Paul Weyrich column
Paul M. Weyrich is Chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation. He served as President of the foundation from 1977 to 2002.
From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Weyrich served as President of the Kreible Institute of the Free Congress Foundation, responsible for training democracy movements in the states comprising the Former Soviet Empire. He is a founder and past director of the American Legislative Exchange Council, the founding president of the Heritage Foundation, and the current National Chairman of Coalitions for America.
A former reporter and radio news director, Mr. Weyrich is a regular guest on daily radio and television talk shows. A sought-after writer, Mr. Weyrich has published policy reports and journals on a variety of conservative issues and has contributed editorials to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
He has been described by The Economist as "one of the conservative movement's more vigorous thinkers." Voted three years in a row from 1981 – 1983 by readers of Conservative Digest as one of the top three "most popular conservatives in America not in Congress," Mr. Weyrich has been named by Regardie's Magazine as "one of the 100 most powerful Washingtonians."
He has been married since 1963 to the former Joyce Smigun, is the father of five children, and serves as a deacon in his church.
From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Weyrich served as President of the Kreible Institute of the Free Congress Foundation, responsible for training democracy movements in the states comprising the Former Soviet Empire. He is a founder and past director of the American Legislative Exchange Council, the founding president of the Heritage Foundation, and the current National Chairman of Coalitions for America.
A former reporter and radio news director, Mr. Weyrich is a regular guest on daily radio and television talk shows. A sought-after writer, Mr. Weyrich has published policy reports and journals on a variety of conservative issues and has contributed editorials to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
He has been described by The Economist as "one of the conservative movement's more vigorous thinkers." Voted three years in a row from 1981 – 1983 by readers of Conservative Digest as one of the top three "most popular conservatives in America not in Congress," Mr. Weyrich has been named by Regardie's Magazine as "one of the 100 most powerful Washingtonians."
He has been married since 1963 to the former Joyce Smigun, is the father of five children, and serves as a deacon in his church.
Paul Weyrich
December 18, 2008
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It is the worst of times because millions of Americans are unemployed this Christmas. It is the worst of . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 17, 2008
I am worried that the race for Senator in Minnesota in effect will be run by the U.S. Senate. When one has been around as long as I have, one has seen things . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 11, 2008
A good lady is about to leave Washington, D.C. after decades of public service. I refer to Senator Elizabeth Hanford Dole (R-N.C.), who was defeated in her bid . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 9, 2008
Where is the ticker-tape parade in New York City? Where are the cheers? A year and a half after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared that the War in Iraq . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 5, 2008
When pundits are asked to name the best Presidents of the 20th Century Harry S. Truman's name always comes up. That is interesting, because when he left office . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 4, 2008
Surprise, surprise. President-elect Barack H. Obama has appointed a center-right group of economic advisers. That is center-right in the Democratic context. . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 26, 2008
As long as I can remember Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., was one of the toughest committee chairmen in the Congress. His father preceded him in U.S. Congress . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 25, 2008
The 111th Congress recently passed an authorization bill which provides more money for Amtrak than any bill passed in history. President George W. Bush signed . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 20, 2008
Mr. William J. Federer, a Missourian, is one of the most cheerful people I have met. Despite this, Bill Federer’s writing always has a serious message . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 14, 2008
News reports in the past few days suggest that as a priority after he assumes the presidency on January 20, 2009, President Obama will use the power of the . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 7, 2008
Now that the election is over, it is time to evaluate what the American public can expect from the newly elected Congress and the administration of President . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 6, 2008
Now that the election is over, it is time to evaluate what the American public can expect from the 111th Congress and the incoming Presidency . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 4, 2008
Senator Barack H. Obama has a huge lead. No, Senator John S. McCain, III is closing the gap. The next poll shows Obama running away with the election. With . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 28, 2008
Many conservatives agree that since the mid-20th Century, the federal government has grown too large, its bloated bureaucracies unaccountable to the American . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 23, 2008
Is there growing opposition to re-imposition of the so-called Fairness Doctrine or is there a clever effort -- maybe a plot? -- to convince opponents of the . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 21, 2008
Forget the election for the moment. We will know the outcome in two weeks. The question one ought to consider seriously is what to do with one's money . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 20, 2008
I have always disliked the “goo-goo” types. That stands for good government, the people who want everybody to vote. I don’t want the uninformed to vote because . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 10, 2008
One radio listener dubbed the second Presidential debate as a contest between the Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Fred Mertz. Talk about boring. I had a difficult . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 7, 2008
We are talking about a Super Bowl-size audience as more people than ever turned to the Vice Presidential debate last Thursday. Who won? It apparently depends . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 2, 2008
Economists, House Republicans led by Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and millions of Americans across the country are questioning the prudence of the . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 30, 2008
I was among the estimated 80 million who watched the entire debate last Friday evening. Who won? There was no knock-out blow as some debates have produced in . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 26, 2008
