At stake today is the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama between two candidates of opposite ideologies. Also at stake is the broader question for Alabama voters who must decide: How will we govern ourselves? By a system driven by innuendos and accusations, or by due process? In American Greatness, Chris Buskirk covers the “salicious claims” […]
Alabama: Vote Liberty and the Constitution, Not the Individual
Alabama must make a decision between two far-from-perfect candidates. I rarely vote the candidate. I vote on the issues I care about most: those that center on Liberty and the Constitution. Like most voters, I do not know the candidates individually. In my case, I do not wish to get to know them, nor do […]
What Did Election Day 2017 Really Mean? Not What You May Think
At The American Conservative, Ron Faucheux lays out the important takeaways from the elections held on Tuesday. They may not be what you think. Democrats are gleeful over Tuesday’s elections. They should be. They won all three statewide races in Virginia—capturing the governorship by a wider than expected margin—and won impressive state legislative gains. They […]
Doubling Down on Government’s Biggest Failure
New Jersey has elected a new governor, Phil Murphy. Mr. Murphy, from the Democratic Party, has not previously held office. He is smart (Harvard, Wharton Business School), energetic (Goldman Sachs), and a committed progressive. New Jersey is in trouble, writes Francis Menton at the Manhattan Contrarian. New Jersey’s biggest problem is clearly its way-underfunded public […]
Can the GOP Take Virginia’s Governorship Today?
In the race to succeed the current governor of Virginia, Democrat Terry Mcauliffe, the polls are razor thin. Republican candidate Ed Gillespie is hoping the base will come out to support him against Democrat Lt. Governor Ralph Northam. Gillespie has traditionally been a Bush-aligned, establishment Republican, but tried to incorporate some of the more popular […]
