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An electorate irrationally devoted to secularism

Saturday, 10 November 2012 15:03 by Brad Hughes
  (Centennial Fellow) Pundits say that Hispanics, single women, young people, and blacks delivered a victory for President Obama's re-election. However, these are only external differences that do little to explain the internal unity that each g... [More]
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Processing what happened, planning what's next

Saturday, 10 November 2012 14:56 by Melanie Sturn
('76 Contributor) After the bitter disappointment of election night, I had to leave Aspen next morning for a journey to NYC where I had meetings this week.  After no sleep on Tuesday night, I set out early on Wednesday for a day of travel hell. ... [More]
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Mystery of the libertarian spoilers

Thursday, 8 November 2012 09:27 by John Andrews
Someone please tell me what is accomplished when Libertarian Party candidates divert enough votes to elect the Democrat and defeat the Republican.   . Are we better governed as a result?  Do grateful patriots flock to the banner of Rothbard... [More]

What if Jackie Robinson had been a lousy ballplayer?

Monday, 5 November 2012 15:45 by Mike Jones
  ('76 Contributor) What does that mean? What does that have to do with the election or the price of fish in France for that matter? I'll lay all of this out and illustrate one of the reasons why black-Americans are supporting Barack Obama and w... [More]

Why elections matter: A worried businessman sums up

Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:13 by Buz Koelbel
  ('76 Contributor) As I mentioned in previous recent essays, I am truly concerned that America's best days are behind it.  The multitude of headwinds that make this unfortunate direction a devastating reality are many-fold.  I recap... [More]
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Who is the party of big business? Dems, not GOP

Sunday, 28 October 2012 15:03 by William Watson
Editor's Note: Looking at the trend of 2012 campaign donations, listening to the 2012 campaign rhetoric, and reviewing the Obama administration's favoritism to giant corporations, CCU History Prof. Bill Watson asked us to publish again the following ... [More]
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Lincoln's vision of hope fits Romney, not Obama

Sunday, 28 October 2012 14:54 by Melanie Sturn
  ('76 Contributor) During the Civil War, when the union's preservation and slavery's abolition were in doubt, President Lincoln roused the nation with his dream “of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last ... [More]
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Our dangerous experiment with freedom on the cheap

Sunday, 28 October 2012 04:39 by John Andrews
(Denver Post, Oct. 28) Have you voted yet? Our state’s nine electoral votes could hand the presidency to Romney or Obama -- and the Colorado outcome in 2012 could turn on a few hundred ballots, much like the Florida outcome in 2000.  ... [More]

Sex Sells… the Presidency?

Saturday, 27 October 2012 06:35 by Krista Kafer
Sex is used to peddle all kinds of things from sport cars to perfume; and for the first time in its 223 year history, it’s being used overtly to sell a candidate for presidency. The Obama Campaign’s new ad likening voting to losing one&rs... [More]
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Andrews book looks past 2012 to 2076. Will we get there?

Friday, 26 October 2012 02:50 by Larry Reed
('76 Contributor) The impermanence of political systems and political glory has never been better portrayed than in Percy Bysshe Shelley’s sonnet, “Ozymandias.”  It depicts a toppled, broken statue in the desert, on whose base ... [More]