Messages have poured in asking my opinion of the trillion-dollar bailout announced by President George W. Bush late last week. I hesitate to discuss this topic . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 24, 2008
Republicans lost control of the Congress two years ago partly because of corruption. Some of their Members had to step aside because indictments hung over their . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 22, 2008
Judging from what I can tell of the current financial and economic woes of the nation, I am beginning to believe that this presidential election may be a “no . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 16, 2008
For the most part ABC News anchor Charles Gibson’s interview with Governor Sarah Palin was fair. As expected, Gibson included a “gotcha” question. He asked her . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 11, 2008
The year was 1920. A huge crowd gathered downtown to listen to a loud speaker. The city was Pittsburgh. The reason for the crowd? It was election night. Voters . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 9, 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s war with the Catholic Church has now spilled over to the Congress . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 2, 2008
When all is said and done, Sen. John McCain has rewritten the parameters of this contest . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 28, 2008
At last, after a build-up reminiscent of the Super Bowl, Sen. Barack H. Obama has chosen his vice presidential nominee. In some ways the selected of Delaware . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 27, 2008
Watching the Fox News Network set up to cover the Democratic National Convention in Denver, with some 400 Fox employees, brought to memory the three times I . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 21, 2008
Every generation needs heroes. Young people especially need role models. How blessed we are that the role model of these Summer Olympics is Michael Phelps. Here . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 14, 2008
Politics, it said, makes for strange bedfellows. I have seen hundreds of examples in the many years I have been involved in politics. Here is another example . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 12, 2008
Should President Bush have traveled to Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics? As I see it, the president had three choices . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 8, 2008
All this talk about the "race card" made me wonder what card I would play if I were running for president . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 7, 2008
When Congress returns after Labor Day, Republican Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) will introduce the American Energy Act. He means it to be the definitive program his . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 6, 2008
I spent the period from the late 1980s to 2000 teaching our form of government to the people of the Soviet Union. They were fascinated to hear of a system in . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 4, 2008
This year will go down in history as one in which great fighters for freedom have been called home by the good Lord. And so we bid farewell to the most . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 1, 2008
Our elected officials lack the fortitude and wisdom to make the necessary cuts in spending that budget realities demand . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 31, 2008
I have been feeling rather blue. Those who know me know that I never give up without a fight. My problem is with the so-called "Fairness Doctrine," which . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 29, 2008
It was an unusually warm January day in Washington as President-elect Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office administered by longtime Supreme Court . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 22, 2008
In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court ruled that the District of Columbia's highly restrictive ban on guns is unconstitutional. The ruling was . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 18, 2008
Whatever one thought of President Richard M. Nixon, political advice was worth considering. One cannot help but think of the late President as one observes the . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 15, 2008
The Lord must need some good company in Heaven. Recently, Tim Russert, Jesse Helms and now Tony Snow have been called home. My pastor says that the older he . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 11, 2008
I am neither an attorney nor an expert in Constitutional law. Others have been good enough to say I am a good strategist. If so, then I would like to share my . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 10, 2008
When I was the political reporter and weekend anchor at WISN TV, the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee, John Coleman was our weatherman. He was s strong conservative . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 5, 2008
I met Paul T. Yarbrough through my daughter, Diana, and her husband. My son-in-law, Lieutenant Colonel Craig Pascoe, was stationed at the Air Force base near . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 4, 2008
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), the only openly lesbian Member of Congress, is predicting passage of hate crimes legislation and repeal of DOMA (the Defense of Marriage . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 23, 2008
There has been much talk of late in Congress about the need to begin drilling our own oil. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL reported a poll which indicates that 57% of . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 20, 2008
Ever since global warming became the latest concern of the environmental movement and former Vice President Albert A. (Al) Gore, Jr. became the lead spokesman . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 11, 2008
I have obtained a document prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, which is not posted on the DHS website. It is an internal handbook telling . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 13, 2008
I came to Washington 42 years ago. At the time liberalism was riding high. Senator Barry M. Goldwater had suffered a humiliating defeat. Democrats got . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 9, 2008
Last week President George W. Bush held a press conference on the current state of the economy and the high cost of energy. In it he made several important . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 7, 2008
Is the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ever on the right side of any issue? On one issue out of a bundle we might find ourselves in agreement. As for most . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 1, 2008
The Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) has been in the news recently after President George W. Bush, who steadfastly supports it, submitted it to Congress . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 12, 2008
Sometimes Congressional Republicans amaze me with their short-sightedness. In the mid-term elections in 2006 the Republican Party lost control of both Houses of . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 10, 2008
