Full disclosure: I am a pro-life conservative. No one admires and reveres President Reagan more than I do (I'll allow that some might hold equal admiration and reverence, but not more!). This is so despite the painful and unfortunate fact that while serving as governor of California, Reagan signed into law the most sweeping and liberal pro-abortion legislation in the entire country. Fortunately for us (and fortunately for him and his eternal salvation), he would later come to recognize his error, express his regret, and acknowledge that signing that legislation was the greatest mistake of his career. As we know, he would go on to become a great fighter and spokesman for the pro-life cause. Sadly, the same cannot be said for Nancy...

While I'm a big Buchanan fan on social and cultural issues, his economic arguments are flawed, to wit: why should I be expected to spend (waste) my hard earned money to purchase over-priced American products made by lazy, inefficient, incompetent, and inept unionized labor, when I can buy products of similar or even superior quality for a lower price? The fact is that lazy, inefficient, incompetent and inept unionized labor is simply not worth ten times more in wages than their counterparts overseas. Unionized labor is an embarrassment to this country. They have priced themselves out of their own jobs, and they ought to be ashamed of themselves. Maybe if they started working harder (or actually working period), increased their...

My understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) is that the main problem in Afghanistan is that the Obama/ McChrystal "Counter-Insurgency" ("COIN") strategy is a relatively long-term, "win-their-hearts-and-minds" strategy that is under-resourced and self-contradictory, to wit: "we" are attempting to implement a relatively long-term strategy under the self-imposed pressure of a relatively short-term withdrawal deadline; there's no way "COIN" will succeed prior to the Obama withdrawal date; either change the strategy or abandon the withdrawal timetable. On a lighter note, I noticed that Pat referred to MacArthur as the most "famous" "U.S." general since Grant. By "famous", I choose to believe that Pat meant "greatest"; and by specifying...

Sol from NY says in effect that Republicans are the enemy of blacks. I disagree. Lets look at it from a practical, results oriented standpoint: the practical result of the Republican pro-life policy would be that hundreds of thousands of black babies would be allowed to be born each and every year instead of being massacred by abortions; the practical result of the Republican school-choice policy would be that tens of thousands - hopefully more if it were put into effect on a widespread basis - of black children would have access to a decent education as opposed to being trapped in failed, government monopoly schools controlled by teacher unions and Democrats; and finally, in terms of welfare and economics in general, the...

I'm a big fan of Mike Pence and I applaud his efforts. My question is: Where were we when we had majorities in both houses of congress and a supposedly pro-life President? Was anything similar proposed and voted on during those years, and if so, what was the result? Sadly, we all know that Pence's current effort will get nowhere given the current configuration of "our" government, but at least he's fighting the good fight.

Sorry about the "...kicking some atheistic butt" remark. As Sotomayor might say, a rhetorical flourish that fell flat. The remark was directed more toward Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot, etc., not toward you; after all, we are fellow conservatives, although I think your foundation is a bit shaky...

There is no such thing as a "pro-abortion Catholic"; you can be one or the other, but not both. The Catholic church is not a democracy; lay people do not determine who is Catholic and who is not, or what is Catholic and what is not; these things are determined by the magisterium of the church, i.e. the Pope and the bishops together, ex cathedra. Sotomayor, Kerry, Kennedy, etc. may claim to be Catholic, but by their voting records and statements they have ex-communicated themselves from the church, i.e. they are outside (ex) the communion of the church. The fact that the church hierarchy has not had the fortitude to defend the faith properly is regrettable, but it does not change the underlying fact - after all, God knows (and the...

There is no such thing as a "pro-abortion Catholic"; you can be one or the other, but not both. The Catholic church is not a democracy; lay people do not determine who is Catholic and who is not, or what is Catholic and what is not; these things are determined by the magisterium of the church, i.e. the Pope and the bishops together, ex cathedra. Sotomayor, Kerry, Kennedy, etc. may claim to be Catholic, but by their voting records and statements they have ex-communicated themselves from the church, i.e. they are outside (ex) the communion of the church. The fact that the church hierarchy has not had the fortitude to defend the faith properly is regrettable, but it does not change the underlying fact - after all, God knows (and the...

Why not have liberals on the court?

1) They tend to be atheistic darwinists, i.e anti-God. In my opinion as a conservative Catholic, they therefore tend to be morons. I want someone on the court who is capable of true scientific thought, as opposed to politicized science.

2) They are generally one-trick ponies - anti-religion, pro-abortion, etc. When someone tells me he wants God removed from the public square (see Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc.),I don't want to "turn and run away - fast" (just like a liberal); instead, I want to stand my ground and kick some atheistic butt!

How can you be a conservative and not believe in God? - You can't. Our inalienable rights as human beings come from God; we loan power to...

While Coakley is yet another in a long line of apostate pro-abortion so-called "Catholics", "our guy" in the race (not sure of his religious affiliation, if any) is also "pro-choice", and holds several other left-wing positions. I do realize that this is Massachusetts, so we'll take what we can get, but let's not kid ourselves that we're getting anything more than another Snowe or Collins. As for the race itself, I hope we're not setting ourselves up for a big and potentially embarrassing disappointment; after all, this is Massachusetts...