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The nation finds itself in a new time for choosing, and warrants the rise of a new cultural Tea Party born out of the ashes of the first.Parents began to take over a local school board last weekend with the triumph of two parents who captured seats on a platform to rid classrooms of state-sanctioned racism under the disguise of critical race theory. Cameron “Cam” Bryan, a civil engineer and father of four, and Hannah Smith, an attorney and mother of four, each picked up seats on the Carroll Independent School District school board in Southlake, Texas, between Dallas...

The Polk County Republican Party held its precinct caucuses and county convention on Saturday, April 17, with a new party chair and officers elected. Longtime party chairman Dr. Marc Wall stepped down from his position due to health issues and a new slate of officers was elected by acclamation and installed

“Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature…. If the next centennial does not find us a great nation … it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.” James Garfield, the twentieth president of the...

Congressman Keith Ellison's election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 was a watershed event not only for Minnesota but for our country's relationship with Muslim-majority societies. President Obama pointedly made a reference to Congressman Ellison both in his inaugural speech and during the Cairo speech. One of the positive outcomes of the trail blazed by Congressman Ellison is the increase in engagement of American Muslims in the political process. Several local Muslim organizations have registered tens of thousands of Minnesota Muslim voters. Prominent candidates have made it a point to reach out to American Muslim voters. Foremost among...

“The people! United! Can never be defeated!” You need a bit of collectivism for street protest, which may be why conservatives have never been much good at it. I don’t mean merely in the philosophical sense that collectivist action for individual liberty is reminiscent of the old Steve Martin sketch where he’d get the crowd to chant along with his non-conformists’ oath: “I promise to be different.” (“I promise to be different.”) “I promise to be unique.” (“I promise to be unique.”) “I promise not to repeat things other people say.” (“I promise not to repeat things other people say.”)...

I am putting together a team of politicos to disrupt and derail the newly announced campaign of ex-Gov. and hopeful Roy Barnes. If you want to participate please ping me.

The TERRY ANDERSON SHOW.. Articulating the Popular Rage!

For example, the most famous of these 527s include last Presidential election's Swift Vets and POWs for Truth. The group's sole purpose was to expose presidential hopeful John Kerry's "phony war crimes charges, exaggerated claims about his [Kerry's] service in Vietnam, and his deliberate misrepresentation of the nature and effectiveness of Swift boat operations." While the Swift Vets organization was later fined by the FEC for violating the Finance Reform Act, it still received $16.8m in funding and held a large influence on the 2004 presidential campaign. Today, it's business as usual in Washington, and 527s are once again controlling...

The blogosphere is like an ongoing Olympics of word and wit. We, the bloggers, are the athletes, and herein the competition of D.C. – or at least politics – has only two teams. The Lefties and the Righties play fiercely but the former player has trained and conditioned more than the latter it seems.

Dear Texas Home Schooler, THSC PAC today (January 31, 2006) releases its initial round of endorsements for the 2006 Republican Primary. Texas home schoolers face a potential crisis in this election the likes of which we have not seen since the TEA ruled that home schools were not private schools and encouraged local school districts to prosecute parents who were teaching their children at home in the early 1980s. Let me explain.

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - Hundreds of candlelight vigils calling for an end to the war in Iraq lit up the night Wednesday, part of a national effort spurred by one mother's anti-war demonstration near President Bush's ranch. The vigils were urged by Cindy Sheehan, who has become the icon of the anti-war movement since she started a protest Aug. 6 in memory of her son Casey, who died in Iraq last year. Sheehan says she will remain outside the president's ranch until he meets with her and other grieving families, or until his monthlong vacation there ends. Bush has said...

America In the Balance by Vernon E. Lawrence Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor—lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods. Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac; and to Isaac...

Friends, In light of recent national and international events, it should be clear to most of you that the Christian underpinnings of western civilization are being knocked out from under our feet. Recent acts of judicial fiat in both Canada and in our own country have made it abundantly clear that the "post-Christian" world envisioned by anti-Christian radicals for centuries now may be close at hand. Rather than continuing to scratch and claw our own eyes out over our differences (which will not, by the way, be resolved on this forum) I suggest that we call a temporary truce. Nearly...

By MARY DALRYMPLE, AP Tax WriterWASHINGTON - House Republican leaders split a military tax bill in two after lawmakers from both parties balked at combining relief for American troops going into war with new tax breaks for ranchers, tackle box makers and drug companies. AP Photo   A vote on the package had been scheduled two weeks ago. It was postponed when some GOP members joined Democrats to protest piggybacking the special interest tax breaks on a bill originally intended to show support for U.S. troops being sent to the Persian Gulf. The new strategy sets up separate bills. One...