This legislative week in the House of Representatives could be dubbed "Frivolous Public Health Legislation Week" based upon the bills placed upon the calendar . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 8, 2008
Richard Cumberland, Bishop of Peterborough and 17th-century English philosopher, wrote, "Games of chance are traps to catch school boy novices and gaping . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 4, 2008
Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr. recently released the "Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure," the Department of the . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 30, 2008
The United States Border Patrol cannot seem to catch a break. Border Patrol agents have to guard both the US-Canadian Border and the nearly 2,000-mile-long US . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 28, 2008
Throughout this prolonged presidential campaign the three main candidates — Senators John S. McCain III (R-AZ), Barack H. Obama (D-IL), and Hillary Rodham . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 18, 2008
Last Thursday night the House of Representatives met in a closed session to debate H.R. 3773, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. It passed the House on Friday by . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 13, 2008
Last year the House of Representatives passed legislation intended to govern the political behavior of its Members by implementing tighter ethics regulations. . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 6, 2008
When Alexis de Toqueville traveled through the United States in 1831 to observe American penal institutions, he wrote down his observations of American . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 28, 2008
Around 10:30 (EST) last Wednesday evening, sailors on the USS Lake Erie Aegis Cruiser shot down a dead U.S. spy satellite that otherwise would have entered the . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 21, 2008
Few issues frustrate economic conservatives more than farm subsidies because of their extremely high cost to taxpayers and their role in keeping the price of . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 20, 2008
Media pundits now have begun to predict that Senator Barak Obama (D-IL) will be the Democratic Presidential nominee. Some even have pronounced that Senator . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 15, 2008
There is finally some potential good news on the immigration front. One of the most egregious problems of President George W. Bush's tenure in office has been . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 13, 2008
Every year Family Research Council (FRC) Action issues a report card detailing how our elected officials in Congress vote on pro-family issues. Defense/foreign . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 10, 2008
Anchors of the major newscasts did their evening news about the Iowa caucuses from Iowa and will do the same for New Hampshire. Why? In Iowa alone the networks . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 8, 2008
After the Iowa caucuses on January 3, the pundits are busy trying to determine the lessons learned from the opening contest of the 2008 Presidential election. . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 21, 2007
In recent weeks I have used this column to criticize the massive spending Congress is poised to enact in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill. As it turns out there . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 19, 2007
I am going to be politically incorrect. The fact is not everyone should go to college. Yet we have pushed the notion that the only way to get a useful education . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 13, 2007
Earlier this year Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) proposed an addition to the Fiscal Year 2008 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill. The proposal . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 11, 2007
Congressional Democrats came to power in the 2006 election through their ability to exploit the general frustration in the country with President George W. Bush . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 7, 2007
Much of the media coverage of the Presidential campaign has focused upon two issues — the war in Iraq and health care. The latter has been particularly . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 6, 2007
I continue to be amazed by today's advances in technology, especially that available for the mass-consumer market. One area where technology has made incredible . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 4, 2007
The recent Republican presidential debate in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was held just weeks before the Iowa presidential caucus and was decidedly livelier than . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 30, 2007
Perhaps you have heard of the "Flying Imams" lawsuit, brought on by an incident on U.S. Airways in November 2006. The lawsuit against U.S. Airways and the . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 29, 2007
Since I was a young boy I have heard that "Republicans are the party of the rich." My parents were among the few Republicans in a precinct dominated by . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 28, 2007
One does not have to be a supporter of former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas (as I am not) without admiring his ability to move ahead in the Iowa polls by . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 23, 2007
One of the reasons the Democrats won that resounding victory in the 2006 elections is that Republicans lost their way. In the 109th Congress there was . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 20, 2007
I would not be surprised if you have heard at least five times in different media that the tax revolt in this country is over. In fact, in the past twenty years . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 17, 2007
Yesterday, I wrote a column on the need to eliminate No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the massive federal program President George W. Bush signed into law in 2002 . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 16, 2007
Another day, another wasteful federal dollar spent. This time the culprit is No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the massive federal education program passed with . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 8, 2007
Have you ever been to a Communist or former Communist country? If so I am sure you have seen street after street of government-funded housing. Usually this . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 7, 2007
Infrastructure ought to be an easy sell. After all, we are talking about the roads upon which we drive every day. Now even mass transit systems are up for . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 6, 2007
In 1974 the late Senator Carl T. Curtis (R-NE) and Senator James A. McClure (R-ID), after a lunch with another staffer and yours truly, agreed to constitute . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 30, 2007
The Law of the Sea Treaty ("LOST" to opponents, "UNCLOS" to supporters) is up for a vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this Thursday, November 1. . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 26, 2007
