In an article titled "How Geert Wilders turned all corners of Dutch society into far right voters" the typically Left-leaning writers at POLITICO (unintentionally we're sure) gave American conservatives some helpful advice on how to save our country. It turns out that sticking to the issues that concern voters, such as inflation, affordable housing, immigration (both legal and illegal), the Islamization of the country and other kitchen table issues is a formula for success at the polls.   And Dutch conservative populist Geert Wilders is just the latest European to harness the energy beh ..read more

President Biden's Executive Order 14019, signed on March 7, 2021, directs federal agencies to promote access to voting. This includes using agency resources and premises to support voter registration through "approved" nonpartisan organizations, which lack any center or right-of-center representation. The implementation of E.O. 14019 has raised concerns of partisan bias, with evidence suggesting alignment with far left-leaning think tanks and NGOs funded by dark money. Additionally, the administration's assertion of Presidential Communications Privilege over strategic plans and core document ..read more

For fans of the classic movie Gladiator – and who isn’t? – there’s a scene near the beginning of the historic action drama detailing the mostly-fictional but believable tale of power struggle and succession in ancient Rome, where the elderly and dying Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius (in 180 A.D.), privately informs his son, Commodus, that the 19-year-old won’t be inheriting the throne. “Are you ready to do your duty for Rome?” Marcus expectantly questions his (grown) boy. “Yes, Father”, Commodus replies. “You will not be emperor”, Marcus reveals.   The great man’s negative decl ..read more

The political home of conservatives is the Republican Party. Unfortunately, most of the leaders of the GOP are politically weak and ineffective, as well as not being principled, limited government, Constitutional conservatives.   Usually, GOP politicians speak and write like conservatives.  They tell us that they believe in limited government, lower taxes, less government regulation, support for life, support for traditional moral values, etc., etc.   However, when it is time to vote or take action they mostly support growing government.   WHAT’S TO BE DONE?   The an ..read more

Advancing American Freedom (AAF), the thinktank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, has just published the first and only study we know of that quantifies the magnitude and cost of the astonishing program of growing the Deep State undertaken by the Democrats since Joe Biden’s 2020 election. Why are they pumping these rules and regulation at this breakneck pace? You might call it a pre-insurgency or pre-coup d’etat but the Democrats who claim to be confident in Joe Biden’s reelection are rolling out rules and regulations at a pace that will embed their progressive ideas in every noo ..read more

“What do (they) want?” MONEY! “When do (they) want it?” NOW! You might’ve heard a similar cheer at a high school sporting event – minus the money part – chanted by cheerleaders imploring their school’s team to kick up their efforts and throw the fans a proverbial bone, like a touchdown, or a first down or a defensive stop… or something. At least that’s the way it used to be, before folks stopped going to football games or calling for simple things like pecuniary valueless team accomplishments.   But one place you could likely still find the “give ‘em money!” feeling is at a Democrat par ..read more

Long before the October 7 Sabbath Massacre during which Hamas-aligned Muslims raped and slaughtered over 1,100 Israeli civilians, Democrats had a Hamas problem. In recognition of the foundational threat to American national security Hamas poses, back in 2021 Senator Rick Scott spoke on the Senate floor about his Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act, with Senators Joni Ernst, Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Braun, and asked for its passage by unanimous consent. The Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act would have ensured no American taxpayer dollars would be authorized to the territory of Gaza until the ..read more

This past March was a turning point for the feminist movement, when Ipsos reported that for the first time, 60% of Gen Z men across 31 countries believe that “women’s equality” programs now discriminate against men (1). But rather than softening their approach, feminists appear to be increasing the intensity of their accusations of “patriarchal oppression” (2).   Indeed, the feminist movement has seen a number of major setbacks in recent weeks: 1. In connection with Parental Alienation Awareness Day on April 25, three public figures in the United Kingdom made public statements affirming ..read more

It’s always surprising when someone in the establishment media complains about the nasty tone in today’s politics, which begs the question: what did you expect? When you attend a boxing match, shouldn’t you suppose there’ll be blood and low blows? Or if you score tickets to a hockey game (maybe not the playoffs so much), shouldn’t you anticipate there’ll be gloves down on the ice and punches exchanged at least once or twice in the sixty-minute contest?   I don’t recall who said it, but politics ain’t bean bag. And it’s always been that way, primarily because American voters relish the ..read more

 It’s a great time to be a Reagan historian for myself and my colleagues, especially scholars such as Steve Hayward, Kiron Skinner, and Paul Kengor. Between us, we've published almost twenty books on Reagan with more to come. Paul Kengor has an upcoming book on Reagan and race. His narrative settles the false charges once and for all made by the ill-famed Washington Post--- they of dwindling readership and advertisers---as well as the badly reputed New York Times--which recently published a tissue thin and fact less smear about Reagan and the Iranian hostages in 1980. The baseless artic ..read more