July 2, 2023

THE COLD WAR WAS EFFECTIVELY WON...:

Posted by orrinj at 7:22 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

March 6, 2023

THE rEALISTS CAN NEVER FORGIVE HIM:

Posted by orrinj at 12:00 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

January 9, 2023

THANKS, GIPPER!:

Posted by orrinj at 6:35 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

February 28, 2022

THE MANLEY EXPERIMENT WAS TRIED IN EASTERN EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA...:

Posted by orrinj at 12:00 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 28, 2020

THE INDELIBLE STAIN:

Posted by orrinj at 7:38 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

November 20, 2019

CHILL OUT

Posted by Stephen Judd at 6:43 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 1, 2019

A MAN IN FULL:

Posted by orrinj at 5:51 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 5, 2019

WHAT LITTLE:

Posted by orrinj at 12:00 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 1, 2019

A cONSERVATIVE, NOT AN IDEOLOGUE:

Posted by orrinj at 12:00 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

October 29, 2018

cONSERVATISM AND THE rIGHT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OPPOSED TO ONE ANOTHER:

Posted by orrinj at 4:05 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 15, 2018

LOYAL OATH:

Posted by orrinj at 8:44 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 26, 2018

ALONG THE ANGLOSPHERE:

Posted by orrinj at 7:48 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 4, 2018

GROWING PAINS:

Posted by orrinj at 8:56 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 1, 2018

"NOT IN SPITE OF BUT BECAUSE OF":

Posted by orrinj at 8:27 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

June 4, 2018

A REPUBLICAN AND A CONSERVATIVE:

Posted by orrinj at 5:53 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

May 13, 2018

GORBY WAS NO KIM:

Posted by orrinj at 7:24 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

February 28, 2018

SEEING AMERICA:

Posted by orrinj at 3:24 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

January 12, 2018

Posted by orrinj at 7:59 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

November 23, 2017

FROM THE THANKSGIVING ARCHIVES: HOWDY, PURITAN?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:10 AM

June 27, 2017

THE LAST NEW DEALER:

Posted by orrinj at 5:14 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

May 28, 2017

LIBERTY, NOT FREEDOM:

Posted by orrinj at 7:07 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

October 25, 2016

TIDE TURNED:

Posted by orrinj at 2:06 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 29, 2016

HE DIDN'T LEAVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE LEFT HIM:

Posted by orrinj at 3:53 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 27, 2016

IT'S A PURITAN NATION:

Posted by orrinj at 3:26 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

May 31, 2016

WHICH IS HOW WE SHOULD SPEAK OF THE SALAFI:

Posted by orrinj at 8:44 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

February 24, 2016

THEY ALWAYS OMIT...:

Posted by orrinj at 5:55 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

January 16, 2016

PERHAPS NOT SURPRISINGLY...:

Posted by orrinj at 12:37 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

May 17, 2015

WHICH IS WHY VOTERS PREFER EXPERIENCE:

Posted by orrinj at 8:48 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 12, 2014

SELF-LOATHING DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE YOU LOATHSOME:

Posted by orrinj at 11:27 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 18, 2014

SECRET LOVE:

Posted by orrinj at 2:36 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 17, 2014

THANKS GIPPER!

Posted by orrinj at 1:57 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 1, 2014

YOU CAN'T OVERSTATE THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT PRETENDING THEY WERE OUR PEERS...:

Posted by orrinj at 4:21 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

September 2, 2013

DEFYING CARICATURE:

Posted by orrinj at 10:05 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 14, 2012

BREAKING THE LABOR MOVEMENT FIXED INFLATION TOO:

Posted by orrinj at 9:40 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

February 7, 2012

WITCH HUNTS BEGIN WITH WITCHES:

Posted by orrinj at 6:29 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

November 22, 2011

IVORY HUNTERS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:22 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

November 6, 2011

WHY REAGAN DESERVES AS MUCH CREDIT AS VOLCKER FOR THE DEFLATIONARY EPOCH:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:18 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 23, 2011

BUT THEY FOUND THEIR POLICIES IN THATCHERISM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:26 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 3, 2011

IT WAS THE LONG RUN THAT MATTERED:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:49 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

July 4, 2011

YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:23 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

February 15, 2011

WHEN TWO SIDES SIT DOWN TO NEGOTIATE, ONE HAS ALREADY WON:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:21 AM

February 6, 2011

IF THERE'S ONE NOTIOIN THAT A DEMOCRACY CAN NOT TOLERATE...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:43 PM

HIS REAGAN BIO...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:10 AM

February 5, 2011

WHICH IS WHY THE RIGHT HATED HIM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:23 AM

December 18, 2010

IT WOULD BE INEXPLICABLE IF HE WASN'T:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:55 AM

December 11, 2010

GRACE ABOUNDING:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:15 AM

March 17, 2010

GOTTA PUT THOSE ON LINE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:17 PM

March 2, 2010

INDEED, HE MAY HAVE HATED THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR MORE THAN HE HATED COMMUNISM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:35 PM

February 23, 2010

IF THEY'RE CATTLE BE THE BULL:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:08 PM

December 27, 2009

A MUST HAVE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:59 PM

October 13, 2009

EXCEPT THE FOUNDERS GAVE US LIBERTY, NOT FREEDOM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:51 PM

September 24, 2009

THAT, MY CHILDREN, WAS WHAT A REAL ECONOMIC CRISIS WAS LIKE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:14 AM

September 5, 2009

OUR OWN UNICORN RIDE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:25 AM

August 26, 2009

JUST BECAUSE HE WASN'T AS REVOLUTIONARY AS MAGGIE DOESN'T MEAN HE WASN'T WORTHWHILE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:33 AM

