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After the
Revolution
By John
Thune
There’s an old joke about Russia before the Soviet Union. A Communist party leader brags to a peasant, “After the Revolution, everyone will have strawberries.” The peasant replies, “But I don’t like strawberries.” The party leader answers........................MORE |
A Recipe for
Economic Disaster
By Sam
Graves
For centuries, small business owners have encouraged prosperity and vitality in this great nation. These entrepreneurs epitomize the American ingenuity that has allowed the United States to become an economic powerhouse in the global marketplace......................MORE |
Why Missile Defense
Is Still Needed
By
Mackenzie Eaglen
Some arguments are worth repeating.
Take missile defense. The basic justification for developing this weapon system has not changed much since President Reagan proposed it in 1983. But the threats have changed. In fact, the threats we face are more varied..........MORE |
The Looming Fiscal
Crisis Facing America
By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
A United States fiscal crisis is now a threatening reality.
It wasn’t always so, even though for many years the Congressional Budget Office has published a pessimistic Long-Term Budget Outlook.
Each edition would reveal an inexorable increase in entitlement and other...........MORE |
What the Crisis
Will Look Like
By Maya MacGuineas
Question: Is the United States Greece? Answer: Of course not, our islands aren’t as pretty and our gyros aren’t as tasty. Nonetheless, a U.S. sovereign debt crisis is not nearly as remote as it was once thought to be, and as a result, a debt default is something that...............MORE |
While Congress
Slept
By Mike Enzi
Where’s the budget?
That’s the question every American should be asking. Congress is way past April, when the budget is supposed to be done, and the majority party has been afraid to bring the required budget to the floor. The majority leadership of this Congress...MORE |
The Most Important
Governor to Watch
By
Robert B. Ward
Voters aren’t stupid. But they often don’t pay attention to the details of public policy, especially at the state level. That’s why, when a forceful political leader comes along and points out the obvious, big things can happen fast.
We’ve seldom seen a better example of such.....MORE |
Moderates and
the Wimp Factor
By
Lou Zickar
Perception is often reality in politics. Just ask George H.W. Bush. Twenty-three years ago this October, when he was beginning his campaign to succeed Ronald Reagan as President, Newsweek ran a cover story on him bearing this headline: “Fighting the Wimp Factor.”
The gist.......MORE |
Advice for My Party As I Head for the Door
Six Republican Senators are leaving office at the end of the year. Within, the Forum features words of wisdom from four of them – Bob Bennett, Kit Bond, Judd Gregg, and George LeMieux - advice that is aimed not just at the future of the GOP, but the country as well...............MORE |
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In Memoriam-
Art Lifson
1945-2010
The Ripon Society lost a leader and a friend on July 7, 2010, with the passing of the Chairman of our Board of Directors, Art Lifson.
“For over a decade, Art contributed his energy and considerable talents to our organization,” stated Jim Conzelman, the President and CEO.........MORE |
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