Ken Blackwell and Thomas F. Farr

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May 13, 2016
Trump Is Bad, but Not Worse Than Hillary
Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican Party nominee for president. His imminent triumph has created shock and dismay within the GOP. A number of top Republicans are threatening not to support Trump. A few have proposed launching a third party bid.
Apr 28, 2016
What Republicans Must Do to Win in November
The media almost always is more interested in process than substance. So it's been big news that Ted Cruz and John Kasich are cooperating in their effort to stop Donald Trump from winning a majority of delegates and thus the nomination.
Apr 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Both Abortion Extremists
The recent Wisconsin primary was a serious setback for the front-runners of both parties. Donald Trump's momentum toward the 1,237 delegates needed for the Republican nomination was slowed by Ted Cruz's victory, and Hillary Clinton lost yet again to Bernie Sanders, who's won seven of the last eight contests.
Apr 13, 2016
It's Genocide; Now American, Middle Eastern Christians Must Unite
Last month, the United States formally recognized that a genocide against Middle Eastern Christians and other minorities is taking place at the hands of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. What next?
Apr 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders Proposal Would Undermine Healthcare, Intellectual Property
Senator Sanders' proposal doesn't just have the potential to undermine the drug development system, it also poses a serious danger to the patent system by allowing the government to intervene in the protection of intellectual property.
Apr 5, 2016
3 Things Republicans Need to Win and Govern
The eventual Republican nominee needs to take something from all three candidates to win.
Mar 23, 2016
#NeverTrump Conservatives: Don't Risk a Third-Party Movement
The pages of the political calendar are turning relentlessly. Yesterday, GOP voters went to the polls in Arizona and Utah.
Mar 11, 2016
Donald Trump: Dragging America Into the Political Gutter
It's time for Republican and conservative voters to open their eyes to the real Donald Trump and understand the reasons why the nation deserves better than this political huckster.
Mar 3, 2016
Don't Let Obama Use Supreme Court as Weapon for Political War
For 30 years Antonin Scalia sat on the Supreme Court. He was a legal giant, unimpressed with the pretensions of power and resistant to liberal orthodoxies.
Feb 12, 2016
Obamacare: Bad for Insurers, Patients and Your Wallet
When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, was enacted, Americans were promised a healthcare system in which insurance companies would be held accountable and patients would have access to affordable care.