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CONSERVING THE MORAL IMAGINATION THROUGH A LIBERAL EDUCATION

Published on 2012-03-09 08:00:17

“The primary purpose of a liberal education, then, is the cultivation of the person’s own intellect and imagination, for the person’s own sake. It ought not to be forgotten, in this mass-age when the state aspires to be all-in-all, that genuine education is something higher than an instrument of public policy. True education is meant to develop the individual human being, the person, rather than to serve the state. We tend to ignore the fact that schooling was not originated by the modern [..] > read more

BUCKLEY AND BREITBART: RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS IN ARMS

Published on 2012-03-04 19:06:33

William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) Founder of National Review and host of Firing Line Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012) Founder of Breitbart.com, BigHollywood.com, BigGovernment.com, BigJournalism.com, and BigPeace.com One was Catholic; the other was Jewish. One was reared in New York City, Connecticut, Paris and London; the other in Brentwood. One was the sixth of ten children; the other was adopted and had one adopted sibling. One was the son of an oil baron; the other the son of a restaurate [..] > read more

THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICA’S THIRD ESTATE

Published on 2012-02-27 07:32:32

Abbé Sieyès, the 18th century French clergyman, authored the pamphlet “What Is the Third Estate?" which was a proclamation to ennoble the power of France’s general populace known in the parlance of the middle ages and early modern Europe as the third estate; the first estate being the French clergy and the second estate the nobility. Each estate of the realm represented the major factional influences in the country and their hierarchy represented their proximity to God. Sieyès pamphlet pr [..] > read more

OBAMA'S 2013 BUDGET IS AMERICA'S GREEK TRAGEDY

Published on 2012-02-25 06:06:57

If we recall those cheesy Greek columns that were the backdrop for the DNC convention at Denver’s Invesco Field stadium in August 2008, we may have initially thought those pillars to simply represent the DNC minions’ pitiful hero worship of some mysterious, unknown, small time Chicago politico named Barack Hussein Obama as their party’s candidate for President of the United States. Little did anyone realize that this garish Greek metaphor was a foreshadowing of the grand plan for the progr [..] > read more

AMERICA'S QUEST FOR THE PRUDENT PRESIDENT

Published on 2012-02-20 15:44:47

The multiplicity of challenges that confront an American President animate Murphy’s Law, to wit, "anything that can go wrong will go wrong". This adage should be indelibly ingrained in the Oval office ceiling a la Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco. In fact I suggest an amendment to Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution that states, “Any attempt to remove this warning from the Oval office ceiling is an impeachable offense”. This eccentric effort to caution America’s chief executi [..] > read more

2011 EDUCATION POLICY WRAP UP

Published on 2012-02-14 18:53:09

“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.”From the collected works of G.K. Chesterton: The Illustrated London News, 1905-1907 G.K. Chesterton’s warning not only embodies Lord Polonius’ famous articulation "brevity is the soul of wit, but his sentiment is still relevant today. Mr. Chesterton’s comment could be interpreted as drawing a distinction between what some describe as education is in reality dogmatism, nonetheless his overarc [..] > read more

THE GOP PREROGATIVE: THE IDEALIST OR THE REALIST

Published on 2012-01-31 16:36:11

Newt Gingrich the "Idealist" Mitt Romney the "Realist" The fat lady hasn’t sung, but the prospect of a GOP President occupying the White House on January 20, 2013 looks quite promising. This prediction still falls within the taxonomy of “cautiously optimistic”, since President Obama’s indiscernible statesmanship and leadership is equipoised by his considerable campaign skills. It would be imprudent to underestimate the President’s prospects for reelection. He’s a nat [..] > read more

OBAMA'S DISEMPLOYMENT DOCTRINE

Published on 2012-01-29 14:14:34

Under President Obama's Disemployment doctrine unemployment has almost doubled compared to the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations America’s ‘Obama years’ ushered in a new economic doctrine best described as the "Disemployment doctrine", a dubious honor but a reality nonetheless. President Obama’s Disemployment doctrine is the incarnation of state sponsored legislative and regulatory controls designed to resemble those of Western Europe’s welfare state structure, with [..] > read more

