July 14, 2008
Tony Snow: A Gentleman and Conservative Warrior
This past year has been a saddening one for many conservatives, who lost William F. Buckley, Jr. in February and then United States Senator Jesse Helms earlier this month, on Independence Day. The former was, in many respects, the founder of modern conservatism and its most articulate voice for over four decades. The latter was [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Media, Passing, Vox Populi — Rachel Alexander @ 11:20 amJune 3, 2008
Illegal Immigration Scandal Shakes Arizona State Bar Association
After several legal ethics experts issued opinions declaring that the AZ State Bar’s investigation of Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas was meritless, the Bar took swift action against one of those experts - its own former Bar president Ernest Calderon. Calderon’s opinion was issued on Wednesday, May 28. The Bar retaliated against him by removing [...]
Comments (3) Filed under: Analysis, Illegal Immigration, North America, Vox Populi — Rachel Alexander @ 3:30 pmMay 29, 2008
AZ State Bar accused of serious ethical misconduct for obstructing illegal immigration enforcement
The Arizona State Bar is attempting to stop Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas from enforcing illegal immigration laws by investigating him. Top legal ethics experts, including a former State Bar President, former State Bar Chief legal counsel, former Attorney General, and former Chief Justice of the AZ Supreme Court, have found no merit to the [...]
Comments (5) Filed under: Illegal Immigration, North America, OP/ED, Vox Populi — Rachel Alexander @ 12:22 pmMay 15, 2008
Striking changes in Arizona as illegal immigrants flee the state
Arizona is leading the nation in local enforcement of laws against illegal immigration. As illegal immigrants leave the state, the state’s most serious problems such as traffic congestion and the expense of teaching English Language Learner classes are dissipating.
Since Arizona’s local law enforcement began enforcing illegal immigration laws and an employer sanctions law went [...]
April 7, 2008
A Farewell: God and William F. Buckley, Jr.
The memorial mass for William F. Buckley, Jr., was held April 4, 2008 at the spectacular St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Around 2,200 guests filled the church, a fascinating who’s who of notable conservatives and political celebrities from Henry Kissinger to Chris Matthews to Tom Selleck. It was a beautiful full Catholic [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Current Events, Media, Vox Populi — Rachel Alexander @ 3:47 pmMarch 3, 2008
William F. Buckley, Jr.: The Most Influential Conservative of the 20th Century
WFB’s legacy was building up the intellectual side of conservatism and coalescing conservative factions, which set the groundwork for conservatives to win victory in the political election and campaign realm with the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
The passing of William F. Buckley, Jr., who died this past Thursday at 82, represents the loss of one [...]
February 1, 2008
McCain lacks straight talk and conservative positions in debate
John McCain is sort of like the guy who thinks if he says something enough, people will believe it even though he does the exact opposite. McCain’s strategy is to use the phrase “straight talk” so much people forget that he has an extensive history of waffling.
If McCain becomes president, he will be the [...]
January 7, 2008
Britney Spears: Female casualty of the child support and custody system
The political pundits are wrong about Britney Spears’ bout of bizarre behavior. She is not mentally ill. She is like many other parents, sadly, who have been pushed to their emotional limits by a viciously unfair child support and custody legal system that allows one parent to abuse the other. Consider the timing: her strange [...]
Comments (15) Filed under: Culture, Family, Fatherhood, Feminism, Mating, Marriage & Divorce, Sex & Relationships, Vox Populi — Rachel Alexander @ 12:38 amJanuary 2, 2008
Predicting the 2008 Republican Presidential Primary Nominee
With only one day to go until the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are leading polls in the early primary states, but Giuliani is still ahead in nationwide polls. How much do the early primary states contribute to determining who eventually wins the nomination? Giuliani has ignored the earliest primary [...]
Comments (6) Filed under: Current Events, Politics, Vox Populi — Rachel Alexander @ 4:38 pmNovember 19, 2007
Democrats Greedily Blocking Healthcare for our Returning Veterans
Whether one agrees with the war or not, individual patriotic Americans who signed up to serve our country, putting their lives in danger, should not be blamed.
The Democrats in Congress did a sneaky thing to try and force massive spending increases for social welfare programs and government education through – they included them in a [...]
September 24, 2007
Promoting emotional gender differences is hurting marriage rates
Women can no longer be taken for granted when it comes to desiring marriage. Since they’re increasingly becoming financially independent, marriage “security” means they’ll probably end up paying for some guy’s kids from a prior relationship.
August 17, 2007
Why is the Republican Party attacking our two major presidential candidates?
What is the Republican National Committee doing attacking the two major GOP contenders for president, Giuliani and Romney (who have no history as conservatives) for being too conservative on illegal immigration? The party leadership is out of touch with not only conservative Republicans, but mainstream Republicans as well.
The Republican National Committee chairman, Mel Martinez, [...]
January 28, 2007
Defense in Bandy Child Porn Case Distorts the Truth
It is unfortunate to see Wendy McElroy, a former writer for my website intellectualconservative.com (and who has always been very open about her libertarian views on pornography) drink the kool-aid of 20/20 and other media spin regarding the prosecution of Matt Bandy. The prosecution by my boss Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas was not about [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Vox Populi — Rachel Alexander @ 8:58 pmOctober 20, 2006
First Time in U.S. History a Jury Convicts an Illegal Immigrant of Conspiracy to Smuggle Himself
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio are the only law enforcement officials in the country arresting and prosecuting illegal immigrants under an anti-human smuggling (coyote) statute.
August 5, 2006
The Iran Dilemma
Critics of the Bush administration who complain that the U.S. is too hawkish toward Iran have no better plan of their own to offer. U.N. member countries who are not on Ahmadinejad’s top two enemies list care more about oil than whether Ahmadeinejad wants to bomb us.
Ironically, although [...]
