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The Last Stand of the West

By Mary Katharine Ham (Jul 25, 2008)

Note: America—and the West as a whole—cannot afford to ignore the battles waged, lessons learned and indignities suffered by the Israelis who share our values and fight to... more

"For the Children"

By Mary Katharine Ham (Jul 14, 2008)

The following article is from the May issue of Townhall Magazine.  To subscribe to twelve issues of Townhall Magazine and receive a free copy of Andrew McCarthy’s... more

The Revival of Good Ol' American Competition

By Mary Katharine Ham (Jun 26, 2008)

The following article is from the April issue of Townhall Magazine.  To subscribe to twelve issues of Townhall Magazine and receive a free copy of Andrew McCarthy’s... more

A Different Tune

By Mary Katharine Ham (Jun 25, 2008)

The following article is from the March issue for Townhall Magazine.  To subscribe to twelve issues of Townhall Magazine and receive a free copy of Andrew McCarthy’s... more

Economics is for Lovers

By Mary Katharine Ham (Jun 24, 2008)

The following article is from the February issue for Townhall Magazine.  To subscribe to twelve issues of Townhall Magazine and receive a free copy of Andrew McCarthy’s... more

HamNation: Introducing the Nouveau Vert

By Mary Katharine Ham (Jun 23, 2008)

The following article is from the January issue for Townhall Magazine.  To subscribe to twelve issues of Townhall Magazine and receive a free copy of Andrew McCarthy’s... more

'Bubba's' rural appeal outshines Michelle's sullen swing through N.C.

By Mary Katharine Ham (May 06, 2008)

RALEIGH, N.C. - Bill Clinton arrived an hour and 15 minutes late to his last campaign stop of the day in Raleigh, N.C., but he arrived to cheers. It was his ninth stop of the... more

How Obama and McCain Keep Sister Souljah-ing the Wrong People

By Mary Katharine Ham (Apr 29, 2008)

It was a pickle only John McCain could have gotten himself into. What should have been a mostly uneventful weekend for McCain, two weeks before the increasingly ugly... more

Too Nice to Win: Will Obama's 'New' Politics Survive an Old Game?

By Mary Katharine Ham (Apr 22, 2008)

My, how times have changed. Hillary, whose candidacy rationale was once that she should be the nominee simply because it was inevitable is now clinging to the promise of... more

Barack Obama to Rural Voters: I Can’t Believe in You

By Mary Katharine Ham (Apr 15, 2008)

Perhaps the greatest lesson to be learned by Democrats from this week’s “bitter” brouhaha is that when you get advice about how to hook rural, white, blue-collar voters... more

Vets vs. Code Pink: Class and Trash Clash on the Hill

By Mary Katharine Ham (Apr 09, 2008)

While Gen. David Petraeus spent the day hammering sometimes unwilling senators with facts and stats about Iraq, all with unwavering patience, more than 400 veterans of the... more

Want real hope and change? Try Louisiana

By Mary Katharine Ham (Apr 01, 2008)

There once was a man who campaigned on a message of hope and change. In his victory speech he promised never to succumb to a worldview in which “lobbyists begin to look... more

Wimping Out: Obama's Squandered Chance at Post-Racialism

By Mary Katharine Ham (Mar 19, 2008)

There are things I like about Barack Obama. Until the most vitriolic of the Jeremiah Wright sermons surfaced, Obama's post-racial rhetoric was appealing to me. I believed... more

2008's Optimism: It's Taxpayer-Funded Morning in America

By Mary Katharine Ham (Jan 22, 2008)

Optimism. It's not a uniquely American quality, but it's a very American quality. And, for those who would be the president of the United States, it's a quality they can't... more

Huck, Chuck, and J.C.: Does it work in New Hampshire?

By Mary Katharine Ham (Jan 08, 2008)

Is there an evangelical vote in New Hampshire? Certainly, there are evangelicals and evangelicals who vote, but the conventional wisdom is that the demographic that... more