The Fifth Column(ist): Welfare edition
Notes and musings from a conservative living and working in New York City: Ted Cruz, capital punishment, the welfare state, and more
- 26 March 2013
The Fifth Column(ist): Notes and musings from a conservative living and working in New York City
Ed Kozak writes about his life as a conservative living in New York City. This week: Marco Rubio, Chris Dorner, and monarchy
- 16 February 2013
46 Members of Congress have outstanding student debt, new study finds
They want to legislate over government spending and education - but they can't even pay their own bills
- 13 February 2013
Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and things yet to come
Two major players gave us a taste of what this fight will look like in the years running up to 2016 last night. Only time will tell which one was one is right
- 13 February 2013
Right, then? Where now for the Republican Party?
2012 is no more the end for the Republican Party than 2004 was for the Democrats
- 12 December 2012
So much for 2012, bring on 2016…
I don't know about you, but I'm already looking forward to the US Presidential election in 2016. And that's exactly the problem in America's campaign-focused political system
- 26 September 2012
The approaching Veep-stakes
If the top of the ticket is failing to generate any interest in the presidential election campaign then all the leaves is the Vice President slots
- 23 May 2012
Loony Left: What happened to global warming?
The week's madness courtesy of the green movement, 10:10, James Lovelock, WWF, The Observer, Barack Obama and George Galloway
- 27 April 2012
The Tea Party: an autopsy
If the Tea Party was to put forward a credible plan to reduce the nation's crippling debt, and support serious conservatives who would advance this agenda when in office, then who knows? The corpse of the Tea Party may one day rise from the dead
- 1 March 2012
Time for Marco Rubio – and everyone else – to get serious
The embarrassing grid lock over the debt ceiling that occured in Washington last summer should serve as a wake-up call to America’s elected leaders that, while they battle one another politically, they should not threaten America’s financial standing
- 13 January 2012
The Hunt for Victory
With the US Presidential elections looming, Executive Editor Raheem Kassam gives us his view on what the Huntsman campaign must do to win.
- 14 July 2011
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