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Monday headlines in newspapers across the nation proclaimed, “Conservatives score big wins in European Union parliament voting (more…)

The left in this country has made much of the big electoral victories that the Democrats won in 2006 and 2008 — and for good reason.  (more…)

Probably we’ve all seen Larry Sabato on TV during election season. The UVA political scientist is usually portrayed as an unbiased (more…)

You’ve seen that frightful image: a 747 flying low across New York City tracked by Air Force fighter jets. Still-traumatized New Yorkers (more…)

National Review listed James Burnham’s “Suicide of the West” as one of the top 10 books that nudged America toward political conservatism (more…)

Utopian visions have stirred men’s souls at least since the time of the ancient Greeks. (more…)

The term “useful idiots” was attributed to Soviet dictator Vladimir Lenin describing intellectual idealists persuaded to adopt communism. (more…)

They used to call themselves Liberals, until “liberal” took on negative connotations. Now they prefer to be called Progressives, but in truth (more…)

I’ve been struggling over the last few weeks to put my finger on what bothers me so much about Barack Obama. (more…)

Fellow conservative blogger Donald Douglas has an interesting post up that cites Robert Bork’s recent book entitled: A Time To Speak:Selected Writings and Arguments. (more…)

Though much of the focus of Barack Obama’s first six weeks in office has been on his trillion dollar economic stimulus and (more…)

If anyone has ever wondered how our democracy will end, it is now clear. Step 1, flood the country with millions of illegal immigrants (more…)

Tonight on Backbone Radio, campus editor Sean Doherty related the hilarious, but also deeply paranoid, fears of a Metro State (more…)

Everyone knows that Barack Obama went to Columbia and Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the Law Review. And though he may lack real-world experience — so-called “life experience” — he certainly got a good education. (more…)

Today’s lead editorial in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye this morning, reminding me of a famous French proverb (more…)