Virginia Right!

I was inspired by the latest Watchers contest. What if we could have a new party in the US?  What would that party look like?  I am not yet ready to leave the GOP but this is a mental exercise. My inspiration was the short-lived but effective Free Soil Party of the last 1840s and [...]

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It seems like a million years ago but GOP nominee Mitt Romney was roundly criticized just before the Olympics essentially for meddling into something not his business (but something he knew about):  Olympic security.  (I wish he’d criticized pro athletes in the Games but can’t have everything!)  Practically run out of the UK on a [...]

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parentalrights.org reports that Tuesday, December 4 is the date for the vote in the Senate on the UN Disabilities Treaty.  Let’s just say NO!  Here’s why! 1.  It hurts parental rights.  All disabled children (and every child who ever have had an IEP or 504 plan could be considered disabled) will be subject to bureaucrats [...]

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Two articles show the continuing meddling behavior the US and probably the EU have toward Serbia.  They are disturbing. The first one is from the National Interest and it described the continuing meddling we insist toward Serbia: On his fourth try, Tomislav Nikolic won Serbia’s presidential election last week, defeating incumbent Boris Tadic by a [...]

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I was gratified at this blog’s endorsement of Ron Paul and Tom White asked me to share a few words of my own. I am voting for Ron Paul tomorrow.  I am voting for Paul because: I believe liberty is in danger from NDAA military indefinite detention without an attorney for anyone accused of being [...]

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The major parties in the United Kingdom played their Tweedledee/Tweedledum act for the EU elites Monday by ordering their members to vote against the EU referendum: All Tory, Lib Dem and Labour MPs were instructed to oppose a motion for a vote on the UK’s membership of the EU. *  *  *  “However, the government [...]

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Robert Kagan writes a thoughtful article in the Weekly Standard on foreign intervention and defense cuts.  He makes several key points. First, the list of American wars and interventions since 1898 is impressive: Depending on how one chooses to count, the United States has undertaken roughly 25 overseas interventions since 1898: Cuba, 1898 The Philippines, [...]

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I do not often read Ann Coulter.  She was critical of conservative lawyers several months ago on basic interrogation rights and I had to call her out.  No word on how she felt about my criticism.  But I could not miss this column:  Bill Kristol must resign.  I agree.  He ought to leave the conservative movement.  He [...]

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This continuing series about the Maine GOP Platform took an interesting turn yesterday at the United States Supreme Court. First, let’s cite the pertinent sections of that radical off the wall document: Oppose any and all treaties with the UN or any other organization or country which surrenders US sovereignty. Specifically:                                           i.   Reject the [...]

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