Top Six Things Trump Was Doing While McCain Was in the Hanoi Hilton
H/T: The Washington Post 1. Went to “work” with his dad. — During college Donald Trump worked for his father’s real estate business. He managed to graduate college with a net…
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Terry Schilling
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Terry Schilling is executive director of the American Principles Project.
Trump in ’99: “I am very pro-choice in every respect”
Newly minted conservative hero Donald Trump has been criticized recently for donating over $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation. He’s now coming under fire for telling the late Tim Russert during…
Gov. Jindal: Enough of the Talkers, Time for a Doer
Cajun signs hailing “Geaux Bobby!” waved across the screen as Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took the stage to announce his expected run for President. Jindal started with the story of…
Dear Sen. Graham: Pick My Grandma Ruth as a Rotating First Lady
Dear Senator Graham, I read with great amusement several news articles regarding your promise to have a rotating First Lady in the White House. One of the articles mentioned that…
Rick Santorum Kinda Lost on Social Issues
With all due respect, Maggie, Santorum’s anti-contraception stance probably did hurt him in the GOP primary in 2012. Running as a pro-life candidate is one thing. Talking about how states…
Looking In Reverse to Move Forward: Why U.S. Monetary Policy is Inherently Flawed
There’s been a lot of discussion about the Federal Reserve lately. To be independent of Congress or not to be. To audit or not to audit. To decide interest rates…
What Marco Needs to Say Tonight
With much excitement surrounding Sen. Marco Rubio’s speech at the Freedom Tower today, there’s been little speculation about what he’s going to say outside of his tax plan with Sen. Mike…
Rand Paul: Get the Feds Out of Education Policy
Rand Paul is on a roll. First, he went on offense on an issue where Republicans all too often play defense: abortion. He called out the Democratic National Committee and…
2016ers Should Take Note: Top Teachers Reject Common Core
Joy Pullman had an excellent piece this week in The Federalist highlighting some of our nation’s best teachers and their opposition to the Common Core. Any candidate considering a bid for…
Just Audit the Darn Thing
It has $4 trillion in holdings…close to one quarter of the U.S. GDP. The markets flip out anytime it even hints at making a move. It enabled the housing bubble…
Newsflash to GOP: You’re Going to Get Attacked
Frank, I agree: that was one horrific interview on abortion for Scott Walker. For some reason or another, many politicians think that they can package their beliefs in such a…
Christie v. Walker on Life
In a CPAC interview with Laura Ingraham and from the main stage, Gov. Chris Christie demonstrated he knows you have to fight to get the GOP nomination, and if he…
Jindal Refuses to “Evolve” on Marriage
Well, that was quick. A few days ago, I asked if former Gov. Mike Huckabee would be the only candidate to speak forcefully for marriage. Then, on Feb. 10, Gov.…
Will Huckabee Stand Alone?
So far in the GOP race for 2016, there has been only one candidate to stand up strongly in the last few weeks and months against the new raging political…
