Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy

Just Say No to Health Insurance

Rachel Alexander — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:16:53 +0000

No one is talking about risk pools as an alternative to healthcare insurance. Everyone talks about reforming health insurance while ignoring a better alternative: healthcare risk pools. Powerful lobbyists for the healthcare insurance industry have convinced politicians to perpetuate the current system of health insurance, hoping that minor tweaks will solve the escalating crisis. Conservative [...]

The Devil and Rick Santorum

National Review Editorial Board — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:45:26 +0000

Rick Santorum has not always shown that he knows how to pick his battles wisely, or that he understands that voters want a president with a suitably modest conception of a president’s proper role in national life.

Critics of Senator Santorum’s moral and religious views, especially in the media, have not been wholly scrupulous [...]

“Social Issues” – From A Truly Conservative Perspective

Christopher Adamo — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:30:33 +0000

It is no surprise that a speech made by Santorum at a theological institution in 2008, in which he described a satanic onslaught against this nation, is now getting nonstop coverage on the nightly news. With Republican candidate Rick Santorum’s meteoric rise of recent weeks, the media has predictably gone into full attack mode against [...]

America: Who is the King of the Jungle?

Mark H. Creech — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:15:47 +0000

Too many politicians proudly strut around behaving as if they were king. They roar and act as if they own the country. But obviously they’ve forgotten, or were altogether unawares, there is somebody much bigger than they to whom they’ll have to give an account. Once there was a lion that was proud of his [...]

Iran behind Israeli Embassy Bombings

Nooredin Abedian — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:00:15 +0000

Iran's leaders resort to terror because the tool has proven its effectiveness in the past. An Iranian proverb says a cunning fox caught red-handed in the poultry box and claiming innocence was asked whether he had a witness to prove his words, and he was clever enough to point to his own tail as the [...]

Duly Noted – Liberty and the Overcoming of Capitalism.

George de Poor Handlery — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:04:18 +0000

The pledge to eliminate capitalism sells. The goal‘s equivalent is to serve a steak that has never been part of a cow. The “traditional” civilizations of the past had generated significant achievements. About these – just think of the pyramids – it is to be noted that in them, the blend of knowledge, material and [...]

For Better Debates

Dan Nagasaki and Glenn Doi — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:22:49 +0000

Instead of having journalists ask questions in presidential and legislative debates, why not have the candidates ask the questions? Then journalists could not use the debates to try to create controversy on a topic the public is not interested in. Last night we saw the last GOP presidential candidate debate, at 8 PM EST on [...]

Obama Has Already Lost, and Doesn’t Even Know it

David Coughlin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:19:15 +0000

Obama has little chance on winning in November, but this does not stop the mainstream media from selling the message that he has a chance, and because many voters are uninformed and can still be influenced by the constant media spin. Barack Obama is a lame duck President already, but probably doesn’t realize it since [...]

The Sacred Cow of Racism

Joseph Harris — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:16:13 +0000

All references to race are not racist. Facts are facts and cannot be changed. A common fallacy today is the assumption that racism and discrimination are the same. Honest discussions on issues of race are as scarce as hen’s teeth. Reporters and pundits are usually too afraid to speak on any issue that might be [...]

The Left is Seldom Right

Dr. Norman Berdichevsky — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:12:19 +0000

Dr. Norman Berdichevsky has written an important book on the perversion and rather useless innuendo around the political terms ‘Left and Right.' A book to help you navigate through the 2012 election.

Although no older than the French Revolution, the political terms “Right” and” Left” have become banal and stale clichés. They are often [...]