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VA’s Youth Broke For The Republican: Are Millennials A Cautionary Tale For New Voters?

“According to exit poll data posted by CNN, Cuccinelli beat Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe 45-39 percent with that group, though the Democrat won voters ages 25-29 by a margin of 50-35 percent.” “The CRNC ran a 60-second ad exclusively online throughout the month of October opposing Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe,” the memo reads. “The ad targeted …

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Opting Out Of Vaccines Should Be An Option For Parents

Earlier Anna Morris took the view it is fair to mandate kids be vaccinated. While I certainly agree with Beth S that not vaccinating one’s child is harmful (my son has all his vaccines), I have to disagree with Anna’s view on mandatory vaccinations. Vaccine opt outs in public schools should remain in place. It is not the …

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No Opt Out – Kids Should Be Vaccinated If Attending Public Schools

Earlier this week, Beth wrote a post discussing the dangers posed by Vaccine Truthers who spread false scientific information about the “harmful” effects of vaccines. While most reaction to the article was positive, several people voiced concerns about the issues of freedom of speech and religion that are involved in the vaccine debate. Some have said …

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The Era Of Reagan and Clinton Politics Is Over. Here’s Why

What would the Iran-Contra scandal have looked like in a social media driven world? How about the Monica Lewinsky scandal? Would it have changed anything? Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were two of the most gifted politicians of the modern era. The two, working with similar gifts of charisma and folksiness, were able to look …

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Perspective On Breadwinning – View From The Male

By now you may have heard that Erick Erickson, reacting to recent reports, shared his view that “more women being the primary or sole breadwinners in families is harmful to raising children.” While making a fairly non-controversial point that children brought up in stable households with a married mother and father tend to do better …

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Perspective On Breadwinning – View From The Female

In Neal’s previous post, he shared how his wife being the primary breadwinner early on in their marriage changed the dynamics of their relationship. In this post I’ll attempt to look at this difficult subject from the woman’s perspective. The topic of breadwinners encompasses much more than just relational dynamics and social norms. This is …

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Will Obama Scandals Turn Tide Against Government?

In the wake of the explosion of scandals popping up around the Obama administration, Democrats have been devising ways to get ahead of the new information about the IRS, the AP, and Benghazi leaking out every day. Longevity may be what gives rise to “the second-term scandal plague.” This is the cause political scientist Brendan Nyhan cited …

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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Gosnell

The trial of Kermit Gosnell (who was convicted today on various charges) makes it evident that American’s have slumbered and ignored the meaning of abortion for some time. It’s shocking to think that hundreds of thousands of people simply walked by Gosnell’s clinic going to work, conversing with friends, and getting on with their lives …

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A Republican Reality

My wife and her mother were watching the finale of The Bachelor the other week. I don’t understand this show, but that’s not important. I don’t understand a lot of the things that other people like. This season’s Bachelor made some news by announcing that he was going to wait until marriage to consummate his love for the woman …

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