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David Petteys of Act for America, Denver chapter, and Michael Del Rosso of the Claremont Institute recently compared notes (more…)

(Denver Post, Dec. 6) All that is covered shall be revealed, promises the Good Book. It’s the perfect motto for America’s open society. Secrets are fools’ gold. Leaks will out. Thanks to a leaker at East Anglia University, we now know climate change isn’t cooking the planet after all. Climate alarmists are cooking the data. Meanwhile in Colorado, leakers are heating up the governor’s race. A week after the election, someone scooped Josh Penry’s plan to end his candidacy against Gov. Bill Ritter. A week later, someone else scooped Scott McInnis’s plan to unify Republicans around an issue contract. I’ve got this week’s leak. (more…)

Who knew? Within the Republican Party there are number of organizations representing identity groups that the Left assumes it owns: (more…)

“Help America survive Republicans”? An odd crusade for the left to launch, just when Dems control everything and the GOP is sidelined. (more…)

Editor: Joshua Sharf, who blogs for us as well as on his own at View from a Height, and who has long helped me on radio, made it official (more…)

In his first year as president Bill Clinton, who had run as a centrist, was drawn into the new-left vortex of socialized healthcare, which led (more…)

Palin is admirable and wonderful in many ways. I look forward to big contributions from her as a conservative force on the national scene (more…)

When during a particularly bitter Parliamentary debate in 1909 the Liberal Prime Minister Herbert Asquith denounced Conservatives (more…)

By Sean Duffy

In tributes since he succumbed to cancer last week, Jack Kemp has been rightfully called a statesman, patriot and visionary. The architect of a key pillar of the Reagan Revolution. But, as I look back at powerful and memorable encounters with him over the years, I remember boundless energy, constant searching for new ideas and new converts, and most of all, one hell of a guy. (more…)

Thoughts on the “specter” of which party should worry us more: If you ask a dedicated liberal why he has such fear and loathing (more…)

It’s just a shame that a song by that title was actually more popular than Tuesday’s announcement from Senator Arlen Specter. (more…)

Standing up for your principles is as important as knowing what they are. That’s a key post-election lesson for Republicans. (more…)

After the shellacking Republicans took from Democrats in 2008, many are asking themselves what happened and what do we do next. (more…)

(Nantucket, Mar. 15) The wild wintry desolation of this small island is not everyone’s ideal for a seasonal getaway but nonetheless it is (more…)

A handful of GOP governors, including Jindal of Louisiana and Sanford of South Carolina, are taking a courageous stand against the stimulus. (more…)