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Today, Paul Ryan revealed his long-term budget plan that would start in 2012. It does dig deep into solving some of or financial problems we are facing as a nation. In a blog written by Philip Klein from the Washington Examiner, Klein mentions how Ryan would reduce spending: So how does Ryan achieve these numbers? To start with, it isn’t with tax hikes. In fact, revenues would actually decline significantly under his plan, something that we’ll no doubt be hearing more of among liberal critics. Instead,... Read More→

Bret Stephens reports in the Wall Street Journal (I quote at length): Much was made at the time of the care the demonstrators had taken to tidy up the square, but now it’s back to its usual shambolic state. Much was made, too, of how the protests were a secular triumph in which the Muslim Brotherhood was left to the sidelines. But that judgment now looks in need of major revision. …In the event, the ayes had it with a whopping 77%, despite a fevered turnout effort by “No”... Read More→

NYYRC April Meeting Thursday, April 21 · 7:00pm – 8:30pm WNRC 3 West 51st Street b/w 5th and 6th Avenue New York, NY Join us for our April Meeting with 2 Great Speakers! Guest speakers: Glenn Hubbard, Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and Columbia University Professor of Finance and Economics. He was the Council of Economic Advisors under President George W. Bush and economic advisor to Mitt Romney during his 2008 presidential campaign. He is a visiting... Read More→

Dear Joe American, I’m flummoxed by our keen opponents.  They are outflanking me on all issues!  Here I am, Speaker of the House, and I can barely get a word in!  I want your respect, your support, your votes.  What can I and my party do to defeat Obama and the Democrats in 2012? Sincerely, John Boehner Speaker of the House (and sometimes Leader of the Republicans) Dear Speaker Boehner and other Republican leaders, I sometimes wonder how the Republican Party establishment thinks.  I assume... Read More→

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Interpreting this text, the Supreme Court of the United States held this Amendment provides the individual with the personal and fundamental right to bear arms subject to reasonable restrictions/regulation courtesy of the government (District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)). Thus,... Read More→

So far the establishment of a No Fly Zone over Libya has been a positive development, beating back wacky Khaddafy and his gang of murderers. This fight was the right thing to do, as the American tradition and creed requires us to stand up against tyranny in any part of the world when we can. This minimal commitment with little risk of American casualties can help to bring about a democratic future in a part of the world that once could only dream of such an occurrence. Though President Obama is pining... Read More→

So why are we still funding NPR, a public station that should have died with the rise of the internet, a station that rushed fast to fire Juan Williams about being nervous on an airplane with Muslims and were angry he was a Fox News Contributor, a station that is anti-Semetic, makes tea party bashing remarks, had an Executive Director and Chief Fundraiser believed they were meeting with the Muslim Brotherhood, and has only has bad remarks regarding traditional American principals? Well to the Democrats... Read More→

Executing a war in Afghanistan? Check. Initiating air strikes in Libya? Done. Winding up a military presence in Iraq? Got It. Dealing with unemployment, resurgent inflation, a weak housing market and all sorts of other domestic economic woes? Sure, why not! Taking a family trip to Latin America when you have all these pressing issues pending? But of course! Was I the only American who cringed last Saturday afternoon when President Obama was unavailable to announce and explain to the nation... Read More→

The New Republican Party was the name of an absolutely brilliant political speech by Ronald Reagan, delivered in 1977 to CPAC. It captures the essence of conservatism and explodes the myth of it being an rigid code. Conservatism is the antithesis of the kind of ideological fanaticism that has brought so much horror and destruction to the world. The common sense and common decency of ordinary men and women, working out their own lives in their own way — this is the heart of American conservatism... Read More→

Libya rebels are at war with Gaddafi, the Middle East is going through major changes, Japan has had a disaster that doesn’t seem to end, and President Barack Obama can make an easy decision about making his NCAA picks and going on vacation. For Obama sports and luxury are easy, but a major problem in the US or the world, it is wait and see and then maybe make a decision later. What President Obama does not understand is the Presidency is not some form of fun and celebrity, it’s being... Read More→