Frank Burke

Frank Burke


  • February 26, 2015

    Toward a Winning Communications Strategy

    It is ironic that at the present time the party of Ronald Reagan, the man known as “The Great Communicator” should so often find itself unable to clearly define its policies.

  • August 1, 2014

    Automation: the Joker in the Deck

    Automation is becoming a practical, efficient, and economical alternative to employment, especially for low-skilled jobs.

  • July 21, 2013

    Destroying the American Brand

    "Too big to fail" does not actually work for businesses -- and it doesn't work for countries, either.

  • June 8, 2013

    A Failure to Communicate

    Are conservatives even interested in getting their message across?

  • October 10, 2012

    Don't Bet on Obama's Likeability Rating

    Lacking a background in market research, many pundits are taking at face value a question with much more subtle implications.

  • March 12, 2012

    Democrats Kill Wisconsin Jobs to Spite Governor Scott Walker

    Killing 600 initial jobs, and as many as 2,200 long-term, so the embattled GOP governor gets no credit.

  • September 9, 2011

    Manufacturing Failure

    The leader of Obama's Advanced Manufacturing Partnership has a lot to learn.

  • July 4, 2011

    American Amnesia

    As tragic as this is for an individual, how much more so is it for a nation and a people to lose the recall of their collective identity?

  • April 15, 2011

    Substance and Style Needed to Defeat Obama in 2012

    Those pundits and politicos evidencing shock and awe at the public's seeming embrace of Donald Trump's possible candidacy are missing a key point that will be critical to success in the 2012 election.

  • March 14, 2011

    Barack Obama: A Management Appraisal

    How Obama measures up.

  • February 23, 2011

    The View from Wisconsin

    For those outside the state to fully appreciate the significance of what is happening in Wisconsin, it is necessary to understand the local political situation over the past decade.

  • February 13, 2011

    J. Edgar Holder and His Misplaced Priorities

    The recent "mob roundup" in New York is emblematic of the disconnect on multiple levels between Eric Holder's Justice Department and the real world problems facing law enforcement .

  • January 22, 2011

    Culture Minus Context

    A controversy currently taking place in the literary world reflects longstanding problems with the writing -- and teaching -- of history.

  • January 4, 2011

    The Lamest Duck of All

    Obama's vaunted lame duck session successes will, like most of the administration's agenda items, come back to bite him at a later date.

  • December 25, 2010

    A Special Christmas Song

    In the season of joy, one song's poignant lyric recalls the darkest days of the Second World War and provides a message of hope for today.

  • December 14, 2010

    The Energy Equation: Practical Fact vs. Political Fiction

    Politically motivated energy solutions continue to exacerbate the problems they were supposed to counteract.

  • December 4, 2010

    A Foolish DREAM and its Nightmare Consequences

    Like most liberal ideas, the DREAM Act is not what it appears to be and leaves open numerous avenues for waste, fraud, and government expansion

  • November 28, 2010

    The Dangerous Mythology of Immigration

    Blinded by sentimental myths from our past, Americans continue to tolerate an immigration policy dangerous to our national survival.

  • November 3, 2010

    Conservatism's Boll Weevil

    Obama may, unwittingly, have done for conservatism what a hungry insect accomplished for cotton farmers years ago.

  • October 21, 2010

    Obama's Impossible Leap

    No area demonstrates the Obama administration's lack of intrinsic knowledge and stubborn failure to seek competent guidance than manufacturing policy.

  • October 17, 2010

    The Unions, the Trial Lawyers, and Mr. Chekhov

    Postponing a reckoning usually intensifies it.

  • October 14, 2010

    A Matter of Accountability

    A government which refuses to play by the same rules as the rest of us.

  • October 4, 2010

    Marching Toward Oblivion: Obama's Core Supporters and the Corruption of Idealism

    The core supporters who not only facilitated the rise of Obama, but hijacked the traditional Democratic Party and have led it to the brink of electoral ruin need to be understood.

  • September 10, 2010

    The Student Loan Takeover

    The unilateral seizure of the student loan program by the Obama administration carries extremely serious implications for the future of higher education in America.

  • September 9, 2010

    Liberal Economics -- Insular, Misguided, and Obsolete

    A prominent Democrat has unwittingly provided an in-depth view of all that is misguided, incorrect, and vacuous regarding the ultra-liberal perspective on the economy, business, and the global market.

  • August 14, 2010

    Governing against the People

    Priorities and the people.

  • August 9, 2010

    Obama's 'Cool'

    Barack Obama's affinity for pop culture is emblematic of his administration's greater disconnect on programs, policy, and ideology from the mainstream of American society.

  • July 25, 2010

    The Bête Noire of Liberalism

    It's called the "Law of Unintended Consequences"