There is terrible news from California. On October 12, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law three bills which, the opposition argues, introduce the . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 25, 2007
Lots of folks are commenting on the Presidential candidates these days. I figured it was my turn. Why not? I have seen the candidates up close as much as any of . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 18, 2007
Recently there has been considerable talk about a third party, which originated from an informal meeting in Salt Lake City called by Robert K. Fischer, . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 10, 2007
Washington is famous for constructing acronyms. Many bills passed by Congress are titled with an acronym, public relations language or both. For those of you . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 4, 2007
How well I recall the Panama Canal Treaty fight of thirty years ago. The political establishment was adamantly in favor of the Treaty. The people were against . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 3, 2007
I watched the Republican debate from Baltimore on PBS last week or at least as much of it as I could take. It was supposed to be a debate in which Black . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 27, 2007
The school choice battle has come to Utah and it is a battle every American should know about. Let me explain what is going on, what is at stake, and provide a . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 25, 2007
An article by the Associated Press stated that on average drivers spend forty hours a year in traffic jams. This was a companion to a piece which reported that . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 21, 2007
In this Congress Senate Minority Leader A. Mitchell (Mitch) McConnell, Jr. (R-KY) has real power. He has 49 Republican Senators to the Democratic Majority's 51. . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 20, 2007
What is the effect of the MOVEON.ORG advertisement in THE NEW YORK TIMES that questioned General David H. Petraeus, who now leads our troops in Iraq? The . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 19, 2007
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) is running for President, largely with the support of pro-lifers. Unfortunately, he has not done well. In the Ames, Iowa straw poll . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 13, 2007
At last Fred D. Thompson is in the race. He skipped the Republican debate in New Hampshire in favor of an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Did he . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 29, 2007
Before the Cold War concluded, the late Dr. Robert Krieble and I traveled the length and breadth of what was then the Soviet Union. Dr. Krieble taught how to . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 23, 2007
I do not believe it necessary to amend the Constitution frequently but there are times when an amendment is justified. One such amendment should prohibit . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 22, 2007
Throughout the years I have received comments in support of Representative Ron Paul (R-TX). If he makes a major speech, casts a lone vote or is running for . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 16, 2007
Unlike his father, President George W. Bush sometimes is difficult to understand. However, one issue about which he has been resolute and consistent in recent . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 15, 2007
I have not spoken recently with Paul Jacob. Years ago he was a leader of the movement to establish term limits for elected officials. Jacob is one of the most . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 9, 2007
In April of 1990 I visited Sverdlovsk, now Yekaterinburg, where the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were executed by the Communists. My . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 2, 2007
As some regular readers of this Commentary know, I serve on the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. I have only five months . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 1, 2007
Former Representative George H. (Hank) Brown (R-CO) is what one would consider a genuinely nice person. In 1980 he replaced Representative Wayne N. Aspinall, a . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 27, 2007
A recent media report on a reliably conservative channel indicated that the God gap going into the 2008 election is now even because both parties have pursued . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 25, 2007
Last week on my radio show Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) discussed the Fairness Doctrine, an important issue currently being debated in Congress. During the . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 19, 2007
Guess what? Prominent Democrats in Congress may soon pass a huge tax increase. This tax increase will affect all, not just Wall Street. Because what is proposed . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 18, 2007
Perhaps it is time to say something about U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA). It seems that not only was he a client of the so-called D.C. Madam but that he . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 12, 2007
I met Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) at a forum. Congressman Blumenauer and I agreed upon the need of balanced transportation to the point that we ended up . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 11, 2007
Latin America is well-known for its volatile political history of caudillos, corruption, economic instability and popular uprisings. Since the late 1990s some . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 6, 2007
There was a small victory for America last week. It went unnoticed. Still, it is important and has a great future. What am I referring to? The Oregon Iron Works . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 3, 2007
This has been an extraordinary week. The people have spoken twice — both against the leadership. In the United States Senate, the leadership of both parties by . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 29, 2007
One of the great concerns among the medical community today is the lack of a comprehensive national database of medical records that would allow health . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 27, 2007
Radical homosexual activists are at it again. They have condemned President George W. Bush's nomination of Dr. James W. Holsinger, Jr. for the post of United . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 25, 2007
One of the most sacred rights Americans enjoy and have enjoyed from the earliest days of our Republic is the secret ballot. With minor exceptions over the years . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 19, 2007
Bad news for the Republicans. Stu says the Democrats will continue to hold the House. Stu who? Stuart Rothenberg, that's who. So who is Stu and what does he . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 13, 2007
My longtime friend Richard A. Viguerie issued a press release congratulating grassroots America for killing the Immigration Bill. I hope Richard is right. I . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 12, 2007
CNN actually did the American people a favor this past week. It doesn't happen very often, so make note of it.
