American History

KARL ROVE – THE WORLD NEEDS A DETERMINED UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 Obama’s ‘Come Home America’ Speech A dangerous world needs stronger U.S. leadership. By KARL ROVE At times Tuesday night, it sounded as if President Barack Obama didn’t know what kind of speech he wanted to give. Was it a foreign policy address aimed at assuring a world-wide audience of America’s resolve in […]

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ANOTHER UNHAPPY LABOR DAY

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 Americans are aware of the folly of Washington’s economic policies.  By Elaine Chao, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush ‘This is a chance to do something big, man!” So proclaimed Vice President Joe Biden in a recent Time magazine article about the Obama administration’s “all-out

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VIDEO – INTERVIEW WITH MISS. GOV. HALEY BARBOUR

This is an excellent interview with Mississippi  Governor Haley Barbour.  who is chairman of the Republican Governors Association.   He speaks about the history of the Republican Party and its future.  Haley Barbour was the Chairman of the RNC in 1994 when the Republicans were voted back into the majority in Congress and he is able to discuss what the conditions

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MINORITIES TAKE THEIR PLACE AMONG THE CONSERVATIVES ON 8/28/2010

A Black Man Goes To Glenn Beck’s Rally by Jerome Hudson (more by this author) Posted 08/31/2010 ET Updated 09/01/2010 ET To hear the mainstream media tell the story, you would have thought that I, a black man, had walked into a hornet’s nest of racists when I decided to attend Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally. In

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THE TEA PARTY – MAIN STREET VERSUS THE RULING CLASS IN WASHINGTON

MAINWARING: Tea Party’s inception a rebirth Main Street is reasserting its power over the ruling class By Doug Mainwaring – The Washington Times August 13, 2010 The birth of the Tea Party movement is generally traced to February 2009, just a few weeks after President Obama‘s inauguration. While Rick Santelli‘s famous rant on CNBC was

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JOHN MCCAIN SPEAKS OUT ON OUR TWO WARS

AUGUST 31, 2010 The Surge and Afghanistan Unless he understands the reason for success in Iraq, the president is unlikely to lead a successful strategy against the Taliban. By JOHN MCCAIN Today President Obama will deliver a major speech to mark the draw down of U.S. forces in Iraq to 50,000 troops. He will likely

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HISTORY COULD OF BEEN CHANGED HAD WE TAKEN BAGHDAD IN 1990

AUGUST 23, 2010 The Guns of August, 1990 The last 20 years would have been very different had American forces taken that open road to Baghdad the first time around. By FOUAD AJAMI He struck in early August, 20 years ago, at a time when the Cold War had just ended, and the world was

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BOOK REVIEW – ACTING WHITE: THE IRONIC LEGACY OF DESEGREGATION

BOOK REVIEW: Explaining the achievement gap Reviewed by Phil Brand- The Washington Times August 10, 2010 ACTING WHITE: THE IRONIC LEGACY OF DESEGREGATION By Stuart Buck Yale University Press, $27.50, 261 pages Generations of black Americans have viewed education as the best way to get ahead economically and to overcome racial discrimination. It is a

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