While some simply see Jim DeMint as one of the most right-wing members of the U.S. Senate and a Republican leader of the conservative movement, I believe DeMint could be leading the GOP and the movement on the path to redemption. American conservatism has taken a wrong turn. It is true we have elected plenty [...]
There have always been libertarian and authoritarian strains within the Republican Party. Both are very different, often to the degree of incompatibility. Generally speaking, the libertarian strain is what generations have always thought of as traditional American conservatism—limited government, individual liberty, free markets, strong national defense, and loyalty to the Constitution. However imperfect, this is [...]
In 2007, I was just a conservative commentator who was lucky enough to have a weekly column in the Charleston City Paper and regular segments on 1250 AM WTMA’s The Morning Buzz with Richard Todd. I believed in the GOP of National Review contributors like Russell Kirk and Richard Weaver, politicians like Robert Taft and Barry Goldwater, and political commentator [...]
Rand Paul endorsing Mitt Romney had everything to do with the liberty movement and little to do with Mitt Romney. I explained why, after it happened, here. If Sen. Paul had not endorsed Romney, I would be pretty regretful that he didn’t. The necessity of this is as clear to me now as the day [...]
If there is a positive to come out of the unfolding scandal involving General Petraeus, it might be a more sober accounting of America’s involvement in Afghanistan. Risks to our national security have been heightened by our continued presence there: Our handpicked president, Hamid Karzai is seen as a joke. Anti-American sentiment has grown considerably. Terrorists recruit. The Taliban endures. To the degree Americans [...]