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You Can Trust Obama More Than Boehner. Here’s Why.

Last update January 13, 2018

You can trust Obama to do what he says if he thinks he can get away with it. Don’t confuse trust with honesty or integrity, though. They are not the same. In most cases being trustworthy is good. There are exceptions.

Filed Under: Conservatism Tagged With: Obama

Destroying Career Politicians is an American Tradition

Last update January 18, 2014

Is it easier to destroy conservative career politicians than ruin the lives of liberal Democrats? We like to complain about media bias and railroading, but the press is not always as forgiving of the left as we like to think. In Illinois we delight in watching Democrats fall down hard.

Filed Under: Conservatism Tagged With: ethics

Being Poor is the Fix for Income Inequality

Last update June 11, 2016

Income inequality used to be a fact of life and not being poor was a goal. Now it’s a right funded by our government. Upward mobility used to be a goal, too, and a value we took pride in. It’s hard to be proud of something others do for you, though, especially when they are paying the bill.

Filed Under: American Ideals and Values Tagged With: Democrats

Boehner’s Doublespeak Proves We Have No Conservative Party

Last update January 13, 2018

The worst thing about Republicans is that they don’t act like Democrats. Sticking together has never been their strong point, but John Boehner’s doublespeak is undermining America’s conservative party after each new attack from the left. It doesn’t sound like a strategy anymore.

Filed Under: Conservatism Tagged With: Republicans

Is the Constitution a Threat to Obama’s Populism?

Last update January 30, 2014

With the White House focused on securing Barack Obama’s legacy despite a rocky second term, birth control and unemployment benefits should be the least of the president’s worries. He is, after all, a big picture person being dragged down by details that stand in the way of implementing his unique take on populism.

Filed Under: American Ideals and Values Tagged With: Obama

Does Class Warfare Make Corruption Okay?

Last update February 25, 2014

It hit me while I watched the FBI agent with the perpetual five o’clock shadow riding home on the subway, elbow to elbow with other bedraggled working class commuters. Having endured several hours of The Wolf of Wall Street’s antihero drinking, drugging, and womanizing his way through untold millions of ill-gotten gain only to run afoul of this stalwart, middle class government employee, I realized that this wasn’t about financial sector corruption.

Filed Under: American Ideals and Values

Six Laws Americans Deserve That States Will Never Pass

Last update October 28, 2015

Americans deserve better than the litany of bad laws that kick in every January. We start every year shaking our heads in disbelief at new laws and regulations that scream legislative abuse and special interest pandering and pose a real danger to those unfamiliar with new infractions and their penalties.

Filed Under: American Ideals and Values Tagged With: states

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