CNN co-sponsored, nearly back-to-back, two . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 5, 2007
Ever since Ronald Reagan passed away, when even liberals seemed to appreciate him and his role in history, there has been a demand among rank-and-file . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 31, 2007
One question has always eluded me as I have examined public policy questions these past four decades. That is why when propositions are presented to the public . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 30, 2007
No bad idea is ever completely defeated in this country, perhaps in other nations as well. I have seen bad ideas surface again and again in this country. When . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 29, 2007
Let me tell you a sad tale of Russian politics. In July, 1990 I attended a conference in Prague on the emerging democracies in the former Soviet orbit. Most of . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 28, 2007
Medical colleges have become carbon copies of the "self-interested lobbying efforts of the private sector," Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., President of the Association . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 25, 2007
Let me tell you a sad tale of Russian politics. In July, 1990 I attended a conference in Prague on the emerging democracies in the former Soviet orbit. Most of . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 16, 2007
As regular readers of this Commentary know, thanks to the late Dr. Robert Krieble, I had the great opportunity to train thousands of people all over the Soviet . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 15, 2007
America and Bush Are Not So Unpopular — Our national media has told us that President George W. Bush has ruined the image of the United States. Our image is . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 10, 2007
Although she lives 3,000 miles away in California, my cousin Kathy has once again inspired me to write. She recently sent me a newspaper clipping entitled "The . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 9, 2007
Rosie O'Donnell is off the air, supposedly her own doing, and Don Imus is reported to be suing CBS. The outcome of any such litigation may tell if we have . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 8, 2007
It took all my self-discipline to remain awake for the Republican Question and Answer session held at the Reagan Library in California last week. I had hoped . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 2, 2007
Though many of us fought vigorously against Medicare and the other initiatives which made up President Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" of the 1960s most . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 25, 2007
Just when you think you have heard it all, along comes a story that is almost too ridiculous to be true. But it is. The idiocy of federal bureaucracies . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 19, 2007
Most of the news this week has been so horrendous that I thought I'd write about something positive. There is one of those subjects being discussed again in . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 17, 2007
Conservatism survives and continues to evolve no matter who holds the majority in Congress or lives in the White House. Our essays and panel discussions on "The . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 13, 2007
Do you recall how House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) was elected? Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attempted to purge him from the Democratic Leadership. But . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 4, 2007
They are back, just when you thought it was safe. I mean the Feminazi crowd. And guess what they have in store for you? Why, they intend to re-introduce the . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 27, 2007
This January, in an attempt to appeal to the voters of both parties as they basked in the glow of their recent victory, the majority leadership team in the . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 22, 2007
This is the fiftieth essay in our Next Conservatism series and it is a good point to look back at the road we have traveled. When we began this series we were . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 21, 2007
In this column on March 7, 2006 I discussed the onward, and misleadingly labeled, so-called Employee Free Choice Act, H.R. 800, sometimes referred as to as the . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 20, 2007
California did it. Governor Arnold "The Terminator" Schwarzenegger signed into law a measure passed by the ultra-liberal California Legislature which moves the . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 16, 2007
Since the invasion of Iraq nearly four years ago promises made to our military men and women have been broken so many times that I have lost count. First, they . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 14, 2007
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington has come and gone. When I first participated in the revival of CPAC conferences with . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 12, 2007
The Democrats must pay off their left-wing which helped them become a majority party for the first time in a dozen years. Leaders from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 8, 2007
With a Democratic Congress for the first time since 1993, it was only a matter of time until some of the Party's favorite constituents came forward to claim . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 28, 2007
The Jet Blue CEO, in addition to accepting responsibility and issuing five days of apologies, has now come out with a bill of rights. Passengers if delayed so . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 27, 2007
Not a day goes by since the November elections, which the Democrats won big, that some member of the Congressional Leadership, some candidate for President or . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 22, 2007
One of the clearest measures of a society can be found in its public school system. For example, it is no accident that in totalitarian states, such as North . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 21, 2007
Years ago, there was a musical entitled "Stop the World. I Want to Get Off." That is how I feel about the much accelerated campaign for the Presidency. It has . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 14, 2007
I'm not sure which woman was the more relieved by Anna Nicole Smith's untimely death. Is it the star of "Lust in Space," home in Houston, or is it the Speaker . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 13, 2007
One of life's little ironies played itself out in the United States Senate these past few days. Let us return to 2005. Then Majority Leader William H. (Bill) . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 7, 2007
It is a sad reality that many federal laws result in unintended consequences for the public which must abide by them. Such has been the fate of the much touted . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 6, 2007
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was created by Congress in 1934 to oversee the publicly owned airwaves. At the time, this meant radio only, but soon . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 1, 2007
Streetcars? What could conservatism have to do with streetcars? Some of you may be wondering if I have slipped my trolley.