August 24, 2009

THE WAIT WAS AS LONG AS THE PRESIDENCY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:19 PM

June 8, 2009

IS ANYONE LESS FIT TO ASSESS A PRESIDENCY THAN THE ACADEMIC LEFT?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:33 AM

May 2, 2009

WHAT DO REALISTS KNOW OF REALITY?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:13 AM

March 7, 2009

CERTAINLY PUT THE FEAR OF GOD IN HIM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:32 PM

January 17, 2009

COLUMNS ON PAPER VS. COLUMNS OF VOTERS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:12 AM

August 13, 2008

BUT IT WAS WHAT HE DIDN'T SAY THAT RENDERED HIM OBSOLETE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:45 PM

May 28, 2008

TAKING IDEAS SERIOUSLY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:39 PM

May 17, 2008

WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE THOUGH...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:59 AM

May 6, 2008

LIKE THE SUN THAT SHINES ON A RAINY DAY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:14 AM

April 14, 2008

HARDLY UNIQUE THOUGH:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:48 AM

March 15, 2008

WHERE'S THE GIPPER WHEN WE NEED HIM?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:07 PM

March 8, 2008

THE BRIGHTS KNOW BETTER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:38 AM

January 25, 2008

WHAT'S A CAR IMPORT QUOTA AMONG FRIENDS?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:23 PM

THE SLOW BUT STEADY MARCH OF THE LONG WAR (via Mike Daley):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:51 AM

January 17, 2008

THE LAST NEW DEALER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:06 AM

January 13, 2008

THOSE BASTARDS, THEY KILLED KENNAN!:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:05 AM

January 7, 2008

NO WONDER THE RIGHT HATED HIM... (via Bryan Francouer):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:16 PM

December 20, 2007

RWR AND SONS (via Mike Daley):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:57 AM

November 20, 2007

AND WE GET TO LIVE IN THE PROMISED LAND:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:05 AM

November 14, 2007

W AND TONY PLAYED THEM IN THE RECENT VERSION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:16 PM

August 19, 2007

THE PICTURE PERFECTIONIST:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:19 AM

July 26, 2007

ASTUTE? TRY STUPID:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:47 AM

July 1, 2007

REAGAN, THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE OWE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:55 AM

June 12, 2007

FORTUNATELY, WE DON'T ELECT REALISTS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:05 PM

June 10, 2007

THERE'S NOTHING THE RIGHT HATES MORE...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:36 AM

June 6, 2007

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:55 PM

May 22, 2007

HARDLY A FAIR MATCH-UP:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:07 AM

HISTORICAL AMNESIA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:01 AM

May 12, 2007

WHAT ABOUT IRAN-CONTRA?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

April 9, 2007

BUILDING THE BRIDGE TO THE 18TH CENTURY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:05 AM

April 1, 2007

ANYONE REMEMBER THE PARADE MAGAZINE PHOTOSPREAD AFTER HE WAS SHOT? (via Bryan Francoeur):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:15 PM

March 25, 2007

STARRING--W AS THE GIPPER; ISLAMICISM AS COMMUNISM; BA'ATHISTS AS THE SANDINISTAS; AND TED KENNEDY, JOHN KERRY, ETC., AS THEMSELVES:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:40 PM

February 21, 2007

IT'S NOT AS IF THIS WERE THE FIRST WAR WHERE THEY'VE ROOTEDS FOR THE OTHER SIDE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:08 AM

February 16, 2007

HIS FORTY YEARS WAR:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:23 AM

December 16, 2006

"WHO IS THIS GUY?":

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:32 AM

December 8, 2006

"THE SIDE SHE WAS ON":

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:34 PM

FREEDOM LOSES A FRIEND:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:35 AM

October 21, 2006

CLEANING UP AFTER TRUMAN AND IKE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:38 AM

September 27, 2006

WE ARE THE MISKITO (*) THIS TIME:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:04 PM

August 11, 2006

NOTEWORTHY? IT'S A TRUISM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:48 PM

August 4, 2006

WHIPPED INFLATION THEN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:45 PM

July 17, 2006

THERE'S A REASON OLLIE NORTH HAD TO FUND THE CONTRAS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:03 AM

April 2, 2006

THE DIRECTOR:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:53 AM

March 29, 2006

CAP CRUSADER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:09 AM

March 28, 2006

FAREWELL, LYNWOOD:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:16 AM

November 20, 2005

CRANK UP THE VCRs (via Mike Daley)

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:54 PM

MAYBE ONE OF THOSE GRADS COULD CALL THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:00 AM

November 10, 2005

THE ONLY REASON TO VISIT CA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:56 AM

September 21, 2005

STRANGE SORT OF NAZI:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:04 AM

August 17, 2005

HE BURIED MORE THAN JUST LEE MARVIN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:32 PM

OF MEESE AND MEN IN BLACK:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:06 AM

NO PLACE FOR FEELINGS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:15 AM

July 7, 2005

ALL ABOUT THE RANCH:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:22 AM

June 6, 2005

THE BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:00 AM

May 5, 2005

NO SECRET:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

February 12, 2005

VISION, NOT REVISION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:03 AM

February 10, 2005

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:01 PM

February 4, 2005

NO SUBSTITUTE FOR VICTORY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:27 AM

January 23, 2005

WHO DID THEY THINK WROTE THEM?

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:22 PM

January 14, 2005

MERE GUNFIRE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:46 AM

December 11, 2004

ASK DANNY ORTEGA HOW INEPT THE GIPPER WAS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:12 PM

July 30, 2004

STILL THE REAGAN RECOVERY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:34 PM

May 16, 2002

ONCE UPON A TIME A REAL PRESIDENT VISITED A COMMUNIST NATION :

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:21 AM