Current Wisdom

“Too many Republicans ran like Ronald Reagan but governed like Jimmy Carter.”

—Ken Blackwell at a June 21, 2010 AIA authors’ night explaining the GOP’s recent reversal of electoral fortunes

Wesleyan’s freshman orientation program is not at all a program designed to teach students to throw the words “Racist” and “Homophobic” around like candy.

It’s so, so much worse than that.

—Mytheos Holt

“When ‘Today’ show anchor Ann Curry delivered the commencement speech at Wheaton College in Massachusetts on Saturday, she named a list of distinguished alumni, including the Rev. Billy Graham, Wes Craven and Dennis Hastert—who all actually attended the Wheaton College in Illinois.”

-DC Express, May 26, 2010

Gridlock is the next best thing to having a Constitution.

– M. Stanton Evans

‘If we ever forget that we’re one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.’

-Ronald Reagan

‘No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.’

– Ronald Reagan

‘Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.’

– Ronald Reagan

‘Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it’

-Ronald Reagan

‘It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.’

– Ronald Reagan

‘The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.’

– Ronald Reagan

‘Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.’

– Ronald Reagan

‘The taxpayer: That’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.’

– Ronald Reagan