Maybe I have, but wanting to bring . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 30, 2007
Despite being known for policy politics on one hand and urban transportation on the other, I consider myself a journalist. Therefore, I try to look at things to . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 24, 2007
We are in the midst of a new space race. This race, unlike the last, is one that usually is ignored — or derided — by the news media. Unlike the last, this one . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 23, 2007
Last Friday, we held our Conservative State of the Union forum, the continuation of a successful series of broadcast and usually telecast panel discussions. It . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 18, 2007
Is it too late to adopt some New Year's resolutions? The middle of the month has occurred and I have yet to recover from going to bed early for the very first . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 17, 2007
Last week, along with millions of Americans, I watched President George W. Bush deliver his address to the nation. The President is proposing that an additional . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 10, 2007
There are times I am so frustrated I want to scream. Such was the case this past week. I was in a gathering of around twenty well-educated and informed . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 9, 2007
The ancient saying that "time flies" was never truer as the 110th Congress convened this past week. It was 40 years ago exactly as this eager 24-year old edged . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 20, 2006
General Augusto Pinochet was laid to rest after several years of illness, which prevented the Chilean Supreme Court from hearing criminal charges against him. I . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 19, 2006
Last week Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) suffered what appeared to be a stroke. He lost his ability to speak. After the Attending Physician to the Congress, Rear . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 15, 2006
In the last two essays, I have argued that the next conservatism needs a new conservative movement. In my more than forty years in Washington, I have been . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 12, 2006
Every year the retailers issue forecasts predicting sales. These projections are taken by many economists as leading indicators of the condition of the American . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 6, 2006
In 1982, under the leadership of Chairman Richard E. Wiley, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed a major broadcasting restriction, the Fairness . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 5, 2006
The other night on behalf of Richard Viguerie I attended a reception at the gorgeous condominium of Jon B. Utley. Viguerie spoke briefly, urging conservatives . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 30, 2006
Rarely do conservatives look to President Franklin D. Roosevelt for inspiration. The same can be said of Gerald R. Ford, who was forced to fend off a challenge . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 23, 2006
From the founding to the present, freedom and liberty have represented the North Star which has guided our country, admittedly with fits and starts, to chart . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 21, 2006
Medical colleges have become carbon copies of the "self-interested lobbying efforts of the private sector," Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., President of the Association . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 15, 2006
Conservative commentators have made the point that America is basically a conservative country despite the Democrats' taking over the Congress. What is the . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 14, 2006
I was speaking with a Republican Senator just moments after Senator George Allen (R-VA) conceded defeat to Reagan Republican-turned Democrat James H. Webb, Jr. . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 7, 2006
By the time you read this you may have voted. The intelligence I am receiving from around the nation would indicate a Democratic landslide. In recent weeks . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 6, 2006
I was working in the United States Senate in 1971 when John F. Kerry made his explosive charges about his colleagues in the military in Vietnam. I was there . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 31, 2006
Some years ago Democrats declared the "Year of the Woman," pointing to the fact that women comprise more than half of the electorate. It stands to reason that . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 27, 2006
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) recently declared the debate over securing America's borders extends beyond the issue of illegal immigrants and jobs. "Securing . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 25, 2006
The headlines blared across the front pages of the Philadelphia papers: "FBI Raids Offices of U.S. Representative Curt Weldon's Daughter and Associate." It was . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 24, 2006
So now some people in the White House and their allies are accusing conservatives of whining about the ensuing election. They claim some conservatives with no . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 19, 2006
An interesting development in the 2008 Presidential race: Former Virginia Governor Mark R. Warner has taken himself out of the race. Guess what excuse he used? . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 17, 2006
Lance Terrance is a pollster, an interpreter of survey results and an advisor to political candidates at all levels. We have been friends for more than thirty . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 12, 2006
I can honestly claim to have been one of the godfathers of the existing conservative movement. In some ways, that movement has achieved far more than we ever . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 10, 2006
If you had been in this public policy business as long as I you would think that by now I would have learned the critical lesson of operations many times over. . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 4, 2006
Saint Jack is at it again. The former United States Senator and Ambassador to the United Nations has published a book condemning the religious right. When he . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 3, 2006
The conservative movement, thank God, has been blessed with a number of people who quietly do excellent work advancing the cause. One such person is Peter . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 28, 2006
If the next conservatism is to mean anything, it must give birth to a new conservative movement. Ideas on paper do not alone change history. They must be . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 27, 2006
The Internal Revenue Service has notified pastors all over America that the IRS will be monitoring the content of sermons. If there were anything political, the . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 26, 2006
Republicans have been in a better mood in these waning days of the 109th Congress. They think there is a much better chance they will continue in power after . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 20, 2006
Too often, voters in an election year wait to be asked by candidates for Congress for support. It should be the voters who put the candidates on the spot. This . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 19, 2006
In 1947, two years after our final victory in World War II, President Harry S. Truman and other prominent national leaders were interested in reminding . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 12, 2006
When I came to work in the United States Senate, 40 years ago this January, I quickly learned that there are two kinds of Senators — workhorses and show horses. . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 11, 2006
I have known syndicated columnist David S. Broder for a few years short of four decades. I was a source of his following the death of Senate Minority Leader . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 7, 2006
There was considerable reaction to my commentary as to why Hollywood is not producing movies on the 100 million people killed by Communism. The best e-mail was . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 6, 2006
