The driving distance from the Texas capitol to the White House is just over 1,300 miles, but the powers-that-be in Washington and folks like us in flyover country are a
July 21, 2010 6pm There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia. The time for double
Why “Natural Law” Still Matters for Conservatives
Everywhere you look today there is bad news. When I talk to people they tell me they are afraid because they do not know who they can trust. As President
What’s the most misused verse of the Bible? The field of candidates is as crowded as the field of GOP presidential aspirants will be next year, but my choice is
Capitalism, it is usually assumed, flowered around the same time as the Enlightenment–the eighteenth century–and, like the Enlightenment, entailed a diminution of organized religion. In fact, the Catholic Church of
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Makers and Takers
Peter Schweizer, Makers and Takers: Why Conservatives Work Harder, Feel Happier, Have Closer Families,...Give More Generously, Value Honesty More, Are Less Envious, Whine Less... and Even Hug Their Children More than Liberals. Peter Schweizer, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, delineates the thesis of this fine study in his title. This contravenes the liberal mantra, articulated by the popular radio personality Garrison Keillor: “Republicans are swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience, freelance racists, misanthropic frat boys, shrieking midgets of AM radio, tax cheats, brownshirts in pinstripes, sweatshop tycoons, hacks, aggressive dorks.’” |
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"Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does day to day to lead himself."
~ Thomas Watson, Former CEO, IBM