Liberal Anger Only Makes Ted Cruz Stronger By Ramesh Ponnuru Rude, entitled, arrogant and off-putting: That's how the conventionally wise in Washington are characterizing Ted Cruz, the conservative new senator from Texas. It's a better description of the critics themselves, who are inadvertently helping Cruz build his national fan base. They Wouldn't Act This Way If Ted Cruz Weren't Putting … [Read more...]

When Will Republicans Understand Free Market Healthcare? By Daniel Horowitz Healthcare is one of the most complex policy issues. The lack of free market healthcare, engendered by endless government interventions (and secondary interventions to fix the original interventions), has made policy solutions even more cumbersome. But the overarching principle of any reform must begin with the … [Read more...]

A Miscarriage of Justice - Obama administration seeking to deport Christian homeschooling family By Andrew Evans The Obama administration is attempting to deport a German family that came to America seeking asylum from a Nazi-era law that prohibits homeschooling. Words Matter By Gary L. Bauer Media bias is a fact of life for conservatives. The left-wing spin on the evening news is bad … [Read more...]

Same Sex Marriage Is Not the Same As Opposite Sex Marriage - Keeping It Rational By Dan McLaughlin At the core of the two same-sex marriage cases argued this week before the Supreme Court is the fundamental question of whether the Constitution requires the state and federal governments to treat same-sex marriage exactly the same as traditional, opposite-sex marriage for all purposes for all … [Read more...]

Senate Republicans Willfully and Knowingly Lie to Their Constituents By Erick Erickson Last night, having noted the list of Republicans in the Senate who voted to fund Obamacare in yesterday's Morning Briefing, I went through a series of emails from readers. Tom Ridge: Unindicted Co-conspirator By streiff In Philadelphia we are being treated to the logical outcome of unprincipled … [Read more...]

A Ted Cruz Missile Strikes Dianne Feinstein By Daniel Horowitz If Ted Cruz keeps this up in the Senate, Democrats might try to impose gun control on his Cruz missile strikes. Earlier today at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on guns, Ted Cruz directly challenges Dianne Feinstein to answer how her gun bans are constitutional if the same language protecting the right to bear arms (“the right … [Read more...]

The Power of One Man’s Conviction By Daniel Horowitz What was it about Rand Paul’s filibuster that has captivated conservatives all over the country and reinvigorated their desire to fight for our Constitutional Republic? The irony is that the drone issue was not even one of the most popular issues among many conservatives until last night. I suspect that many conservatives don’t … [Read more...]

Let's Speak Plain English About Spending Cuts A Commentary By Scott Rasmussen To borrow a phrase, Mainstream America and Washington's Political Class have become two nations separated by a common language. Teachers outnumbered in schools by administrators, support staff in many states, study shows By Ben Wolfgang Each day at school, students in 21 states will see more librarians, bus … [Read more...]

Ted Cruz deserves cheers, not jeers By Jim Demint Imagine a new senator who ran a campaign of "no more business as usual." No more special interest politics, no more backroom deals - and he won. He came to Washington, and he delivered. He didn’t stay quiet, he spoke passionately for what he believed in, and he made it clear he planned to shake up the status quo. I Am Very Disappointed in … [Read more...]

Battle for Control of the Republican Party Begins Phyllis Schlafly Karl Rove has declared war on grassroots conservatives and Tea Parties. Rove, who had the richest Super PAC in 2012 (American Crossroads, which reportedly spent $300 million in the 2012 election cycle), has started a new fund called Conservative Victory Project to spend big bucks in the 2014 Republican primaries to defeat … [Read more...]