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The Homeless Then And Now—Obama And Reagan
As a biographer of Ronald Reagan, I’m constantly asked to compare today’s fiscal/economic situation to what Reagan faced in the 1980s. Today’s record debt/deficits remind of the 1980s, though today’s...
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America’s Fundamental Transformation
Timing is everything in politics. For four years, I angered conservatives by insisting that Barack Obama would get reelected. I figured that an electorate willing to elect a man with ideas and a...
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Romney Vs. McCain And Obama Vs. Bush? Who Wins?
Shortly after the November election, I wrote an article titled, “McCain Beats Romney!” The article focused on initial reports showing that Mitt Romney received fewer votes in 2012 than John McCain...
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The Presidential Blame-Game
Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared at American Spectator. February is the month of presidents. It includes Washington’s birthday, Lincoln’s birthday, Ronald Reagan’s...
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Hugo Chavez: Faithful To Death
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at American Spectator. There’s an old joke from the Cold War. It went like this: Hardline East German communist Walter Ulbricht (who erected the...
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Preserving Hugo Chavez
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at American Spectator. The gushing, almost angelic praise for Hugo Chavez by the left in America and around the world has been shocking to...
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Liberals Embrace Fatherless (and Motherless) Families
With the Supreme Court giving a major boost to gay marriage, liberals face fewer impediments to their relentless push for fatherless (and motherless) families. Of course, it wasn’t always this way....
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Worried About Privacy? How About Common Core?
There’s an intense debate right now over “Common Core,” an effort to implement a set of education standards in public schools nationwide. The Common Core State Standards thus far have been adopted by...
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A Memorial To Ronald Reagan’s Top Hand
The most important adviser to President Ronald Reagan in his takedown of the Soviet empire has died at the age of 81. His name was William P. “Bill” Clark, known to many as simply “Judge Clark,” and...
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Tax Cuts And Deficits: Fact Vs. Fiction
In my previous column, I underscored the 1920s lessons that President Obama and fellow “progressives” need to learn. These include the value of tax cuts — lessons that the president and his allies...
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The Progressive Income Tax Turns 100
Maybe it’s a measure of progressives’ refusal to look back, to always move “forward.” Otherwise, they should be celebrating right now. In fact, President Obama and fellow modern progressives/liberals...
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Privatize the National Park Service
The behavior of the National Park Service during the government shutdown has been truly shocking. As has been widely reported, Park Service employees have been told to make life as uncomfortable as...
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Who Killed the Kennedys? Ronald Reagan’s Answer…
This year marks not only the 50th anniversary of the shooting of John F. Kennedy but also the 45th anniversary of the shooting of Robert F. Kennedy, which occurred in June 1968. Was there a common...
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Pete Seeger, Marxist Minstrel
Editor’s note: A shorter version of this article first appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Pete Seeger’s death at age 94 is a cultural catharsis for the American left. The New York Times...
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Ronald Reagan On Religious Tolerance
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at American Spectator. February is the month that we recognize our presidents. It has also become the month that Republicans remember Ronald Reagan. Reagan’s...
View ArticleIgnoring Reaganomics At Our Own Peril
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Last Tuesday, The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College hosted its eighth Ronald Reagan Lecture, a...
View ArticleThese Examples Show Why Religious Rights Are Almost Done For…
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at TheBlaze.com. Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you’ve noticed the growing clash between religious freedom and issues like same-sex marriage and...
View ArticleThe Five Bailey Brothers Of World War II
Every Memorial Day, I attend a parade in the little town of Mercer, Pa. It’s pure Americana: flags, kids, the snow-cone stand, marching bands, local clubs and rotaries, and veterans of wars past...
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What Was The Point Of WWI Again?
On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian-Serb student named Gavrilo Princip killed Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the duchess. It was the shot-heard-round-the-world, unleashing a series of events...
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God And Dick Scaife
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in The American Spectator. I was saddened to wake up the morning of July 4 and learn that Richard Mellon Scaife, Pittsburgh billionaire, conservative...
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