October 27, 2017

What's wrong with the Trump tax plan

I believe that Republican ideas are usually better than Democrats' ideas when it comes to how to provide for public needs.  I am a Lincoln Republican, believing in government where most effective and only where needed.  Individual liber...

November 15, 2013

It's Economics, Stupid

Is it possible for Republicans, common-sense Democrats, Independents, and Tea Party conservatives to agree on one simple but absolutely central concept: the marketplace and economic principles govern human economic behavior? This principle is at the ...

November 2, 2012

And the Prize Goes to Mayor Bloomberg

Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg of New York City grasped the mantle of dumbest of the dumb from the arms of Debbie Wasserman Schultz by saying two particular things in one paragraph: he is supporting Barack Obama, and it is because Mr. Obama cares about g...

February 21, 2012

All Hail Obama

The willingness of the White House to exceed the Constitutional powers of the President and assert authority beyond that directed in federal statutes is starting to show up more frequently.  In the past week on American Thinker, John F. DeLeo ...

December 18, 2011

Why Gingrich is not a 'conservative's conservative'

While the debate among Republicans and others continues over whether Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney or someone else better represents Conservatives, the truth is now becoming clear.  Gingrich's own studious understanding of American history reveals ...

November 21, 2011

A 911 hero and his flag

Just over ten years ago, a policeman risked his life to save hundreds of people endangered by an　Islamic extremist attack on his country. He ran into the lobby of a World Trade Center building that had been devastated by an airliner collision, and so...

October 10, 2011

What does Cain's 9-9-9 Plan Do, and Will the Plan Work?

Republicans need to understand and believe that a candidate's programs make sense, before  that candidate  is nominated and chosen to be their candidate for President.  As a registered Republican I am intrigued by the apparent populari...

September 8, 2011

Candidates Disappoint on Science and Climate

The Republican candidates failed to explain clearly to the American people why the Democrats' stated concerns over climate change are wrong.  Asked essentially to name a scientist who does not believe in man-made global warming, Rick Perry disso...

August 20, 2011

USEPA: Hell-Bent on Over-Control

In the United States, we are repeatedly told that good science requires this or that regulation because this or that bad thing will happen otherwise.  We live in a world that depends on honest answers to good questions in order to keep itself fr...

January 6, 2011

Saving America

The reality of our national condition dictates that we stop mincing words.  A huge challenge awaits our Congress: do something positive for our economy before America succumbs to more spending and the relentless printing of money.  Our free...

August 1, 2010

The Threat to Personal Liberty

Many believe the 2010 elections will save America from social and economic disaster. However, the progressives are intent on imposing their vision on us, and they will pull no punches in trying to paint their opponents as Neanderthals, racists, or wh...

January 18, 2010

Dear Massachusetts: History is calling

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December 28, 2009

Clearing the Air on the Clean Air Act and Climate Change

Green believers give no indication of slowing their quest for carbon dioxide control. On December 7, 2009, coincident with the convening of the since-failed Climate Conference in Copenhagen, the USEPA made final the "finding" that greenhous...

February 7, 2009

Smarter Environment Spending For Jobs and Business Relief

If America wants economic stimulus from environmental clean-up, there is a much smarter way to do it than found in the current stimulus proposal. The Stimulus legislation (HR 1) that emerged from the House of Representatives with President Obama...

January 13, 2009

Senate Republicans Need to Demand Re-Examination on Global Warming

On the question of global warming control, the confirmation hearings for President-Elect Obama's choices for environmental leadership posts present a critical juncture for the future of America and the world.  While running for election, Barack ...