The Reagan Myth???

Whether at Q&O or The Next Right, we at Delmarva Dealings have always been a fan of Jon Henke.  Unfortunately, today’s piece over at The Next Right forces us to examine several factors in evaluating future Henke commentary on the future direction of the GOP and the conservative movement.  Perhaps:

• I’m simply too old (I was born in 1960).

• Henke is too young to adequately grasp the history of the modern conservative movement (Jon was in kindergarten when I was knocking on doors for Reagan in 1976).

• Henke has swallowed the foolishness of political “branding” and abandoned his (former?) libertarian philosophy.

I always considered Henke to be a better student of history:

The conservative movement that arose in the 60’s and 70’s reached maturity in the 1980’s.  That period became the conservative movement’s frame of reference; the experiences, lessons and skills learned up to that point became the Republican Party’s hammer, and when all you have is a hammer…

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Public Servitude

Is making a requirement of “public service” really service … or is it servitude?  This is a question posed by many; particularly those of us who live in states where our children are required to “do good to graduate”.

Thomas Sowell presents a typically articulate argument against such requirements.

“What lessons do students get from this, except submission to arbitrary power?”

The Left over the Right on Campuses

It’s no secret that the left have learned how to win, have been winning, and will continue to do so unless properly challenged. I saw first hand why this happening at it’s starting point, college campuses. The largest farm system for political engagement.

All over college campuses the tradition has been between College Republicans up against the College Democrats. Now single issue groups and specific philosophical groups, such as libertarian groups, have been popping up on both sides of the aisle.  Obama clearly won this year, but by how much and how big?

Team Obama wiped the right on campuses this year. Why? The left took the initiative to win.  Students for Obama groups popped up everywhere simply to fight for and elect Barack Obama. They advertised, signed up voters, held events, organized and involved

Big Brother Ed Rendell Is Watching You

Delaware Curmudgeon informs us that PennDOT, and Pennsylvania Ed Rendell have instituted a biometric drivers license under the guise of the federal Real ID program. Pennsylvanians are evidently in a snit. Class action suit to follow.

While I don’t consider my self a libertarian to the point of being paranoid, I say go get ‘em guys. In my view this isn’t so much a civil liberties issue as the fact that the law did not permit Rendell to allow the collection of biometric data. Of course, Ed Rendell is your typical Democrat. The rules only matter when it suits.

Conservative / Libertarian Principle – AMEN McQ!

Amen Bruce! QandO’s Bruce McQuain gives his take on Melanie Scarborough’s excellent piece in the Examiner. I threw in the “Libertarian” because that what the great guys at QandO are. As far as I’m concerned, it’s pure Goldwater.

Club for Growth Endorses Andy Harris

The Club for Growth, a leading fiscal conservative national organization committed to economic freedom through lower taxes and less wasteful government spending, endorsed Andy Harris’ bid to unseat Wayne Gilchrest  The Club for Growth press release stated: “Wayne Gilchrest, has accumulated a definitively anti-growth record during his sixteen years in Congress. Gilchrest is clearly one of the most economically liberal Republicans in the House of Representatives.” Read more

Robinson on the Left

WICO’s post-Limbaugh program, “Robinson on the Radio” was coming WAY out of left field today. Up to now I’ve pretty much given John Robinson a free pass. I rarely listen to the show and I was going to pass it up today until I heard that MonoBlogue publisher Michael Swartz was going to be on. If Robinson is like this most days, no one can ever accuse the management of WICO of being a bunch of right wing fanatics. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear that WICO had started to carry Air America’s programming in the afternoons. Read more

The Commanding Heights

Hopefully you watched the little video clip on yesterday’s post about the Salisbury budget and its seeming disregard for the market. The clip, via YouTube, was part of a PBS series title “The Commanding Heights”.

This series should be part of every high school and college curriculum in the nation. Despite the misgivings of my leftist friends, this is a non-partisan issue. It doesn’t matter whether you are a “tax and spend” Democrat, a “borrow and spend” Big Government Republican, a corporatist, or a socialist; a free market is a requirement for a free society. To paraphrase one of the interviewees on the show, a free market is necessary (but not sufficient) to a Democracy. Read more

Barr Dumps GOP

Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr has left the GOP to join the Libertarian Party. I’ve got nothing against the Libertarian Party, it just seems that Barr must have been doing a lot of soul searching since I last heard him speak. Like all conservatives, Barr had a libertarian streak. That’s not the same thing as being a Libertarian.

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Freedom is …

… the absence of coercion. (Hayek)If you believe in liberty, read this gem from QandO.

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