The Competent Conservative

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 22, 2010 Filed at 5:42 p.m. ET BOSTON (AP) — When Mary Foote cast her ballot in this week’s special Senate election, she was thinking about how the national health care bill strayed too far from the Massachusetts model and would force her to shoulder the financial burden of [...]

In light of what Mark posted a few days ago regarding “The Man Who Helped Me Realize I was a Conservative”, this article by Mark Steyn has surfaced.  Many of use have heard about what happened in Chappaquiddick pond, but the rising generation may need a little help understanding the nature of Ted Kennedy.  Mark [...]

For all his faults, Senator Edward M. Kennedy was an effective politician. You have to give him that.  I must say, however, that for all my strong disagreements with the man, I do owe the man one thing…my Conservatism. As a kid growing up in a Blue State, I bought the line that Chappaquidick was [...]