Star Parker

Star Parker

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  • The Fatal Conceit of Obamacare

    The Fatal Conceit of Obamacare

    I have lined up my Christmas presents this year for our President, Barack Obama, and for his Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius. I will send them both a copy of the last book written by one of greatest economists of the last century, and winner of the Nobel Prize in economics in 1974, F.A. Hayek. The book is called The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism.

  • Chris Christie Is No Presidential Heavyweight

    Chris Christie Is No Presidential Heavyweight

    If the last two presidential elections tell us anything, it's that Republicans don't succeed with candidates who lack clear vision and conviction consistent with the party's conservative platform. Given this, I understand why Democrats think that New Jersey governor Chris Christie should be a leading contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination

  • Ken Cuccinelli 'Stabbed In the Back' By GOP Establishment

    Ken Cuccinelli 'Stabbed In the Back' By GOP Establishment

    Post-mortems now gushing forth about why Ken Cuccinelli, conservative Republican candidate for governor in Virginia, lost to Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a business-as-usual political retread from the Clinton crowd, tell us more about who produces this punditry than what reality actually might be.

  • Ted Cruz, Ben Carson Comprise 2016 GOP 'Dream Ticket'

    Ted Cruz, Ben Carson Comprise 2016 GOP 'Dream Ticket'

    So let me say whom I see as the Republican "dream team" ticket for 2016 – Senator Ted Cruz and Dr. Ben Carson.

  • Abortion, Marriage Are Economic Issues

    Abortion, Marriage Are Economic Issues

    A renaissance in American family life – restoration of marriage and children as central to our culture – and purge of the scourge of abortion – can restore a healthy future that today looks so ominous

  • Tea Party Moving In a Different Direction Isn't a Retreat

    Tea Party Moving In a Different Direction Isn't a Retreat

    The Tea Party is not going away. Fortunately we have brave patriots who care more about our country's future than they care about the chitchat on editorial pages and talk shows. We're not retreating – we're advancing in a different direction.

  • Star Parker: Budget Crisis Has Roots in the Erosion of Values

    Star Parker: Budget Crisis Has Roots in the Erosion of Values

    We ought to think about the cultural roots of the budget crisis in Washington. The political left says the shut down is all about an ideological tantrum of a handful of Republicans. But let's be honest. The gentleman in the White House, our president, is as hard-core in his ideological dispositions as any Tea Partier

  • Tea Party Ideas Are the Solution, Not the Problem

    Tea Party Ideas Are the Solution, Not the Problem

    Let's get clear about the political realities behind the budget impasse in Washington and the government shutdown. The Tea Party is not the problem.

  • Do Not Compromise, But Confront Liberal Agenda

    Do Not Compromise, But Confront Liberal Agenda

    Compromise is meant for those competing interests. Not for the core principles of the country that the constitution exists to protect and secure.

  • It's Washington, Not Ted Cruz that's Abnormal

    It's Washington, Not Ted Cruz that's Abnormal

    According to Brooks, Cruz is not a "normal" Senator who sees himself in Congress to form alliances and pass legislation. Rather, per Brooks, Cruz is more a "media protest person."