A Man From Illinois

Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, R-Ill. (1896-1969) Democrats measure their success by how many people are dependent on government forcing their fellow citizens to pay their way — Republicans, at least those that are proudly conservative, measure their success by how … Continue reading

Hope and Change At The Students For Liberty Conference 2011

Finally, real hope and change, from the 1960’s dope-smoking maggot-infested hippies studying Marxism and the Port Huron Statement to 2011 and clean cut hard-working students studying the leading lights of liberty and prosperity. At the end of this video you … Continue reading

We The People — Free, Independent, Self Reliant, Self Actualized

Well, I’d have to post this video. I mean, it’s about what this blog stands for: Truth, Justice and The American Way. The “American Way” is many things not least of which is liberty and justice for all. The pursuit … Continue reading

Do Democrats See Defeat In November As An Acceptable Trade Off For Getting Their Government Health Care Enacted?

Obama’s health care summit was a bust with voters. The latest Rasmussen presidential tracking poll, which tracks likely-voter responses over three consecutive days, two of which were after the health care summit, clearly shows that the Democrats’ plans for a … Continue reading

What Conservatives Want From The Republican Party

“Conservatives want Thermopylae. Congressional Republican leaders instead imitate the Confederate defense of Atlanta…” Says Quin Hillyer at The American Spectator in Thermopylae For Health Care. What infuriates conservatives is the attitudinal signals the Senate leadership sends. The health care bill … Continue reading

Scott Brown Might Raise A Half Million…(Make That $750,000, No Make That $1 Million) in One Day

The Scott Brown Campaign is working to make the Massachusetts Miracle happen by raising a half million dollars today. They have $80,000 so far. [UPDATE: $93,000 $117,000 $181,000 $260,000 $415,000 $619,000 at 4:50 PM Eastern, goal raised to $750,000 $1,050,000 … Continue reading

New Book For Gun Owners

On October 16, 1991 George Hennard drove his pickup truck through a plate glass window of Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas. He then took out his gun and proceeded to murder 23 people. Susan Gratia Hupp was there having lunch … Continue reading

Rise Of The Anti-Media: In-Forming America’s CCW Movement

Lexington Books Look for a review here as soon as I can get this book read. Also this earlier one by the same author: The National Rifle Association and the Media: The Motivating Force of Negative Coverage (Frontiers in Political … Continue reading