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S. Fred Singer, a climate physicist, and Dennis T. Avery, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, have written the definitive book about global warming. They carefully explain the complexities and facts so the average person can understand. It is true the earth goes through warming phases, but they are cyclical and not manmade.... »

In last night’s third presidential debate, Obama won on style, but McCain won on substance. Obama championed his promise that he would give 95% of working families tax cuts – in addition to an extension of the Bush tax cuts. Currently facing the biggest deficit in history, over half a trillion dollars, and considering... »

The proposed bailout of failing financial institutions has the Republican and Democrat Parties looking like they are about to switch roles again as they did at the turn of the last century. In a sweeping move toward socialism, our Republican president, his Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, and Republican Congressional leadership are leading efforts to... »

Democrat Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s response to a question about the difference between himself and McCain’s Vice-Presidential pick Sarah Palin? “She’s good-looking.” Monday, the New York Times ran an article questioning Palin’s ability to serve as Vice-President because she has five children, including a newborn baby with Down’s Syndrome. The Huffington Post ran an... »

The first presidential forum featuring John McCain against Barack Obama took place at evangelical Pastor Rick Warren’s megachurch Saddleback. Warren, who has all but endorsed Obama, is unlike the vast majority of evangelical pastors who are conservative, signing a statement advocating for government measures to prohibit global warming and promoting U.S. funding of AIDS... »

Along with the Internet’s “information overload” has come the vastly expanded ability of people to contact other people. Now, anyone can email anyone in the world. And with email signatures containing contact information, or by asking someone to call you, more and more people are getting your phone number and calling you. Email is very... »

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... »

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... »

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... »

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... »

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... »

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... »

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 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... »

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... »

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... »

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. »

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... »

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... »

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. »