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Selected ArticlesSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE -January 18, 2009 In the rankings game, one standard re-emerges: Great presidents must be great protectors. The Constitution's call for presidents to serve as commander in chief is clear. What use are rights and liberties if we are dead? Still, the "president as protector" rubric goes beyond physical safety to include defending the constitutional and moral underpinnings of the nation. My top four presidents include... "Do Effective Speakers Make Effective Presidents?"
USA TODAY - February 28, 2008 Public speaking skills have long been a chief determinant of whom Americans elect as president. But should they be? With the presidential primary season clomping toward its close, voters readying themselves for the general election must ask: Do effective communicators necessarily make effective commanders in chief... "The Unknown History of Civil Rights"
TOWNHALL - February 4, 2008 Black History Month is about informing citizens of the hurdles and heroes of America’s climb toward civil rights and equality. How interesting, then, that so many race-related political myths continue to be perpetuated by Democrats who know better... "Bizarro Goldwater? McCain Can Win."
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE - January 18, 2008 Republicans have a decision to make: Do they want a Barry Goldwater–style bloodletting that sacrifices political victory on the altar of ideological purity? Or do they want to beat the eventual Democratic nominee come November, even if the candidate best able to do that is the dubiously conservative senior senator from Arizona, John McCain? Barry Goldwater, the patriarch of the modern American Right — who was so ideologically untainted that he came to be called “Mr. Conservative” — drove the Republican Party off the... "Bloomberg's Policy Needs Fixing"
THE POLITICO – June 27, 2007 Something tells me that the way our leaders talk about terrorism is broken and in need of fixing. Indeed, now six years removed from the horrors of Sept. 11, it seems that even some of those closest to Ground Zero, like New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, have forgotten the fundamental lessons the nation learned -- or at least was supposed to... "President Bush Needs a New Communications Strategy"
THE EXAMINER - June 12, 2007 President Bush’s recent woes are best summed up with a line from that cinematic classic, “Cool Hand Luke”: “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate..." "What's Missing in the GOP field? The Right Message"
USA TODAY - June 7, 2007 Across the great arc of historic conservative speeches, three core themes emerge. These have been the "rocket fuel" of Republican causes. The reason GOP candidates appear to be sputtering is that no GOP presidential candidate is firing on all three cylinders... "Will Race be a Factor in Clinton vs. Obama?
THE POLITICO - February 9, 2007 The current field of Democratic presidential hopefuls stands united in their support of affirmative action, demands for racial justice and self-proclaimed commitment to African-American uplift and flourishing. But if liberals are sincere in their commitment to the Democratic Holy Grail of "diversity" (and I believe they are), they have but one option come 2008: ditch Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, N.Y., and elevate Sen. Barack Obama, Ill., as the Democratic presidential nominee... "Iraq Debate Eclipses Heroic Acts"
USA TODAY - December 27, 2005 This season, 155,000 of our men and women in uniform will spend the holidays fighting in Iraq. Though this period is traditionally a time for celebration and hope, our U.S. troops are being confronted with a message of a different sort emanating from the home front — news stories on the hyper-politicization of the mission to which they have been called... "Miers Mires GOP ’06 Chances"
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE - October 3, 2005 With conservative ire over President Bush’s selection of Harriet Miers reaching eardrum-bursting decibel levels, the verdict is still out on whether Miers may prove, in the end, a sagacious choice. Still, one thing is clear: The president has now officially stepped on a strategic landmine heading in the 2006 midterm congressional elections... "Unwelcome at School"
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE - August 29, 2005 As college students hit campuses across the nation this week, a new generation of young veterans will step off the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan and onto the ideological battlefield of our university campuses. For those on the frontline in the war on terror, the antiwar hostility of liberal professors and campus activists will assuredly prove unsettling... "Pocketbook Campaigning: Gas Prices and Presidential Elections"
THE WASHINGTON TIMES - May 4, 2004 Against a backdrop of skyrocketing gas prices, the Republican candidate for president has argued that his opponent's previous support for a 50-cent gas tax — a measure offered in the hopes of lowering consumption — was pure folly. As he put it: "I cannot see where a 50 cent a gallon tax applied to gasoline would have changed the price of gasoline. It would still have gone up as much as it has... "The Pause That Diminishes"
THE NEW YORK TIMES - February 24, 2004 On May 26, 1980, I drafted a memorandum for Ronald Reagan and his advisers. Mr. Reagan's position as the Republican candidate for president was by then secure, but his official nomination would not come for almost two months, at the Republican National Convention... "Pause to Pray for Americans Fighting Terrorism"
USA TODAY - December 24, 2003 Most Americans don't know the names Javier Camacho or Patrick M. Quinn, but they should. As 150,000 U.S. troops spend the Christmas holiday fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, all Americans should reflect on the unique sacrifices of the men and women like them who form this new generation of brave soldiers... |
