I believe I would meet most people's definition of a "true conservative." So much so that I'm sure many on the far-left have no doubt that my knuckles drag on the ground as I lurch from one defense of traditional values to another.

It is exactly because of...

Normally when in my office, I have the television tuned to CNBC with the sound down. A little more than a week ago it seemed that any time I turned to look at the screen I was greeted mostly by the smiling tanned faces of wealthy, white, male media moguls...

On a recent Saturday, while in search for something to flip through while I ate my breakfast, I spotted the March issue of Vogue my mother-in-law had just borrowed from the library. While not a fan of women's (or men's) fashion magazines, as writer and actress Tina Fey was...

With regard to author Michael Lewis and the "House Republican Book Club" story which ran on today's front page of The HuffPost, I'd like to take a moment to correct the record and tone down some of the exaggerations of Mr. Lewis. I believe I'm entitled to...

If you are actually foolish enough to listen to Tiger Woods and his enablers at IMG, then know one thing: They think you are an idiot and beneath their contempt.

People I speak with in the business tell me Tiger Woods and IMG are about one thing and...

As one of those "independents" the president has been alluding to of late -- I happen to be of the "conservative" variety -- I have long said to friends, colleagues, and reporters that I believe Barack Obama is a good and honorable person. Period. Clearly, he wants the best...

With his book The Tipping Point: How Things Can Make A Big Difference, mega best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell outlined real-world acts or issues which eventually became "tipping points" for action. With that immutable law of gravity in mind, I wonder if the latest outrageous, insulting and demeaning remark made by...

If you don't go to see Avatar you will be depriving yourself of an amazing experience. James Cameron has reached a new level for cinematic genius and breathtaking technology.

That said, soon after leaving the theatre (3-D only please), your mind should soon decompress from the emerald and...

Do you want to know why your government is not only failing you miserably, but putting your and the future of your children and grandchildren in great peril? Simple. Those who govern us don't care.

Harsh? The truth often is. Human nature dictates that the vast majority of our politicians...

Next to the all but impenetrable shadows of power, wealth, celebrity, influence, and professional sports talent, virtually all of us are "insignificant," "inadequate," and "unknown." In another word, normal.

Let's do the math on this ultra elite segment of society. If we add up all the Members of Congress,...

Admit it. You go through your entire day without once thinking about our young men and women fighting and often dying in Iraq and Afghanistan. As they are not part of the fabric of our everyday lives, they are invisible. They don't exist. They don't count.

As we wake in...

Just about a year ago in this space, I endeavored to defend Bill Clinton against a highly suspect and agenda driven attack launched at him from the pages of Vanity Fair. Now, I will attempt to do the same for Governor Sarah Palin knowing that such a defense will be...

Two blatant and mind-numbing acts of racism by Republicans were just reported in the news -- and unfortunately and unwisely, GOP "leadership" has chosen to remain silent. Why?

The first involved a former election commission chairman from South Carolina who, upon hearing a gorilla had escaped from the local zoo,...

As the Republican Party struggles to reinvent itself, they have created something called the "National Council for a New America." Part of the mission of the NCNA being to reach out to Black and Hispanic America.

Strange. As one who is married to a Hispanic-American, speaks Spanish, and has written...

In the 1998 movie Armageddon, audiences thrilled as Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi and Ben Affleck scrambled to save life on Earth from destruction by an asteroid -- and the vast majority left the theater safely confident that such a far-fetched threat could not possibly reflect reality.

They should not have...

As actors Sean Penn and Tom Hanks have recently demonstrated, emotions are still running very hot when it comes to Proposition 8 and gay marriage. At the Academy Awards, Penn just said that traditional marriage voters should "sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame...

My old boss and friend Bob Dole would always say, "How easy it is for those who refuse to step into the arena to criticize those who do." How right he is.

With each passing year, the criticism of those who choose to enter the arena of national...

I confess to being one of the millions of Americans who have seen Paul Blart: Mall Cop since it opened on January 16th. More than that, I confess to having thoroughly enjoyed the film.

Having made that now public confession, Nathan Lee of The New York Times...

While doing publicity for my new novel The Apocalypse Directive, a number of interviewers asked me who served as the inspiration for the Evangelical President of the United States who professes to speak directly to God and so twists his Christian faith that he is preparing to carry out the...

Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama. As a conservative who has been fearful of an Obama victory for the last several months, I'm more than a little surprised at how calm I am with the dreaded result and how stress-free it is to offer genuine felicitations for the historic win.

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