Reagan Conservatives

OMG, I hope my suggestion that Bill Buckley fall on his sword, in atonement for the racial nuttery of one of the contributors to the National Review , had nothing to do with his departure from this earth today. Bill Buckley founded the National Review in 1955, when conservatism was considered by polite people as some kind of mental infliction. Conservatives were odd indeed, having opposed Roosevelt's New Dea l, ranted against the income tax , and been essentially isolationists before World War II. They even felt the federal government had no constitutional authority to regulate marijuana. Yes folks, in 1928 Ron Paul would ... Read Full Story

While the odds are clearly stacked against proponents of liberty and capitalism, it is nevertheless somewhat encouraging to see that the battle lines are being drawn anyway. To coin a phrase from a certain state lottery campaign, "You gotta be in it to win it". To simply roll over and accept the crushing advance of socialism from this administration and 111th Congress would be completely unfathomable. So it is with great cheer that I read this morning that republicans have a growing resistance to the Obama plans of massive government intrusion into every aspect of Americans lives and businesses. What's more, they are venturing ... Read Full Story

Why didn't we think of this much sooner? Oh my, how the left of every stripe has gone utterly apoplectic over the "Tea Parties". It is quite a spectacle to behold as they writhe and squirm and whine over the dastardly conservatives stealing their bread-winning strategies. Why, how dare we exercise our rights as citizens to protest, even though we build the roads and fund the weak? What further forms of gall could we possibly exhibit, continuing to donate to charities even without the tax deductions? That would be like Holy water on a vampire's skin. The horrors. Last night and today has been ... Read Full Story

Conservatives Protest! One of the things I never thought I'd see in my lifetime is a conservative protest. That has always been the bastion of the liberals; something I have always scorned yet something that has been very effective for the past 40 years, much to my chagrin. Even in the Clinton era, conservatives were always too busy making things work to take time out to march with placards, while the liberals - despite having complete control during Clinton's first term - still found not only the free time but the necessity to hold demonstrations. (Sidenote: that just proves they'll never be happy.) Barack ... Read Full Story

Any good business person knows that the best way to make more money is often to charge less. Sure, a high price tag is good for profit margins but if it repels customers to a high enough degree, it becomes worthless, thereby making the overall profitability drop to zero. Reduce the margin, draw in customers, and sell like crazy. Call it the tortoise and hare approach. There is a town on Long Island in New York that has just embraced this simple philosophy, which is odd considering that government doesn't usually comprehend free market strategies. Quite the contrary, the practice most normally endorsed by ... Read Full Story