Star Parker

Star Parker

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  • How Democrats Defeated Themselves

    How Democrats Defeated Themselves

    New Gallup polling on party favorability ratings should be useful reading for leaders of the Democratic Party who are still in denial about the meaning of the Republican sweep in the recent elections.

  • Blacks Must Embrace Freedom, Learn, and Progress

    Blacks Must Embrace Freedom, Learn, and Progress

    I am a conservative. I believe in the truth of traditional values, of limited government, and free markets. And I believe in personal freedom and that it is not possible without all the above.

  • Well Financed Democrat Lies Won't Confuse Blacks This Election Cycle

    Well Financed Democrat Lies Won't Confuse Blacks This Election Cycle

    Some call the fear and hate ad campaigns being orchestrated by Democratic Party supporters to boost black turnout in next Tuesday's congressional elections desperation. I call it pathetic.

  • There's a Good Reason for Mary Landrieu to be Concerned About This Election

    There's a Good Reason for Mary Landrieu to be Concerned About This Election

    Prospects that three term Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu will return to the US Senate to represent Louisiana for a fourth term are looking increasingly bleak. Senator Landrieu has good reason to be concerned.

  • Kansas Senate Race Is a National Election

    Kansas Senate Race Is a National Election

    Former Democrat House Speaker Tip O'Neill's political wisdom that "All politics is local" has been a staple in political thinking for many years. But the truth of the matter is that, regarding elections for national office, politics is really, today, a national business

  • Will Blacks In North Carolina Stop Buying the Liberal Line?

    Will Blacks In North Carolina Stop Buying the Liberal Line?

    But one state where the picture remains unclear for Republicans is North Carolina. Republican challenger, speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Thom Tillis, has failed to pull ahead of Democrat incumbent Senator Kay Hagan and average of latest polling shows him behind 3 to 4 points.

  • Americans Concerned About Declining Influence of Religion

    Americans Concerned About Declining Influence of Religion

    Over the last 12 years, the percentage of Americans that think religion is losing influence in American life has increased dramatically. In 2002, 52 percent of those surveyed said religion is losing influence. In 2014, 72 percent of Americans said religion is losing influence.

  • Republicans Should Not Pander to Win Hispanic Voters

    Republicans Should Not Pander to Win Hispanic Voters

    The purported strategies for "winning" Hispanic votes are not about engaging this population on preserving American freedom and opportunity, which is what makes the United States so attractive to those who want to come. The strategies are about how to pander to this population to win its votes.

  • Max De Pree Has the Answer to Ferguson Too

    Max De Pree Has the Answer to Ferguson Too

    This is my third consecutive column about the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black youth, by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.

  • Who Has Answers for Ferguson?: Meet Howard Fuller

    Who Has Answers for Ferguson?: Meet Howard Fuller

    So who is Howard Fuller and what is his connection to Ferguson, Missouri and Michael Brown? Dr. Fuller is Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University, where he founded, in 1995, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning. In addition to many other affiliations and honorary degrees, he is the Chairman of the Black Alliance for Educational Options.

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