Arthur Christopher Schaper

Politics is a Numbers Game, Which We Can Play

I have heard this truism many times, and indeed it bears repeating: "Politics is a number's game." Absolutely it is. No matter how strongly I may feel about any piece of legislation, if my political party and their ideology rests in the minority, I cannot plan on getting anything done on my own with my like-minded colleagues.

The GOP Presidential Candidates Must Discuss Divisive Issues

Ann Coulter mocked the eleven Republican Party Presidential candidates in their second debate. All of them lined up and declared that they were pro-gun, pro-life, pro-Israel. I would add that all of them affirmed that they would cut taxes. That is all well and good, but why do Republican candidates seeking the “most conservative” mantle, and then the nomination, keep stumping on these nearly non-issues, which have been all but decided years ago?

Conservatives: Stop Seeking a Presidential Messiah

This year, there are -- or rather were – seventeen Republican candidates running for the nomination and then the Presidency. The large majority of them have impressive records, long-standing experience in the government, the military, or the private sector, although not always interlocking at the same time in the same person.

Conservatives are rightly angry with the political establishment.

Free market and limited government advocates were particularly annoyed with Republican President George W. Bush, who expanded government into health care and education in an unprecedented fashion.

WaPo's George Will: Wrong About Kim Davis

I had so much respect for Washington Post conservative columnist George Will. Like Charles Krauthammer, he piqued my interest early to the conservative world view, and deepened my appreciation for Founding Father and Constitutional Framer James Madison, the limited government version, and the necessity for constitutional rule in the face of cultural malaise and political meanderings.

Democrats: Partying (Pretending? Praying?) like it's 1992

The Democratic Party is longing for the past. They want a "Bubba" Bill Clinton clone back in the White House, since he was the last popular Democrat who served as President, in spite his weakened foreign policy and weakening moral character.

Jeb! asks George! for Help

Jeb Bush has lost major campaign donors, according to Politico.

Little Rhody Beats Up Big Labor

Public sector unions have been taking it on the chin the last four years. Right-to-work legislation expanded business and prosperity in Indiana. Wisconsin’s Scott Walker diminished their funding streams and statehouse collusion though his popular yet controversial Act 10 collective bargaining reforms.

Maryland's GOP Governor Larry Hogan: Conservative Getting Things Done

Defeating the political machine in one-party Democratic stronghold Maryland, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan went from nobody to overnight (and still going) sensation among conservatives across the country, especially for Republicans in a state where, aside from a Congressman here and there plus a celebrity governor, Republicans never fared well. With “Change Maryland”, his non-partisan interest group with bipartisan support, Governor Hogan pushed tax and spending cuts, supported education, and killed expensive public projects.

Carly Asks: "What's Wrong With This Picture?"

I loved the Debate Before the Debate on August 6th (let's call it the Big Seven).

"Chachi Loves Scott": TV Star Supports Walker for President

Brooklyn native, the son of Italian immigrants, former teen heart throb and modern day reality TV star, Scott Baio was featured in the July 2015 edition of Life After 50.

Democrats for. . .Republican Scott Walker

I have been a Scott Walker supporter early on, from the days he stood up to bullying public sector unions in Wisconsin, then won against a recall in 2012 precisely because of the necessary labor reforms he implemented. In the face of local, statewide, national, and even international pressure from Big Labor, plus Democrats who tried to support the democratic process by fleeing the state and preventing a quorum, Walker stood his ground and pushed necessary measures to open up the political process to all Wisconsinites.

HuffPo Fail: Yes, Greece has Worse Default Record than Germany

In a piece designed to bolster Greece’s flagging reputation as a state teetering on the financial brink, Huffington Post Germany released an article claiming that Germany is the real default offender, and has no business shaming Greek culture or defaming the Greek government for its tradition of sloth, graft, waste, and fraud.

For Independence Day: A Review of Emerson's "Concord Hymn"

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.

George Takei's Undignified H8 for "Blackface" Clarence Thomas

He [Associate Justice Clarence Thomas] is a clown in black face, sitting on the Supreme Court. He gets me that angry. He doesn't belong there. These words did not come out of the mouth of a white segregationist, or a closet bigot living in San Francisco. These words were uttered by former Commander Sulu of Star Trek, known to all of us as George Takei.

Real Hope and Change: Black Youth Blasts Obama over Charleston Shooting

In a YouTube Vlog posted earlier this week, Georgia youth CJ Pearson excoriated President Barack Obama for politicizing the Charleston, South Carolina massacre. What stands out about this Vlog blast? Pearson is a young, African-American conservative. In what represents the Democrat Party's weakening grip on the young and black vote, Pearson lays out in succinct detail his disgust with Obama's lack of knowledge or principle on individual rights and the proper role of the state to protect citizens from deranged marauders.

"Henry Waxman Jr." Chairman Jason Chaffetz: Big Govt Sellout?

In the latest blowout between conservatives and establishment Republicans in Washington, John Boehner has punished key leaders who voted against the Fast-Tract Authority deal with demotions or removal from key committee assignments.

Jenner, Szegedi, USA: There's More to Identity than "I"

One crucial tenet of the American Dream, and by extension our country’s political temperament, is the notion of “self-made man.” From the Puritanical and then Protestant Work Ethic, to Emerson’s featured essay “Self-Reliance”, to latent talent of young immigrants turning into wealth, fame, and influence now celebrated on “American Idol”, making something of ourselves is a theme as American as apple pie (and Johnny Appleseed, by extension).

American Conservative Culture Wars: Wins, Losses, and Why

Over the last four years, the culture wars in the United States have been revealing some unique outcomes, and should encourage conservatives to engage a wider perspective of what is going on in the world. While some trends may seem alarming and induce a sense of defeat, conservatives should embrace key victories on other pressing issues.

Run, "Professor" Xavier Becerra, Run!

So, the California Democratic Party is in a tussle over who will succeed Barbara Boxer in the US Senate.