“We’re disarming the Soviet Union faster than you are.” — Donald M. Kendall, CEO of Pepsi, to Brent Scowcroft, President George H.W. Bush’s national security adviser It was 1990, and the Cold War was coming to an end, as the Soviet Union dissolved from within. Odd as it may sound, Pepsi “suddenly” found itself in […]
“Big business, this is supposed to be the one area of culture that conservatives have some lever of power, but we were losing it at a rapid pace.” — Justin Danhof, National Center for Public Policy Research With the ever-growing frequency of American corporations adopting and pushing “woke” Left agendas, it becomes increasingly frustrating for […]
“Can it happen here? Of course it can.” — Rod Dreher, socio-political commentator, author, editor Forgive me for stating the obvious, but there is a lot of scary stuff goin’ on out there. Our government “leadership” and the many ideological influencers they are in league with (e.g., academia, media, ‘progressive’ corporations and organizations, etc.) are […]
“Thankfully, we don’t have those mean tweets, all caps. Look out, they were really hurting us.” — Pete Hegseth, co-host of “Fox & Friends” Fans of 1970s TV and cinema may be familiar with writer/director/producer Irwin Allen who earned the nickname “Master of Disaster” due to his work in the disaster film genre (e.g., The […]
“[L]et us contemplate the message Republican leadership is about to send by rushing to coronate a spokesperson whose voting record embodies much of what led to the 2018 @$$-kicking we received by Democrats.” — Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) Earlier this week, neocon Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) was removed from her position as Chair of the […]
“If HR 1 passes, it will destroy every action states are taking to fight for election integrity. We cannot allow this to happen!” — Mat Staver of LC Action I had intended on covering a very different topic this week, but I got a couple more emails from Liberty Counsel Action. Chairman Mat Staver reminds […]
“It’s called infrastructure, but inside the Trojan horse it’s going to be more borrowed money, and massive tax increases on all the productive parts of our economy.” — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell As I am sure you are aware, the Biden administration working with the Democrats in Congress have proposed a huge “infrastructure” bill […]
America’s Founding Fathers had good reasons for creating an independent, non-voting District as the seat of government for the United States. As David Harsanyi has pointed out, they were “concerned about the seat of federal power being controlled by a hostile or intrusive state government.” Also, if the capital were in a state (or its […]
The issue of “religious rights” and the “free exercise of religion” is a contentious one in the United States. (And elsewhere, of course.) It boils down to “Who is allowed to do what?” and “Who decides?” Naturally, the First and Fourteenth Amendments come up, as does the fan-favorite “separation of church and state”. Incidentally, that […]
“A guide to building an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish.” — summary statement from Heritage document What exactly does it mean to be truly politically conservative in America these days? Have you ever wondered that? I mean, are there just a couple essential beliefs one must have, and everything else is […]
