Rachel Alexander

Rachel Alexander

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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  • Narcissism Nation; Shameless Self Promotion Can Mask Lack of Talent, Skill

    Narcissism Nation; Shameless Self Promotion Can Mask Lack of Talent, Skill

    We have become a nation of relentless self-promoters. Every day I check my email inbox and find it full of messages like "my media availability this week is…", "I will be on TV or radio…", "I am available for interviews," or "my new book is available…"

  • Crooked Unions Try to Take Out Bravest City Councilman in the U.S.

    Crooked Unions Try to Take Out Bravest City Councilman in the U.S.

    Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio, one of the most aggressively pro-freedom city councilmen, is under siege from the unions in one of the most corrupt local elections in the country.

  • GOP Chair is Right to Ditch NBC and CNN From Hosting Presidential Debates

    GOP Chair is Right to Ditch NBC and CNN From Hosting Presidential Debates

    Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, sent shockwaves throughout the media and both political parties last week by threatening to pull the rights of NBC and CNN to broadcast the 2016 Republican presidential primary debates.

  • Radical Environmentalists Have Blood of 19 Arizona Firefighters on Their Hands

    Radical Environmentalists Have Blood of 19 Arizona Firefighters on Their Hands

    Nineteen firefighters died fighting a forest fire in Arizona earlier this summer. Curiously, almost no one is talking about why it happened, only that it was a tragedy.

  • America's Fascination With Weiner, Spitzer and Sex Scandals

    America's Fascination With Weiner, Spitzer and Sex Scandals

    You can't scan the news lately without hearing about Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer, their sex scandals and attempted comebacks. Both conservative and liberal news outlets are glued to covering the two fallen politicians. But why?

  • Detroit: The Left's Model for Success

    Detroit: The Left's Model for Success

    Unlike other cities that found new industries to replace their failing ones, Detroit never moved on. Instead, the city's reaction to the shrinking tax base was to build fancy new buildings, which only dug it deeper into debt.

  • Janet Napolitano Leaving DHS Under Cloud of Suspicion

    Janet Napolitano Leaving DHS Under Cloud of Suspicion

    Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano suddenly announced last week that she was resigning her position at the embattled agency in order to take a $750,000-a-year job as president of the University of California system. This will more than triple her salary, which was $200,000 at DHS. The timing of her resignation is highly unusual for a member of the president's cabinet.

  • Marco Rubio's Sudden Decline Due to Immigration Reform

    Marco Rubio's Sudden Decline Due to Immigration Reform

    A month ago, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was considered by many to be the GOP front-runner for president in 2016. Now, even if he secures the nomination, Republicans may very likely support him only half-heartedly like they did moderate Republican Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) in 2008, a sure recipe for losing the presidential election.

  • Supreme Court's Decisions on Race Preferences Increasingly Meaningless

    Supreme Court's Decisions on Race Preferences Increasingly Meaningless

    Conservatives are praising last week's Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, which dealt a slight blow to affirmative action.

  • Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?

    Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?

    A whistleblower has exposed the National Security Administration's warrantless spying on millions of ordinary Americans, and conservatives are divided in their reactions. Former Vice President Dick Cheney and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) are calling former NSA contractor Edward Snowden a traitor. This may be the only time I ever disagree with them.