Some 32 years ago when I organized Free Congress Foundation, as it is now called, I swiftly acquired a reputation for holding some paper in my hand while . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 1, 2006
As Labor Day approaches, we observe that many recent trends merit celebration. Unemployment is lower than its average during the last decade; the economy has . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 30, 2006
I never thought that I would find myself watching an Oliver Stone movie, much less approving of it. But last Wednesday my wife and I went to a large movie . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 28, 2006
Some time ago, I predicted that the Democrats would win control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate this November. Despite what I felt was a . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 22, 2006
I must admit: I am angry. I try not to be angry. After all, I work in Washington. Most everything that happens here could make you angry. If I wanted to think . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 21, 2006
When I was a reporter for the MILWAUKEE SENTINEL (now the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) we had four deadlines. The first was 6:00 PM. The papers printed after . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 18, 2006
Obviously, the next conservatism will not be on the ballot this fall. But the fall elections may nonetheless offer some indications about the prospects for a . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 15, 2006
I was listening to the Chris Core show on WMAL radio on Thursday when the terrorist plot to blow up at least 10 airliners en route from Great Britain to the . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 14, 2006
So much has been said about the defeat of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) that I am not sure I can add to the discussion. Lieberman, having lost the . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 8, 2006
Congress is in recess until after Labor Day. It will reconvene only for about four weeks as members will want to adjourn around the first week in October so . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 7, 2006
In 1972, I was introduced to a young man from Indiana who had been brought to Washington to become Executive Director of the American Conservative Union (ACU). . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 2, 2006
Some media, especially talk radio, is sympathetic to conservatives. However, much important news is unreported. For example, President George W. Bush during the . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 1, 2006
Daily I am asked my opinion as to whether the Democrats are going to take over the Congress this autumn. I put the question to a dozen or so colleagues at a . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 31, 2006
In J.R.R. Tolkien's LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, which is one of the great Christian literary works of the 20th century, the ring of power represents power itself . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 25, 2006
Thanks to John Fund of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL we know for certain that Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York is seriously contemplating a run for the Presidency . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 24, 2006
I have noticed that the more liberals think they are going to get back power the worse our radical friends reveal themselves. The reverse is also true. For . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 20, 2006
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), the name Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), can't quite pronounce, is the great Black hope for liberal Democrats. In what was the . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 19, 2006
Arizona Senator John S. McCain, III is everywhere. He virtually lives at NBC. If not there how about CNN. And talk shows. And late night shows. Oh, how the . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 18, 2006
Obviously, the next conservatism will not be on the ballot this fall. But the fall elections may nonetheless offer some indications about the prospects for a . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 11, 2006
This month we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Defense Interstate Highway System. Dwight D. Eisenhower was President. He figured he could not get . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 10, 2006
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman is a rather garden variety liberal Senator on most issues. After all, it was just six years ago that he was chosen as the Democratic . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 6, 2006
Some political observers may see the presence of religious conservatives in the Republican Party as a threat. My former friend Kevin Phillips, who in the early . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 3, 2006
In a period of time when the Democrats appeared as if they had a lock on Congress, the late Robert B. Carleson approached me: Would I agree to hire him as a . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 27, 2006
I have not always been in lock step with the George W. Bush Administration foreign policy. However, two trips the President took this year were necessary . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 26, 2006
Ever since William J. Clinton left office and George W. Bush became President Republicans never met a spending program with which they disagreed. From the time . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 21, 2006
Washington for much of this year has been grappling with immigration issues. The President offered his proposal, which isn't much different than the status quo. . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 14, 2006
Republicans dodged a bullet last week when former Congressman Brian Bilbray was elected to the seat held by convicted felon Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who now . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 13, 2006
This past week the United States Senate voted down the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment, which is designed to place in the Constitution that marriage is . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 10, 2006
The last we heard from former Vice President Al Gore, he was denouncing the Bush Administration in a shrill voice and using angry language. Gore went so far as . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 7, 2006
I received a call from a long time friend from California. To say the least he was not in a happy mood. "Is anyone back there discussing the impact of . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 1, 2006
Washington is truly a strange place. Some of the highest profile issues receive nonstop reporting yet the immigration bill which the Senate passed is so . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 23, 2006
Say the phrase "drill ANWR" to an environmentalist; the reaction can be equated to having spoken the most vile four-letter word while inside the Mormon . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 16, 2006
Americans are coming to realize the United Nations is not the organization we once trusted, even revered. The UN betrays the idealism expressed in the preamble . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 10, 2006
An unheralded poverty warrior has passed away. Robert B. Carleson did more to shape welfare policy in this country over the past three decades but news of his . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 28, 2006
If you thought the "bridge to nowhere" was too expensive, take a look at the price tag of the "railroad to the casinos." The anticipated changing of a railroad . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 25, 2006
The debate over immigration resumes this week now that Congress has returned. Senate Majority Leader William Frist, M.D. (R-TN) has indicated that he hopes the . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 22, 2006
"Follow the money" may be sound advice for encouraging accountability in spending but it has been a most difficult task when that money comes in the form of . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 20, 2006
A few weeks ago the House of Representatives voted on a bill urging Americans to support the goals of "Financial Literacy Month" because "personal financial . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 14, 2006
Name the date of publication when this USA TODAY headline appeared: "Fastest Rise in Federal Spending since FDR."
