Why now? With the recent upsurge in Constitutional Conservatism and the Tea Party, one might think that the battle for mindshare is over, and that Conservatives have their victory. It appears that the the majority of Americans are now standing up for their values: those of small government, individual responsibility, fiscal conservatism, and strong national […]

Of the many possible “talking points” that could be extracted from the event: here is a very simple observation. The Dems strategy of trying to make it look like the sides are close to agreement often takes the form: “out of 11 components, we agree on 10” or something along those lines. The huge flaw: […]

The progressives want to change the world and create the Obama-nation. You figure it out.

I just saw David Horowitz on Glenn Beck. He made an important distinction that goes along with the concept of perfect vs protect. He said that Conservatives want to fix government; Progressives want to change the world. The Conservative idea is that the Constitution, small government, free markets and individual responsibility are the time-tested, proven […]

Seems the liberals and conservatives need to agree on the meaning of the word “bipartisan.” As long as one group means “bipartisan” to mean that “you support my views and I do not give in one iota to yours” — no progress will be made.

Some people equate Conservative with “faith-based”, and Liberals with “science-based.” In fact, it is the reverse. Liberal ideas are “faith-based” — because in spite of all evidence to the contrary, they believe that “tax and spend, big government” solutions work. Or that they “should” work, because it is the job of government to perfect us. […]