Tag: Tea Party

Gov. Rick Scott at the Cato Policies Initiative

Richard C. Young - October 17, 2018

UPDATE: This post was originally run on February 11, 2011. Governor Rick Scott wowed the hard to impress audience at the Cato Institute Policies...

Tragedy Used for Politics

Richard C. Young - March 15, 2018

Originally posted January 11, 2011. The political left has turned the Arizona shooting into a cudgel to beat the Tea Party with. Without any evidence...

Presidential Election 2012 & Woodstock 1969

Richard C. Young - January 29, 2016

Originally posted December 12, 2011. Were you at Woodstock? It was a seminal event—some 500,000 strong. A little muddy and a little dopey, but what...

The Global Anti-Establishment Furor Continues

The Editors - August 12, 2015

Beginning in 2009 with the rise of the American Tea Party, and continuing throughout European elections that have seen folks like Marine Le Pen's...

Tax Day: Top 20% Pay 80%

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - April 15, 2015

As if April 15th wasn't depressing enough the WSJ reminds us that the top 20% of earners pay 84% of the income tax. The...

What Makes America Exceptional?

Richard C. Young - January 21, 2015

You are in the majority if you believe that America is indeed an exceptional country. The word “exceptional,” however, is often used in a manner...

Ike, the Most Successful U.S. President?

Richard C. Young - December 2, 2014

In his 1983 book Modern Times, Paul Johnson wrote, “Eisenhower was the most successful of America’s twentieth-century presidents, and the decade when he ruled...

Ben Carson: We are a People of Faith

The Editors - September 10, 2014

Dr. Ben Carson continues to make pointed criticisms of the Obama administration. He has been especially critical of the president when it comes to...

Earthquake in Virginia

Debbie Young - June 11, 2014

Despite a huge financial advantage, Eric Cantor lost to David Brat, an economics professor at Randolph-Macon College, in the Republican primary for Virginia’s seventh...