Arthur Christopher Schaper

California's Minimum Wage Madness

Despite the years—decades—of research revealing the damage caused by forced minimum wage hikes, state and federal governments are still pushing this unsound and unjust policy.

The Establishment Chokes on its Hatred, Supports Ted Cruz

US Senator Lindsey Graham (RINO-South Carolina) is now supporting and fundraising for ... Ted Cruz?! That's right!

Marco Rubio. He could have been a contender. He could have been somebody

Now, his one-time supporters are watching his chances drift down the waterfront. Whatever hustle and bustle he promised, he failed to deliver. At least Academy Award winner Marlon Brando possessed skill and charisma. Even when he aged, Brando knew how to master the screen and impress the audiences.

GOP's New Drama: Populism v. Conservatism

Election 2016 is taking some sharp turns this year. The Democrats are evenly split between a progressive liar and a regressive socialist.

Act 10 Five Years Later: Walker's Wins--and Ours, too!

Watchdog.org reports on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's Act 10 reforms, signed into law in 2011. This reform package curbed the collective bargaining power of the public sector unions in Wisconsin. They could only negotiate within certain limits on pay. They could no longer limit talks on healthcare plans. They had to pay more money into their pension and benefits systems. The unions also had to recertify every year and could no longer take money out of the workers' paychecks for union dues.

West Virginia's Right To Work Works for All of Us?

A few days ago, the otherwise overlooked state of West Virginia was featured in Townhall.com and National Review. Despite limited—if not token—opposition, the Mountain State will become the 26^th Right To Work state.

Rand at the Kiddie Table - Are You Kidding?

US Senator Rand Paul was one of many anti-Establishment insurgents who rose to power in Washington.

Coffee (and Burns) With a California Congressman

In California, conservatives get burned. We fight so hard, and yet the scalding of Big Government getting bigger gets on our nerves. Those are days when you just do not feeling like doing mornings.

And a Happy New Year in Huntington Park

In a previous article for Canada Free Press, I reported on the dedicated activism of "We the People Rising" in Huntington Park, particularly for their appointment of two illegal aliens to city commissions. Our relentless demands have so disturbed the city council, they resorted to limiting our time for public comment. They called a last-minute special meeting on December 23^rd, with barely twenty-four hours' notice (and the one honest member receiving no notice). The city clerk then informed me through a Freedom of Information Act request that the regularly scheduled January 5^th, 2016 city council meeting would be cancelled.

Gowdy Disappoints with Rubio Endorsement

I don't know if it's something in the water, or Congressmen lose touch too quickly with their constituents. But I have noticed that so many conservatives in Washington start to lose it on immigration.

"Weekend at" Bernie Sanders Pushes Socialized Medicine

"Weekend at" Bernie Sanders is rising on individual donations. He is not taking in the same level of money as Hillary Clinton, but the groundswell of support will make him formidable in the early primary states.

A Huntington Park, CA Merry Christmas

Two thousand years ago, the weary world rejoiced. A Savior was born in Bethlehem, and His work endures to this day. Today, on the cusp of a new millennium, no matter how grim our times may stare at us, the world is waking up, crying out for the better to break forth. This holiday season draws men and women away from their daily lives, to busier pursuits: buying gifts, connecting with extended family, talking about gun control (Just kidding. A little holiday jeer!)

Make America Great Again: Tell Lindsey Graham to Go to Hell

"You know how you make America great again? Tell Donald Trump to go to hell." Lindsey Graham I am tired of US Senator Lindsey Graham. He is a total S'more: tough on the outside, but squishy on the inside. He wants to please the powers that be, rather than use his power for good, for the general welfare of the entire country.

Less Facebook, More Face-to-Face Conservatism

For the past five months, I have worked with a citizen activist group called We the People Rising. This coalition of freedom-loving conservatives, fed up with elected officials not doing their job, has put all politicians – Republican, Democrat, or anything else – on alert regarding immigration and enforcement of the rule of law.

Labor Unions Fraying--Liberty Rising

I have never been a big fan of unions. They force individual members to join, then force them to pay the fees for their collective bargaining representation. Then they spend the members' money on candidates and causes, regardless of the individual members' support. Granted, such forced cooperation would not be so bad, except that unionism and its precepts are hurting the very people whom they claim to represent.

Rethinking the GOP Push for a Big Tent

There’s a great deal of talk within the Republican Party about expanding the brand as well as building the base. The unsettling criticism unfolds to this one phrase: “We need to have a big tent”.

Boy Scout Politics Won't Work Anymore

I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics. -- Newt Gingrich

The former Republican Speaker of the House, the first to hold the office in over forty years, was by many metrics no boy scout. Extramarital dalliances ruined his first two marriages. He failed to foster the necessary strong consensus to maintain the House Republican majority after four years in the Speakership. To this day, there are conservative activists and pundits who have no respect for him, and view a self-affirming opportunist out to further his ambitions, whether everyone else agrees or not.

Gutfeld is Wrong: The Right is Right because. . .it's Right!

In a recent episode of Prager University, Greg Gutfeld advised conservatives to tell liberal agitators why they are conservative: "I'm a conservative, so that you can be a liberal."

It’s About We the People, Not They the Government

I am not happy about what I am seeing in Washington. Frankly, I believe everyone feels this way. It’s about time that more people felt angry with Washington DC backroom deals, big business bailouts, and big labor cronyism.

Beware Big Business and the Chamber of Commerce

This has been the hardest lesson for me to learn. I never thought that being pro-business could compromise one's fight for liberty and limited government. Yet I have learned to accept what Scott Rasmussen argued after the disappointing 2012 President Elections: too many people still see the Republicans Party as pro Big Business.