It’s now official. Hillary is going to run for President in 2008.
Anyone interested in finding out more about her background should check out Amanda Carpenter’s book “The Vast Right-Wing’s Dossier on Hillary Clinton.”
The battle for the future of our country begins…
This Thursday, ISI hosted T. Kenneth Crib at our monthly “Conservatism on Tap.” He spoke about the history of the conservative movement, and how we have fractured in many ways recently.
We had a great turnout. Over 120 people attended the event.
The next event should be even better, with Senator Sam Brownback, who is a Presidential hopeful, speaking about how we must revive the conservative spirit in this country.
If you want to attend, please email me at bsteinhauser @ freedomworks.org
Every year I read books for school, books recommended by friends or books that I have wanted to read for a long time.
I also write them down every year and go back and think about their ideas, and how they influenced my thinking.
In 2006, I read a good sampling of literature, history, politics and biography. Here is the list. I have abbreviated some titles, and probably misspelled some as well. Forgive me.
Kurt Vonnegut- Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons.
Gary Gallagher- Lee and His Confederate Army
Russell Kirk- Roots of American Order
Douglas Hyde- Dedication and Leadership
Frederic Bastiat- The Law
Nathaniel Hawthorne- Scarlet Letter
Robert Louis Stevenson- Treasure Island
Thomas More- Utopia
ISI’s Guide to the Classics
David Horowitz- Left Illusions
Walter Lippman- Public Relations
Tony Blankely- The West’s Last Chance
The Call of the Wild- Jack London
Russell Kirk- The Politics of Prudence
Voltaire- Candide
Sigmund Freud- On Dreams
Ayn Rand- We the Living
C.S. Lewis- Mere Christianity
H.G. Wells- War of the Worlds
Marc Henrie- The ISI Student’s Guide to the Core Curriculum
General Josiah Bunting- U.S. Grant
John Lukacs- Student’s Guide to History
Robert F. Kennedy- 13 Days
Beowulf
Homer- The Oddyssey
David Halberstam- War in a Time of Peace
Hans Zeiger- Reagan’s Children
William Golding- Lord of the Flies
Russell Kirk- The Conservative Mind
Aristotle- Ethics
Common Truths (Natural Law)
St. Augustine- City of God
Marcus Aurelius- Meditations
Jacques Maritain- Natural Law
Alberto Piedra- Nutural Law
Robert Kagan- Of Paradise and Power
Christopher Dawson- Dividing Christendom
Michael Walzer- Just and Unjust Wars
Sun Tzu- The Art of War
Alexis de Tocqueville- Democracy in America
Richard Tuck- Rights of War and Peace
Hugo Grotius- The Rights of War and Peace
Andrew Sullivan- The Conservative Soul
Lance Armstrong- It’s Not About the Bike
Who is the conservative candidate for 2008? Some say it is Gov. Mitt Romney from Massachusetts.
Red State has a great video from 1994 that exposes Romney’s liberal past. He came out in support of abortion and other liberal social issues. This raises serious doubts about Romney’s conservative credentials for the 2008 Presidential election.
Here it is.
The actions of Venezuelan socialist strongman Hugo Chavez should remind freedom-lovers everywhere of the danger of authoritarianism around the world.
His comments are frightening in their disregard for freedom, free enterprise and free trade. He is dismantling the right of the press to say what it wants, and the right of people to own and keep what they earn.
Here is the story. Excerpts from the story are below.
– “We’re heading toward socialism, and nothing and no one can prevent it.” — Hugo Chavez
– Last week, Chávez decided to not renew the broadcast license of RCTV, a Caracas television station long critical of his administration. That move prompted swift condemnation from press freedom groups.– “I move forward with my request for a revolutionary enabling law,” he said. “We already have the document prepared. We are making the final revisions, and we solicit special powers.”
The Austin American-Statesman has the story here.
Lawmakers want to spend the $15 billion surplus. Please contact your state representative and senator and ask them to return the surplus to taxpayers. After all, WE earned it, not them.
Also, this session I will be supporting the repeal of the top ten percent law that grants high school students automatic admission to state universities. It has led to overcrowding in my alma mater, UT-Austin, and elsewhere. Please contact your state rep. and senator and ask them to support the repeal of this law.
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