Richard Larsen

Failed Obama Policies To Blame – Not Guns!

In the face of the horrible terrorist attack in Orlando this week, Senate Democrats filibustered, holding the floor of the…

9 years ago

Party Platforms and Core Principles

There are issues that some conservatives ardently embrace which, in their minds, make them “real conservatives,” distinguishing them from “faux…

9 years ago

Memorial Day – A Time for Reflection and Honor

It has always been with a sense of awe that I regard those who have either voluntarily or involuntarily, assumed…

9 years ago

Happy Environmental Alarmism (Earth) Day!

The forty-sixth Earth Day is being celebrated this week in over 160 nations around the world. The notion that we…

9 years ago

Lack of Civility in Politics and Public Discourse

The biggest casualties of the current election cycle are not the fifteen candidates who have dropped out. The biggest casualties…

9 years ago

Could We Please Address the Important Issues?

The discourse on the presidential race has devolved to a point that the most pressing issues seem totally lost in…

9 years ago

Possible Drama for GOP Convention

This could be the first year in a long time that a major political party convention actually serves the function…

9 years ago

Does Party Affiliation Matter? Trump’s Hijack of the GOP

Even the mention of political parties in general brings out the worst in some people, and the reaction only becomes…

9 years ago

Mitt Romney Has Every Right to Express His Concerns

The vitriol heaped upon former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney this past week is entirely illogical and irrational. It only…

9 years ago

Donald Trump’s Cult of Personality

The most disturbing aspect to the Donald Trump candidacy is not the empty rhetoric, non-substantive solutions, or even his brash…

9 years ago

“The Establishment” Has Become Meaningless

The most pervasively cited bogeyman of the 2016 presidential election cycle, on both ends of the political spectrum, has been…

9 years ago

The Irreplaceable and Inimitable Antonin Scalia

With the surprise passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last week, the nation lost one of the most ardent…

9 years ago

Obama’s Fabricated “Gun Epidemic” Inconvenient Facts

On the first day of the year, President Obama declared that he could “no longer sit around and do nothing…

9 years ago

What Conservatives Can Learn From Liberals

There are tactics and characteristics of the American left that conservatives would be well advised to emulate. Until these lessons…

9 years ago

Martin Luther King and his Far-Reaching Impact

Some people take umbrage at the fact that Martin Luther King, Jr. has a holiday dedicated to his remembrance, while…

9 years ago