By Michael Swartz
For those serving as President, making a recess appointment when Congress is not in session is a right guaranteed by the Constitution – Article II, Section 2, to be exact. In the era of our nation’s founding, participating in Congress was far from a full-time duty and sometimes months would pass without a single session, making the executive’s initiative to maintain continuity in certain posts important.
By David Bozeman
Grassroots conservatives need not always look to the left for the stench emanating from the Washington backrooms where the important people craft legislation beneficial to themselves and the peon classes be damned.
By Michael Swartz
Traditionally, newspapers have enjoyed the freedom from restrictions on political speech. A good editorial board will consider all views for publication and exhibit some sort of balance among those they allot space for in the editorial pages. Being of the conservative persuasion I would expect to have my columns paired up against another representing the liberal or progressive perspective.
By David Bozeman
With private industry under federal ownership, trillion dollar budget deficits and American leadership floundering under arrogance and hubris, Americans would do well to heed the legacy of our nation’s 30th president, who was born on July 4, 1872. Unfortunately, conservatives are either unaware of Calvin Coolidge or would rather avoid him as a subject, perhaps because his presidency ended just months before the stock market crash of ’29. The progressive Teddy Roosevelt is considered a much safer choice to stand with Ronald Reagan as the 20th Century’s best Republican presidents. Coolidge is rated by historians as, at best, mediocre, and somehow the march of time has left his memory behind in the mist of a quaint, bygone era. The socially awkward country lawyer — who looked like he’d been weaned on a pickle (attributed to Alice Roosevelt Longworth) — is usually considered about as timeless as speakeasies and silent movies.
B y Victor Morawski
Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex) was decrying the fact that the new material requested by the Senate Judiciary Committee from the Clinton Library detailing Elena Kagan’s work for that Administration, which could be crucial to an accurate understanding of her judicial philosophy, would probably not be available in time.
By Michael Swartz
If you know a child of middle school age, you’re probably familiar with the fad of Silly Bandz sweeping the country among that peer group. Now that school is out, the classroom bans imposed on kids who brought those colorful accessories to school to show off or trade are no longer in effect and thousands of “tweens” proudly sport their collections on their arms, a belt clip, or a necklace. With dozens of different shapes based on animals, fantasy characters, sports themes, and the like they appeal to the collector in every child and at about $5 for a pack of 24, Silly Bandz are an inexpensive hobby. Thousands of kids spend part of their allowance to get the latest styles.
By Michael Swartz
Over the last couple decades America has settled into an uneasy truce with itself, as presidents of both parties propose new ideas and promise a new way of doing business but eventually lose their popular mandate.
By Chris Slavens
In Delaware, residents of conservative, rural Sussex County are consistently outvoted by the smirking progressives who control the rest of the First State. The adjacent states of Maryland, and Virginia to the south, which make up the “Eastern Shore,” are affected similarly; local control is nearly impossible due to the large urban populations across the Chesapeake Bay. One idea which has resurfaced regularly since the 18th century is for the Eastern Shore counties to secede from Maryland and Virginia, and join with Delaware to become the state of Delmarva.
By David Bozeman
We knew it was coming.
Liberals are consumed with the concept of conservative (and in this case, Tea Party) hypocrisy. Finding a sexual indiscretion is their biggest delight, but any contradiction, they think, is their ‘checkmate’ and debate is tabled and they have won the day.
By Victor Morawski
“Yes, absolutely!” says the recent Supreme Court nominee.
Many articles have appeared discussing Elena Kagan’s troubling views on First Amendment rights and with good reason. Since the High Court will hear nearly a dozen First Amendment cases in an average year, where she stands on this critical Constitutional issue is enormously important.