Monthly Archives: February 2012

Abby Alger of the Leadership Institute participated on a Conservative Youth panel at CPAC. Video courtesy C-SPAN. This is Part 2 of our discussion (Part 1 here), in which we spoke further about the problems facing young adults. Here is … Continue reading →

Abigail (Abby) Alger is the Director of Digital Communications for the Leadership Institute. I spoke to her at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. LH: You graduated from Duke. Were … Continue reading →

Roger Eddy (R-Hutsonville), currently the Illinois State Representative in the 109th District, is running for the new 110th seat against Shelby County Republican Chairman Brad Halbrook. Did you get that? Brad Halbrook is Chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party. … Continue reading →

In the debate over whether Catholic institutions should be forced to pay for insurance that pays for contraceptives and abortions, the question is clouded by the discussion of contraceptives, an emotional issue. The controversy was apparently manufactured (or seized on … Continue reading →

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she will be forcing insurance companies to detail their internal expenses and income, and force some that try to spend less than 80 percent of their premium dollars on health care to hand out rebate … Continue reading →

In a feeble attempt to influence social media, the Obama campaign on Wednesday renamed its laughable AttackWatch effort as “TruthTeam2012″. The “Truth Team” will now be charged with the Herculean task of making Barack Obama appear to be honest. The … Continue reading →

There is a problem with religious exemptions to laws. If a law requires a religious exemption, it is most likely trampling all over religious belief and practice. And in fact, it is probably an unnecessary law that extends governmental authority … Continue reading →