Conservatism’s strength emanates from its penchant for robust debate. “The Free Exchange” is a series of articles aimed at highlighting and broadening the debate at Black and Red. When you comment on essays you read at this site, I will respond to you via this [...]
“American Foreign Policy in Asia”
“Limp-wrist Strong-arm”
“Clash Over the Count”
“Something for Nothing”
“Obama Promotes Change—in Olympic Venue”
"The Left Goes Green--With Envy"Modern liberalism is steeped in Marxist-collectivist thought. This truism hardly offends anymore as Michael Moore intends his newest film, “Capitalism: A Love Story”, to be a snuff film of American' [...]
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“Responding to ‘Constructive Feedback’”
By: J. Thomas Hunter
Introduction: The Comment Section at Black and Red
There are many advantages to writing a political blog: first, the blog forces me to stay informed about important issues that facilitate my keeping constant vigil over our elected officials—this [...]
“Enter Lucy Stage Right”
“The Silent Majority’s Minorities (Part One)”
“Obama Hopes for Change in Approval Numbers”
“Victims”
“Life is Messy for Bloggers”
“Life is Messy for Murderers”
“How to Judge a Judge without Being Misjudged”
“Remembering American Heroes”
“What”"Political Nomenclature (Part Four)"
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"Three Wise Men (1/3)--Dennis Prager"
By: J. Thomas Hunter
Sometime during the ‘08 election I received an email from a self-described liberal woman who had read an essay at Black and Red and didn’t agree with how I characterized the differences between liberals and conservatives. She suggested that [...]
“From Terrorists to Tea Partiers”
“The First 1,459 Days”
“American Exceptionalism”
“How I Chased a Dolphin with Rum”
“Cost of Living”
“Give Me Liberty”
“Damned if We Do”
“The War Between the States”
"Freedom Through the Franchise"
“The Problem with Purging (Reason #3)”
“The Problem with Purging (Reason #2)”
“The Problem with Purging (Reason #1)”
“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
“The Power of Freedom”
“The Right Response to the Wrong Result”
“Begin Introspection”
“Skinny, Socialist, Celebrity”
“Ideological Difference?”
“Enter Derty Poiiuy”
“Debate One: What I Saw”
“Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?”
Conventional wisdom tells us that the Democrat Party “fights for the little guy” while the Republican Party represents elite interests. Democrats like Dick Gephardt, and Joe Biden claim the mantle [...]
“The Grand Old Party’s Grand Old Party”
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“How to Lose a Lead in 10 Days”
By: J. Thomas Hunter
What a great time to be a conservative! With the election less than two months away, the Democrats and their presidential candidate, Barack Obama, [...]
who is unsure about whether or not John McCain made a good VP choice in Sarah Palin need only listen to the Democratic objections. This morning, John Kerry [...]
One thing that drives liberals nuts about conservatives is our ability to clearly, accurately, and simply, define most of our policy positions. Liberals tend to mischaracterize right-wing stances as simplistic rather than simple, and many on the [...]
been a Chicago Cubs fan [...]
Whatever problems people may have with the United States, she is the strongest champion for morality, freedom, and democracy on the planet. This [...]
Yesterday was the informal deadline that the U.N. Security Council gave Iran to end its uranium enrichment program. As can be expected from a regime run by [...]
Los Angeles Times writer, James Rainey, and researchers at the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) may be the last people in the country who deny [...]
Every week grants me a new opportunity to deride Barack Obama. The messianic “light-worker” is currently campaigning in Europe where he’s surely speaking fluent French, Spanish, and German, lest [...]
If you need any more proof that Barack Obama is nothing more than an out-of-touch leftist politician, just listen to the comments [...]
I spend much of my time thinking about new topics to blog about. If I’m not pouring through Heritage Foundation articles or listening to talk radio or even reading [...]
the California Supreme Court usurped the will of the people in order to be popular among hairdressers, and the Highest Court in [...]
condescendingly bemoan the simplemindedness of their right wing nemeses in an effort to portray their own failed ideas in a more positive light. For example, Democrats capitalized on the fact that George Bush was a “C” [...]
The California Supreme Court’s decision to extend marriage to gay couples did not only exhibit judicial activism at its worst, but it also showed a great misunderstanding of a crucial tenet of [...]
How important is a man’s merits when considering him for the Presidency? How important is his image? His rhetoric? Or [...]
Since becoming a conservative I have struggled with the question of how to regard liberals. On the one hand, they can be smug, naïve, emotions-driven, [...]
John McCain decided that it was finally proper to denounce Pastor John Hagee and reject the preacher’s endorsement. What a shame! It’s moves like this that make it [...]
The United States was founded by geniuses, yet it stands to be destroyed by fools. Last week, ecstatic crowds cheered the California Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision to thumb their nose at thousands of years [...]
Wednesday morning, I drove seven hours to join my brother in Minnesota and see a great debate between two well-known political pundits. On the left, was Ed Schultz, who has [...]
Barack Obama is stumbling, crashing, and burning. The politician, who branded himself as the savior to deliver us from “politics as usual,” has crawled to a FOX News interview with [...]
For all the political speech about opening dialogue and engaging in robust debate we Americans have a long way to go. In the field of science, especially, debate should definitely [...]
Belief in smaller government, individual rights, the wisdom of the unfettered free market, and an aggressive national defense, are not the only characteristics of conservative Americans. Conservatives are also reported to be more [...]
Liberals cannot be trusted with American national security. Liberalism must be defeated.
good sign that your criticisms of the Left are hitting home is when liberals try to redefine the vocabulary of the debate. Not long ago, liberals had no qualms about being called liberal. [...]
This year’s Democratic buzz word is “Change.” How appropriate that both Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama are changing their stories to avoid political damage! In the English-speaking world, we call that [...]
It would be easy to write an article deriding Eliot Spitzer, or Jeremiah Wright this week. In fact, there’s a whole country full of liberals worthy of derision every week! But it’s Easter Sunday—a day [...]
Barack Obama’s minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, made news with disjointed, racist rants, thinly disguised as Christianity. To Obama’s blind followers, however, his naming Wright as his “spiritual [...]
William F. Buckley Jr., a true conservative hero, died last week. Buckley is credited as everything from a member to the founder of the modern [...]
Hillary Clinton, yesterday in Cincinnati, flailed her arms and ranted angrily about her chief rival, Barack Obama. I witnessed her display while at a meeting with fellow conservatives in downtown Chicago, and [...]
For those who insist that the two American political parties are wholly similar, I submit that the opposite is true. Anywhere you go you can find Americans who rail on about “Democans” and “Republicrats”, claim that [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has, through the years, earned the notorious reputation as being yet another liberal front group with a deceptive [...]
In the 2006 election, Senator Joseph Lieberman was excoriated and exorcised from the Democratic Party because of his views on the Iraq War. The kerfuffle was a centerpiece for Republicans making [...]
Our dear Uncle Sam wants to give us money. He’s been spending quite a bit over the last decade, or so. This time, the memo on the [...]
Amanda Carpenter is among the great young conservative voices fighting to further sanity in American life. Through her work as a journalist, and editor for Human Events, she exposes [...]
It is no coincidence; given the abhorrent rhetoric of the left; that many Blacks, gays, illegal immigrants, unmarried women, communists, atheists, criminals, and other [...]
“Protect Our Free Market”
“The Two Things You Don’t Talk about in Polite Company”
“True Religion”
“A Change I Hope to Believe In”
“AuH2O Revisited”