GOP IDEALISTS AND REALISTS HAVE CULTURAL CONSEQUENCES

Published on 2012-01-29 14:08:05

President John F. Kennedy’s message of giving back to society instilled a positive cultural message of altruism and self-sacrifice President Barack Obama's divisive class warfare message of taking from society has a negative influence on American culture exemplified by the onset of the anti-American terrorist-like tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement In my previous article entitled The GOP Prerogative: The Idealist or The Realist I delineated two different approaches [..] > read more

THE MORALITY OF CAPITALISM

Published on 2012-01-29 13:32:00

While penning this ode to capitalism I peered out my window onto my garden. It was in its final days of full flower and the dynamics of its beauty caused my mind to drift into a pensive state. I found myself enthralled by the luminous emerald green grass, the strength and dignity of the mighty oak, the vibrant bursts emanating from the stately maple, and the mosaic-like array of roses, peonies and hydrangea thriving in a garden bed of rich, fertile soil. But while gazing onto this ornate landsca [..] > read more

FOUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AS 2012 RESOLUTIONS

Published on 2012-01-29 13:01:03

America is about to face another full year, hopefully the last, of the Obama regime’s affronts to our founding father’s principles and the canons of the Constitution. In fact King Obama has kicked off 2012 in fine form thumbing his nose again at the Constitution by appointing Richard Cordray to serve as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an outgrowth of the Obama-led Dodd-Frank bill that empowers the federal government to pick financial institution bailout winne [..] > read more

ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ'S CHRISTMAS DAY EPIPHANY

Published on 2012-01-27 12:53:01

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Divine Providence intercedes in varied fashions and under opportune circumstances. In the wake of the attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 Divine Providence revealed itself on Christmas day, December 25, 1941. On Christmas Eve of 1941 Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, newly appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt as Commander of the Pacific Fleet, arrived at Pearl Harbor. The next day the Admiral reviewed the carnage and mad [..] > read more

RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

Published on 2012-01-27 11:30:03

HIPOLITIX Listen to internet radio with HIPOLITIX on Blog Talk Radio I was a guest again on the Hipolitix radio show tonight hosted by Mark Jerrell. We debated and discussed the relevancy and influence of the Tea Party in the 2012 presidential campaign, how the GOP presidential candidates are being received by the Tea Party, the major campaign issues impacting the race for the White House and an assessment of the challenges President Obama faces as he ra [..] > read more

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHANGE RESULTS

Published on 2012-01-26 18:02:49

Listen to internet radio with HIPOLITIX on Blog Talk Radio I was a guest on the Hipolitix radio show hosted by Mark Jerrell to discuss President Obama’s campaign message of 'change' and how that message has actually unfolded under his administration. Please listen to a very lively, interactive and fair and balanced discussion of President Obama’s campaign message, what has really changed under his administration’s policies and an assessment of President Obama’s performance from the persp [..] > read more

MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE

Published on 2011-05-30 07:00:03

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." General George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945)Whenever I See A Soldier Boy...© 1942 by Sam MillerWhenever I see a soldier boyNo matter where it beI gi > read more

NEWT GINGRICH AND PAUL RYAN HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN WE THINK

Published on 2011-05-21 11:24:01

Coincidentally while I was penning my perspectives on how former Speaker Newt Gingrich had the experience to package a comprehensive GOP plan to restore America’s ideals the former Speaker was undermining his run at the republican presidential cand > read more

IS NEWT THE COMPREHENSIVE CANDIDATE?

