Tag: President Ronald Reagan
Why Is National Public Radio Still Publicly Funded?
That National Public Radio (NPR) has been historically tilted to the Left both in their opinion and news reporting is no secret. With the recent departure of a high-level editor at NPR and his blistering dressing down of the liberal...
California Reparations for Slavery Defies Fact, Logic, Fairness, and Law
If one seeks a state that should pay reparations for slavery, California is not that state. In fact, California gold paid the most of any state to finance the Civil War to a successful conclusion that ended slavery in the...
First Presidents’ Day Post ‘Dobbs’ Prompts Reflections on Presidential Pro-Life Positions
For some, Presidents’ Day brings to mind Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, but for American Life League president Judie Brown, talk of presidents brings memories of her and her late husband Paul’s friendship with the fortieth president of the United States,...
OPINION: Republicans Searching for Blame for the ‘Red Wave’ that Wasn’t
There are many Republicans looking for someone to blame for the Red Wave that wasn’t in Tuesday’s midterm election. They probably should look inward, rather than giving in to the impulse to blame. Blame might be the most self-defeating coping...
America’s ‘Misery Index’ is Déjà vu All Over Again
I am re-reading the 2015 book by Paul Kengor, Ph.D., “11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative.” Kengor is a professor of political science at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values. Professor...
Sorry, Forest Service: Fire is NOT our Friend
On July 4th, lightning struck a tree in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Alpine County, California, igniting a small fire that smoldered for days in a quarter acre of rugged terrain. According to Sheriff Rick Stephens, California’s fire-fighting agency, CalFire,...