by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 11, 2015 | Conservatism, Election 2016
In an event that was supposed to highlight the Republican presidential candidates' views on the economy and its woes, it's surprising that the Fox Business Channel debate Tuesday did not address a newly urgent issue that is striking at a key segment of the Republican...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The biggest question leading up to the fourth GOP presidential debate is which Ben Carson will show up tonight? Will it be the mild-mannered, soft-spoken retired neurosurgeon, or the defensive fabulist and conspiracy theorist? Perhaps Ben Carson’s biggest problem has...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
In Ben Carson Republicans have found a candidate who truly makes George W. Bush look like an intellectual giant, and yet another representative of a right-wing culture where belief is more important than knowledge. In May, I wrote a post titled “Ben Carson’s 13...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Ya gotta hand it to the GOP presidential candidates. It takes either incredible skill or monumental stupidity to get President Obama and Fox News to agree. But their “diva demands” for future debates did it. The whining started even before the third Republican...
by Richard Kirsch | Nov 4, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Paul Ryan paints himself as a champion of “the people” over “Washington.” But the “people” the new House speaker defends are corporations. And the “Washington” he attacks is the one that does deliver for real people. For the past five years, Ryan has authored the...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, Progressive Vision
Ohioans are voting Tuesday on a constitutional amendment to ban gerrymandering that could cure much of what ails our government and fix our broken political process. Ohio residents are voting on Issue One, which passed the Ohio General Assembly as HJR 12 last year,...
