Last week, conservative talk radio host Michael Savage was dropped from his “flagship” radio station, proving that the Fairness Doctrine and localism regulations are not necessary.  more

Mark Lloyd has been named Chief Diversity Officer at the Federal Communications Commission. Lloyd is expected to continue the push for localism regulations which could send many radio stations in small markets out of business.  more

Sen. Collins, Sen. Lieberman and Sen. Voinovich have co-sponsored the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR). The bill would reactivate the D.C. School Voucher program, which is in danger of being eliminated after the current crop of students graduate.  more

President Obama has realized his mistake, as has Professor Gates, and even many of police officer Crowley’s defenders admit he stepped over the line, perhaps because of ego. Let bygones be bygones, shall we?  more

With all the claims of Republican and conservative racism (including on this site), this is a good time to point out that conservative racism is not overly prevalent.  more

Although the Minnesota Supreme Court has awarded the Senate seat to Al Franken, there is a more important story: the brilliant way Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty handled this race, both politically and ethically.  more

Discussing Gov. Mark Sanford’s press conference, one of my co-workers suggested that maybe the time had come for the Republican Party to surrender its claim to represent family values.
Dinesh D’Souza put it in Letters to a Young Conservative- to paraphrase- Republicans accept that people aren’t perfect, and that even those who proclaim family values will   more

According to Michael Rowe on The Huffington Post, the radio show Rob, Arnie & Dawn in the Morning on KRXQ 98.55 in Sacramento has garnered much controversy over insensitive remarks regarding transgender children, as well as other sexually abusive comments over the years that even the most ardent free-speech supporter would cringe at. As a   more

So it’s official- Governor Lynch has signed the bill making New Hampshire the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriages. This comes only two years after the state legalized civil unions.
As a former New Hampshire resident, I find myself torn on this news- on the one hand, I am against gay marriage, and Governor Lynch has   more

On May 19, The Hill reported that numerous lawmakers were urging the Treasury department to “prop up” struggling minority-owned broadcasters. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), claim that minority-owned broadcasters have “sound businesses, but that the recession could   more

The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington released a report on May 20 showing the members of Congress currently under investigation for various illegal and unethical activities. Given the claim, back in 2007, that Democrats were ushering in a new era of honesty, one would expect Republicans (those knuckle-dragging dinosaurs of a bygone era of   more

As a young conservative I find myself very concerned about the way the country is going- in fact, I’ve been so since the middle of 2006. Obviously I didn’t expect the blowout in 2008, nor the economic circumstances we find ourselves in, but the concerns were building. Now, the Republican Party finds itself in dire   more

We will have a chance to find out on May 7, when the first meeting is held by the re-chartered   “Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age.” The committee will be chaired by Henry Rivera, general counsel of the Benton Foundation.   According to the Media Research Center, Rivera was   more

Lately, the debate over Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue has been heating up— letters from retired generals on both sides of the issue have been printed in national newspapers, and Defense Secretary Gates has been questioned regarding it. To the joy of the policy’s opposition, President Obama appears ready and willing to fulfill a   more