it has nothing to do with Democrats - Goll
Valentines from the GOP
2/15: LL Blog- "Please Accept This Valentine In Place of a Job." - Goll
Don't Ax, Don't Dwell
2/11: Commentary- What is conservative about discouraging military service, bean counting minority group members instead of evaluating achievement, and injecting irrelevant sexual undertones? - Spiegel
On The Individual
2/10: Principles- We should stop using the language of "Left" and "Right" in our arguments, and instead talk about "Individualism" vs. "Collectivism." - Simmons
Vote Jenny Sanford! For... Well, Anything
2/9: LL Blog- The soon-to-be-ex wife of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford appeared on The Daily Show last night and was quite an impressive guest. - Goll
Who Dat?? It's Us.
2/8: LL Blog- The Saints of New Orleans are Super Bowl champions, but is America more like New Orleans then we care to admit?. - Goll
Incinerating a Hot Potato
2/4: Commentary - Looking at the terrible truths, inconvenient facts, and the reckless strategies of the Obama budget. - Spiegel
A Three Sentence Litmus Test for Candidates
2/2: LLBlog - Before receiving contributions from the GOP, why not have candidates sign this. - Prothro
The Hoover Institute's Ajami Analyzes Obama Perfectly
2/1: LL Blog- Fouad Ajami in the WSJ tracks Obama's rise and fall of the past year in a devastating critique.
1/29: Principles- Part two of reflections and thoughts on the principle of liberty, why it is so critical to our society and why it ultimately is a source of hope. - Simmons
Fire Obama; Hire T. Rowe Price: SOTU Reaction
1/28: Commentary: Since the President insists on calling government spending “investment,” I think it’s important to point out the obvious. - Prothro
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