January 2, 2009
Well, now that Caroline Kennedy has decided that she wants to join the family business, I think it’s apropos to say a few words about the Kennedy Clan. As with all Kennedys, Caroline has surely proven her abilities to be in the family business: She wants to be appointed to the US Senate with absolutely no experience whatsoever. I was sitting at lunch yesterday with a younger member of the electorate who was obviously enamored of the Kennedy clan…
Tags: Bobby Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Family, Ted Kennedy
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January 21, 2012
… seemed on the superficial level to offer continuity, it was actually an ideological reversal, back to the Liberal wing of the Republican Party. Though he lambasted his opponent Michael Dukakis, tarring him with the “Liberal” label, which Reaganism had turned into a dirty word, Bush himself was every bit a Progressive. His admitted trouble with “the vision thing” prevented him from continuing with Reagan’s unfinished work: shrinking government, e…
Tags: Compassionate conservatie, Debate, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, nomination, Rick Santorum, Ronald Reagan
Posted in Elections, GOP, Kevin Rush, Republican, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
December 5, 2011
…lter “Sonny” Rollins (American jazz tenor saxophonist) and Meryl Streep (American film actress). In attendance were the usual Left Wing suspects: Bill and Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Rahm Emanuel, Caroline Kennedy, George Stevens Jr, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, James Taylor, Robert De Niro, John Lithgow, Nora Ephron, Lionel Richie, Tracey Ullman, Herbie Hancock, Ravi Coltrane, Patti Lupone, etc. Most of …
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Posted in Conservative, Democrat, Domestic Policy, Economy, Elections, Entertainment, GOP, Republican, Tim Ross, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
November 30, 2011
…of the Obama Coalition”, Thomas Edsall, by pushing “takers” into a non-working, entitlement, nanny state, socialistic philosophical ideology. Republicanism is not lost but it is certainly a candidate for a “Progressive Lite” label….or what as “Congress is Useless” all about? http://www.hollywoodrepublican.net/2011/11/congress-is-useless/ And all that is supported in academia today is under the myth of “academic freedom”. Collectivism and totalit…
Tags: First Amendment, Religion, Separation of Church and State
Posted in Domestic Policy, Guest Writer | 1 Comment »
October 30, 2011
… of these circumstances, the use of the word hero is trivialized. A deeper problem is that ides of myth, legend and story hold a society’s culture together. The concept of the hero is central to these. By misapplying the hero label and refraining from using it when needed takes our culture in the wrong direction. I hope we can recover the sense of propriety about who we call a hero and what they did to be considered brave before it’s too late. A …
Tags: " "Dancing with the Stars, Chaz Bono, Fini Goodman, JR Martinez
Posted in Entertainment, Fini Goodman | 3 Comments »
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