Star Parker's Townhall.com Column

No Surprise When Cory Booker Defends Capitalism

2012-05-28T00:01:00-04:00

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Winston Churchill captured what this presidential election is about when he observed “the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”

Blacks and Same Sex Marriage

2012-05-21T00:01:00-04:00

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Perhaps history will show that the first black president’s biggest contribution to black America was forcing this community to come to terms with its own identity and priorities.

Free Our Kids From Arne Duncan

2012-05-14T00:01:00-04:00

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President Obama now commands center stage following his formal announcement that, yes, he supports same sex marriage.

Paul Ryan’s Budget Is a Moral Budget

2012-05-07T00:01:00-04:00

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Rep. Paul Ryan, (R-Wis), chairman of the House budget committee, provoked some angry push back when he claimed that not only is his proposed sweeping revamp of the US budget fiscally sound but also morally sound.

How to Keep the Poor Poor

2012-04-30T00:01:00-04:00

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Media personality Tavis Smiley and Princeton philosophy professor Cornell West have just published their latest contribution to American poverty propaganda, “The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto.”

Obama's Real Hilary Rosen Problem

2012-04-23T00:01:00-04:00

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Spokespersons and pundits stick their foot in it all the time. But rarely do we see public relations heavy artillery brought out to do damage control to the extent provoked by Hilary Rosen’s recent remark that Ann Romney “never worked a day in her life.”

Obama Makes Foul Call for Economic 'Fairness'

2012-04-16T00:01:00-04:00

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You have got to give credit where credit is due. President Barack Obama has laid out the core message of his re-election campaign. It is a message whose claims are blatantly false and whose point is irrelevant to what is of greatest concern to Americans today.

Obama's Message Has Nothing to Do with Fairness or Recovery

2012-04-13T00:01:00-04:00

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President Obama has laid out the core message of his reelection campaign. It is a message whose claims are blatantly false and whose point is irrelevant to what is of greatest concern to Americans today.

Republican Challenge With Blacks and Hispanics

2012-04-09T00:01:00-04:00

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With black and Hispanic voters seemingly ensconced with the Democrats – Barack Obama won 95 percent of the black vote and 67 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2008 – is there anything Republicans can do to turn around what seems to be an inevitable train wreck for their Party?

Government is the Problem

2012-04-02T00:01:00-04:00

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What are the ramifications if the Supreme Court finds the individual mandate provision of Obamacare unconstitutional? This is the provision that requires individuals to purchase government defined health insurance or pay a fine.

Obamacare Undermines America's Founding Principles

2012-03-26T00:01:00-04:00

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As the Supreme Court starts its three day marathon to hear arguments on the constitutionality of Obamacare, let’s be clear about their challenge, and ours.

Republican Race Just Getting Started

2012-03-19T00:01:00-04:00

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Mitt Romney told Fox News after Rick Santorum’s victories in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries, “We’re not going to go to a brokered convention.”

Defining Deviancy Down

2012-03-12T00:01:00-04:00

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In 1993, then Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan published a paper in which he coined the phrase “defining deviancy down.” He was ringing an alarm about what he saw as a dangerous social unraveling as result of our redefining deviant behavior as normal, rather than doubling down on traditional standards of behavior.

Breitbart's Final Message to the Left

2012-03-05T00:01:00-05:00

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If you think about it, Andrew Breitbart’s untimely passing from this life, at the age of 43, might be seen as the ultimate message that this man of media could deliver.

Despite Attacks, Conservative Support For Santorum Will Grow

2012-02-27T00:01:00-05:00

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New Gallup polling shows the clearest picture yet of the great divide in the Republican Party that has been pushing Rick Santorum to the head of the class.

The Left Fuels Santorum Surge

2012-02-20T00:01:00-05:00

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A succession of high profile left wing decisions and initiatives of recent weeks drive home the extent to which the left is changing the face of America.

Memo to Romney: Whole Nation Is On Government Plantation

2012-02-06T00:01:00-05:00

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Here’s free advice for Mitt Romney. Before bringing up the poor again, read my book “Uncle Sam’s Plantation.”

An America Built to Be Last

2012-01-30T00:01:00-05:00

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The theme President Obama gave to his State of the Union address was “An America Built to Last.” But his vision would be better described as an “An America Built to Be Last.”

Most Basic Choice is Choosing Life

2012-01-23T00:01:00-05:00

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The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas gave good reason for celebration for the hundreds of thousands who will arrive in Washington Monday for the 39th annual March for Life.

Romney and Capitalism on Trial

2012-01-16T00:01:00-05:00

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According to a new Pew Research Center survey, 66 percent of respondents agree that there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between rich and poor in America. This is up from 47 percent that agreed with this two years ago.