The Competent Conservative

Not that I am against people having faith, or exercising faith, in accomplishing worthy and noble tasks, but one thing I cannot stand is “absoluteness,” especially when it has to do with the “you cants” because of such and such a reason” type of reasoning.  Anyone can do anything they want because human potential is [...]

I wanted to wait until after Scott Brown won the election before posting this article from The Daily Beast.  Many at Free Republic will be angry that The Daily Beast has credited Mitt for Scott Brown’s win, but they sure did lay out a pretty convincing case for Mitt’s involvement which one cannot easily lay [...]

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 [...]