President Bush put conservatism in critical condition. A President McCain would have put it out to pasture.   [Read More]

This past weekend, I was in Alabama at a Mises Institute conference and got to hear Ron Paul speak on his “dealings with Fed Chairmen.” All the familiar Paulian themes were sounded and constant throughout was the congressman’s unflagging earnestness and good cheer—according to Paul, information is being exchanged differently now, and it’s only a matter of time before We The … [Read More]

After losing control of the Senate and 30 House seats in 2006, the GOP is bracing for losses of six to nine in the Senate, and two dozen to three dozen additional seats in the House. If the party “were a dog food,” says Rep. Tom Davis, “they would take us off the shelf.” Bush’s approval is 25 percent. Ronald Reagan … [Read More]

Whilst I still think it unlikely—though not improbable—that McCain will win title to the presidency next Tuesday, it would seem that the burgeoning hubris emanating from the Obama camp is beginning to grate a bit upon the prosaic populace of the flat-earthed citizenry, like me: ZOGBY SATURDAY: McCain outpolled Obama 48% to 47% in Friday, one day, polling. He is beginning … [Read More]

I can’t believe I am writing this, but right now, I want John McCain to be our president.  Or more specifically, I am more opposed to Obama becoming our president than him.  Yes it’s true, Marcus Epstein has sold out an become a GOP Hack.  He is buying into the “lesser of two evils” argument, and willing to support the warmongering, … [Read More]

In Christopher Buckley’s now-famous account of his “firing” at the hands of Rich Lowry at National Review, Buckley implicitly belittled not just the conservative movement in general but National Review in particular. After revealing the circumstances of his NR column’s cancellation, Buckley summed up his father’s career as follows: My point, simply, is that William F. Buckley held to rigorous standards, … [Read More]

More tragic than the rubble of a raped and looted city, than the cancer-ridden face we knew when it was lovely, is the crumbling of a once impressive mind. In some ways it is much sadder, as it makes the observer think back and question the intellectual qualities he once thought he espied there. I haven’t read Jeff Hart in … [Read More]