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Thank you very much. Thank you and good evening. The sponsor has been identified, but unlike most television programs, the performer hasn't been provided with a script. As a matter of fact, I have been permitted to choose my own ideas regarding the choice that we face in the next few weeks. I have spent most of my life as a Democrat. I recently have seen fit to follow another course. I believe that the issues confronting us cross party lines. Now, one side in this campaign has been telling us that the issues of this election are the maintenance...

And The Winners Are....

Many people, inside and outside of the conservative movement are asking questions about where it is going, and whether or not it is on the verge of collapse. Historian and author George Nash addressed the “Uneasy Future of Conservatism” at the Heritage Foundation on June 19th. The event was sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, an organization that seeks to provide college-aged students with an understanding of America’s founding principles. “In 2006, conservatism is middle-aged,” said Nash, “and on the right, there is a sense that political success has not been matched by change.” The government it seems is still...

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick's eyes twinkle at the mention of that August 1984 night at the Republican National Convention in Dallas when she eviscerated liberal Democrats as the "blame America first crowd." "When Marxist dictators shoot their way into power in Central America, the San Francisco Democrats don't blame the guerrillas and their Soviet allies," ... "They blame United States policies of 100 years ago. But then they always blame America first." With those words, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations -- a long-time Democrat -- described the difference between President Reagan's determination to defeat communism and Democratic Party leaders'...