Citizen Leadership

This article, published by The Spectator, mentions Discovery Institute: Speaking before the Discovery Institute, a public policy think tank, on Friday, Akyol said that the “noble message” of the Quran is one that supports religious freedom. The rest of the article can be found here.

The most disappointing moment in the televised GOP debate two weeks ago in Tampa came when none of the presidential candidates managed to provide a strong, positive answer to an audience question about how Republicans should build support among Hispanic voters. This feeble response ought to worry all conservatives who hope to defeat Barack Obama in next year’s elections. According to exit polls, received 67% Read More ›

Walking is good exercise. Getting a half- hour walk every day is regularly recommended by health professionals, and I have been trying to follow that advice. Most of the time, I just go out for a walk in my neighborhood and follow one of two routines: one, ponder the events of the day and try to think through any current Read More ›

THE GIFT OF REST: REDISCOVERING THE BEAUTY OF THE SABBATH By Sen. Joe Lieberman, with David Klinghoffer Howard Books /Simon & Schuster, $26, 236 pages Reviewed by Michael Medved   If you’ve ever felt the yen to celebrate a Jewish holy day in a festive, traditional style, this marvelous book will enable you to approximate the experience – without calories Read More ›

Why, one might ask, would an aging lawyer living in the Midwest bother to write a column about Bristol Palin? Well, she has recently published a book and been in the news because of it, but the truth is that the public (including me) is interested in her because of her mother, Sarah Palin. I will say, by way of Read More ›

With all the sympathetic commentary about the chances of setting up republican institutions in revolt-torn Arab countries, one point is so obvious that it is rarely mentioned: Founding leaders of newly democratized states must be willing to give up power. The Middle Eastern dictators who have been or are in danger of being overthrown largely came to power through revolutions, Read More ›

Monday's election was a political transformation that saw the sudden collapse of the Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois, and the surprising rise of the NDP. The real winner, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, has turned squareness into charisma.

This article, published by the Arizona Capitol Times, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith: As Wesley J. Smith wrote in an article entitled, “Our New ObamaCare Masters,” “When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they did not envisage governance by ‘we the experts.’” The rest of the article can be found here.