Published on 2011-05-15 15:01:43

There is no dearth in the concerto of GOP presidential candidates. At last count there are twelve: Romney, Pawlenty, Paul, Santorum, Cain, Johnson, Huckabee is out, Gingrich is in, and the count assumes Trump, Bachmann, Huntsman, Daniels and Palin wi > read more

DEFINING LEADERSHIP DOWN: OBAMA'S GAMESMANSHIP

Published on 2011-05-09 07:46:56

Osama bin Laden, the first mass murderer of the 21st century, is dead and the planet is markedly improved by relieving itself of such poisonous fecal matter. Under President Barack Obama’s orders bin Laden was killed in a Pakistan compound 100 yard > read more

GOP DEBT CEILING STRATEGY: NEVER LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE

Published on 2011-04-24 14:43:47

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice…, well, I think we all know the punch line. Unfortunately the GOP was a punch line (or at least a reluctant accomplice) in their governmental budget shutdown negotiations with President Obama and the Sen. Ha > read more

A TALE OF TWO BUDGETS: RYAN'S ELEGANT AUSTERITY VS. OBAMA'S "CAN-KICKING"

Published on 2011-04-19 19:32:44

“Responsible- reckless”; “courageous- cowardly”; “prosperity-bankruptcy”; “self-sufficient- self-entitled”; “restore-confiscate”; “Friedman-Keynes”.Taking a page out of Carl Jung’s word association test of opposite responses > read more

INDEPENDENT VOTERS LISTEN UP: GOP SHOWS STATESMANSHIP IN BUDGET SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN

Published on 2011-04-12 06:13:57

Ask the guy who runs a little bodega on the upper west side of Manhattan if he plans a budget for each year for his little business and he’ll look at you cross-eyed and say, “Of course. If I don’t then how will I know how much I should invest i > read more

CARLY FIORINA FOR U.S. SENATE: "KO" BOXER NOW

Published on 2011-04-02 05:53:54

Political Policy is proud to endorse Carly Fiorina as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in California. Carly Fiorina has an extremely interesting background, both professionally and personally. It all adds up to someone who will be a breath > read more

PAT TOOMEY FOR U.S. SENATE: "PENNSYLVANIANS FOR PAT"

Published on 2011-04-02 05:52:42

Political Policy is proud to endorse Pat Toomey as the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. Pat Toomey has both the political and business experience to bring practical, common sense leadership to Washington on behalf of all Penn > read more

GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVISM v. JEFFERSONIAN PROPHECIES: THE CASE OF THE "WILL OF THE PEOPLE"

Published on 2011-04-02 05:51:21

Thomas Jefferson was a constitutional clairvoyant. He issued warnings to protect the integrity of the U.S. constitution as a social compact founded in the authority of the people. Jefferson visualized that the Republic could result in nascent activis > read more

OBAMA'S LIBYAN WAR: BLAMING BUSH NOT AN OPTION

Published on 2011-03-27 15:05:14

“Abdication, peppered with confusion and deceit, we can believe in”. This is the theme of the Obama administration and one that is wearing thin on the national and international stages. Whether it is inchoate health care legislation (now arbitrar > read more

IN SEARCH OF THE OBAMA DOCTRINE

Published on 2011-03-21 22:03:25

Doctrine: a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated. This is definition that President Obama would be wise to delineate with respect to his foreign policy positions. Parameters of American leadership count insofar as anticipatin > read more

WISCONSIN GOP: A PROFILE IN COURAGE FOR THE NATIONAL GOP

Published on 2011-03-18 08:25:30

Gov. Walker was vilified as a Hitler. He and the Wisconsin GOP state legislature received death threats, even from their democratic colleagues. Protesters threatened private citizens with bomb scares and the Wisconsin GOP feared for their lives requi > read more

MICHAEL MEDVED'S ANEMIC ADVICE TO OBAMA'S CRITICS FORGETS FIRST PRINCIPLES

Published on 2011-03-07 20:46:19

Michael Medved’s column “Do Obama’s Lousy Results Mean He’s Deliberately Destructive?” is a rejoinder to the contention by conservative commentators that President Obama’s policies are aimed to deliberately destroy the Republic. He debate > read more

NATIONAL AND WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY FISCAL SLOGAN, "DON'T CUT, BUT RUN"

Published on 2011-02-27 18:08:01

Wisconsin State Senate DemocratsIt’s the age-old story of the coward in the face of adversity; their first instinct is to “cut and run”. This adage only needs a slight alteration to be the new fiscal slogan for the democratic party--“don’ > read more

