Jeff Wartman

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h/t Club For Growth
“It is a fundamental principle of our country that the people are sovereign. While they recognize the undeniable authority of the state, they have established as its instrument a Government of limited powers. They hold inviolate in their own hands the jurisdiction over their own freedom and the ownership of their [...]

Much has been made about the recent back and forth between President Obama and former Vice President Cheney on national security issues.  Today, they “squared off”, with Obama giving a speech to the National Archives Museum, while Cheney gave a subsequent direct response to the American Enterprise Institute.
Over at Hit & Run, Katherine Mangu-Ward has [...]

Here is a quote from Teddy Roosevelt in 1910, outlining what he called his ‘Square Deal’.
Stand and take notice, fellow Republicans.  Teddy was right.
“Practical equality of opportunity for all citizens, when we achieve it, will have two great results. First, every man will have a fair chance to make of himself all that in him [...]

As most of us are now well aware, former Congressman/Presidential candidate/Vice-Presidential nominee Jack Kemp has died of cancer.  This is a sad day for both the Republican Party and the United States.  He will be missed.
Jack Kemp personified the direction the Republican Party currently needs to go; he was a staunch advocate for limited government, [...]