Author: Amy Ridenour

Petition in Support of a Non-Partisan, Solution-Oriented 9/11 Commission

ConservativeBlog.org /
The Independent Women's Forum is circulating an online "Petition in Support of a Non-Partisan, Solution-Oriented 9/11 Commission." It reads: 'If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.' Winston Churchill ...
READ MORE

Our Curmudgeon Says: Time for CBS’s Favorite Curmudgeon to Retire

You know what bugs Project 21 member Darryn "Dutch> Martin? Andy Rooney. Here’s what our curmudgeon has to say about the media’s favorite curmudgeon: I just read an outrageous comment made by CBS talking head and syndicated columnist Andy Rooney ...
READ MORE

Petition in Support of a Non-Partisan, Solution-Oriented 9/11 Commission

The Independent Women's Forum is circulating an online "Petition in Support of a Non-Partisan, Solution-Oriented 9/11 Commission." It reads: 'If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.' Winston Churchill ...
READ MORE

The Sweetest Woman on the Planet Goes to Baghdad

We've been receiving some e-mails from family members of soldiers serving in the 1st Armored Division, sharing news. Some of you might appreciate a visit to the CPT Patti: The Sweetest Woman on the Planet Goes to Baghdad blog, written ...
READ MORE

“It’s Mentioned by Nearly Every Soldier That I Have Met…”

ConservativeBlog.org /
Joe Roche's sister, Gita, saw the letter I wrote to Kirby Wilbur of KVI Radio, thanking him and his listeners for their notes of support and care packages for the troops, and mentioning the interactions between GIs and Iraqi kids ...
READ MORE

Where’s Gorelick’s Apology?

ConservativeBlog.org /
Husband David asks: If apologies are so important, where's Jamie Gorelick's apology? On the whole, we'd rather hunt for terrorists than apologists. Richard Clarke's apology was theater. Theater doesn't save lives. Former Navy Secretary John Lehman, a member of the ...
READ MORE

Kyoto Protocol is a “Death Treaty,” Says Russian Official

ConservativeBlog.org /
Andrei Illiaronov, an influential Russian economist close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has come under fire for saying: "'The Kyoto Protocol is a death treaty, no matter how strange this seems, because its main purpose is to stifle economic growth ...
READ MORE

Can a 9/11 Commission Reality Show Be Far Off?

Ed at Captain's Quarters blog has an excellent analysis today about the amount of time 9/11 Commission members have spent on talk shows. Ed's entire analysis is worth reading, but here's a teaser: What we see now with 9/11 commissioners ...
READ MORE

Shelby Steele: Marriage is More Than Love and Fulfillment

Shelby Steele has a piece in The New Republic Online on gay marriage. It is part of a larger public conversation with Andrew Sullivan and is worth reading. Two sentences in particular: "Marriage brings 'stability' to love by humbling it, ...
READ MORE

But, Mostly, He Talked About the Children

ConservativeBlog.org /
I want to share a letter I sent earlier this evening to Kirby Wilbur, a host on KVI in Seattle. Thanks to Kirby's effort to spread the word about the need for care packages and notes of support for troops ...
READ MORE

The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today’s public policy problems. We believe that the principles of a free market, individual liberty and personal responsibility provide the greatest hope for meeting the challenges facing America in the 21st century.