OBAMA'S 2012-2021 BUDGET: ABDICATING LEADERSHIP AND PASSING THE BUCK

Published on 2011-02-20 15:12:17

Whoever coined the phrase “talk is cheap” never met President Obama while he was crafting national budget projections. In his remarks about his 2012-2021 budget proposal he stated, “... I’m also convinced that the only way we can make these > read more

OBAMA AND THE 111th CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP: THE GREAT AMERICAN EXPERIMENT

Published on 2011-02-09 08:39:40

As we reflect on the 2009 and 2010 odyssey of President Obama and the 111th Congress leading America it was a journey that was preceded with ambivalent and some would say “hopeful” expectations. This leadership over the last two years was fraught > read more

THE CONSTITUTION IS NOT A SUICIDE NOTE

Published on 2011-01-16 07:38:14

In his 2006 book "Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency" Richard A. Posner, currently a judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, addresses the preservation of strict constructionist rights and liberties inherent i > read more

"A PLEDGE TO AMERICA": THE GOP's YOUNG GUNS CHANGE AGENT FOR THE AMERICA WE BELIEVE IN

Published on 2011-01-04 17:52:08

From January 20, 2009, the day Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as 44th President of the United States of America, he and his political surgical team of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have performed countless > read more

LGS: Leviathan Government Syndrome

Published on 2011-01-01 12:43:32

James Madison wrote in Federalist Paper No. 45, which was entitled "The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered", "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined > read more

ARE PROGRESSIVE/SOCIALISTS "AMERIPHOBIC"? THE MOSQUE METAPHOR

Published on 2010-12-31 08:50:11

We loathe what we fear. The progressive/socialists have been spewing this Saul Alinsky rule number three (“whenever possible, go outside the experience of an opponent. Here you want to cause confusion, fear, and retreat”) phobia tactic at America > read more

THE PUBLIC MANDATE: RAISING CONSERVATISM, REJECTING PROGRESSIVE SOCIALISM

Published on 2010-11-30 19:26:31

In Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic treatise entitled “Democracy In America" he analyzed why the republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States, while failing in France. However Tocqueville warned against America’s potent > read more

DELAWARE VOTERS: ARE YOU CHRISTINE O’DONNELL OR ARE YOU CHRIS COONS?

Published on 2010-10-25 08:45:58

It is now nine days until mid-term election day November 2, 2010, and Delawareans have as much time to mull over their senatorial race question. A question whose answer will affect their lives and the lives of the national citizenry. And that questio > read more

ANGLE, BIELAT AND FIORINA: ALL POLITICS IS NOT LOCAL ANY LONGER

Published on 2010-10-19 05:38:09

The late Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill was famous for saying, “All politics is local”, summarizing his principle that a politician's success is directly tied to understanding the issues of his local constituents. The former Speaker’s insig > read more

"THE NEW ROAD TO SERFDOM": A BRITISH ALLY WARNS AMERICANS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF PROGRESSIVE/SOCIALISM

Published on 2010-10-15 08:16:28

American economic traditionalists have found a strong ally in a friend across the pond. Daniel Hannan, a son of Great Britain, is a member of the conservative and unionist party in the European Parliament representing South East England since 1999. M > read more

OBAMA'S "SELLING OUT OF AMERICA": HIS UNITED NATIONS MOMENT

Published on 2010-09-24 16:19:26

President Obama loves a juicy world stage to insult America, undermine it's values and integrity and advance his progressive/socialist agenda for America. An underrated highlight to one of President Obama’s many efforts to sell out America occurred > read more

OBAMA'S DEWEY PRAGMATIC WORLDVIEW AND HIS CONSTITUTIONAL "TOOLS"

Published on 2010-09-24 16:13:00

President Obama’s loyalists have commented on his pragmatic approach to policy matters, ostensibly to distance him from the Reagan/George W. Bush leadership styles and to mask his ideological past and his current Presidential policies. Those toutin > read more