Was it 1965, when Lyndon B. Johnson was in . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 11, 2006
Two prominent reporters and political analysts, Fred Barnes and Steve Bartlett, have taken to task President George W. Bush. Barnes touts the view that the . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 8, 2006
I have written previously about the importance of Mrs. Miles (Margo) D.B. Carlisle, who, almost invisibly, managed to be one of the most important conservatives . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 29, 2006
Now there are two. With the resignation of Gale Norton as Secretary of the Interior, there remain only two members of President Bush's original cabinet. They . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 27, 2006
Over the past half-century, labor union presence in American life has declined greatly. In the 1940s only one union, John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers of . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 25, 2006
The Reverend Kenneth L. Hutcherson is an impressive fellow. He has a deep commanding voice. He is Pastor of the Antioch Bible Church, Kirkland, Washington, and . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 21, 2006
The Supreme Court of the United States has been the least transparent of the three branches of the Federal Government. Congress is now covered by C-SPAN. While . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 20, 2006
The next conservatism, like today's conservatism, will generally be opposed to new taxes. But there should be some exceptions. There is an old saying that, "if . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 18, 2006
Republican National Chairman Kenneth B. Mehlman has gone out of his way to tell the Black community that it should not be taken for granted by Democrats but . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 16, 2006
That the best offense is a good defense holds true in football. In Congress an effective offense that enacts legislation very well may find itself playing a new . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 15, 2006
Researcher Cliff Kincaid has devoted his life in recent years to studying what is happening at the United Nations. He fortunately has a strong stomach. This . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 14, 2006
An old conservative characteristic the next conservatism should revive is a suspicion of bigness. Many conservatives remain suspicious of big government, as . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 10, 2006
The year was 1973. Republicans had ushered in a large class of some 42 new Members in the House of Representatives due to gains in the 1972 elections. They were . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 1, 2006
This past week I was called by two of the more reasonable newspaper reporters from the Old Media whom I have known for some time. If they have an agenda it has . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 25, 2006
Those of us who live in the Washington, D.C. Area know that it is rated as the second most congested urban area in the nation. We spend more and more time in . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 22, 2006
It always is difficult to handicap the next Presidential election before the mid-term elections. So I will not go through the litany of the half dozen Democrats . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 21, 2006
The race issue is the elephant in America's living room. We all wish it wasn't there but it's too big to ignore. So what should the next conservatism say about . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 14, 2006
John Gizzi, veteran Political Editor of the conservative weekly HUMAN EVENTS, normally is an optimist. Over the years, I have watched him find the one possible . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 13, 2006
The next conservatism, like conservatism today, should regard environmentalism warily. Environmentalism is on the verge of becoming an ideology, if it has not . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 11, 2006
When the issue of political correctness (cultural Marxism) arose on college campuses a few years back, my colleague William S. Lind thought he had a solution. . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 8, 2006
A political piece in THE NEW YORK POST caught my eye. It said that conservatives were warming up to Senator John S. McCain, III (R-AZ). If McCain, as expected, . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 6, 2006
The conservative media, from George Will to "National Review" to THE WALL STREET JOURNAL to various other commentators and publications, clamored for change in . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 31, 2006
"PTA," the acronym for the National Parent Teacher Association, conjures for many American adults fond memories of their parents attending parent-teacher . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 30, 2006
As conservatives, we seek to build on past successes wherever we can rather than start anew. Fortunately, when we look at the question of education, the next . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 28, 2006
The morning after Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr.'s good wife left the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room in tears, Katie Couric, on NBC's Today Show, . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 27, 2006
It has been rather exciting to watch the Canadian Elections. I had the benefit of discussing the projections with one Gerald Chipeur, an Alberta attorney who is . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 25, 2006
The House of Representatives is involved in a reasserted Leadership Election due to the resignation of Representative Tom DeLay (R-TX) as Majority Leader. DeLay . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 20, 2006
Former Vice President Albert ("Al") Gore, Jr. pops up every now and then to remind us how blessed we are that we don't have to listen to that whiny voice every . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 19, 2006
If THE WASHINGTON TIMES crack investigative reporter Jerry Seper is correct there may be five Members of Congress who seriously are under investigation by the . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 18, 2006
When visitors come from abroad to study our political system they are most often told "the United States has a two-party system." Well, that is true to some . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 14, 2006
He was going to be subjected to a filibuster. Now it appears that Supreme Court Justice Nominee Samuel J. Alito, Jr. will get an up-or-down vote.
He was . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 11, 2006
The time has come to address the Abramoff Scandal. Let me make it clear: I know nothing about the workings of the scandal. As far as I can recollect I have met . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 10, 2006
Because the next conservatism seeks to restore the American republic, it should want a Democratic Party that offers a viable alternative to the Republican Party . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 6, 2006
Israel without Ariel Sharon seemed unthinkable until last week when the 77-year-old Prime Minister suffered a massive stroke. Now Israelis are trying to come to . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 5, 2006
Headlines proclaiming victories often apply only to the day they are published. When it comes to politics there are no "final victories" and I fear that will be . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 4, 2006
While culture is more important than politics, and the next conservatism must include a new movement to restore our traditional culture, politics remains . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 22, 2005
It recently has become fashionable in some American and European circles to suggest that Russia is reverting to the lost era of the former Soviet Union. This . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 21, 2005
In the last three columns, we have tried to look at where we are as a country. The picture is not very bright. The question facing the next conservatism is, how . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 20, 2005
Christmas has been a special time of the year for as long as I remember. People were nicer. Things slowed down a bit so ordinary folks could enjoy the Christmas . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 13, 2005
In one of the early columns in this series, I pointed out that, if we look back over the last thirty or forty years, we see that the Left won the culture war . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 10, 2005
The scene was at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California on the Sunday before the Presidential election. Reverend George F. Regas preached a sermon . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 7, 2005
Many Americans took heart in 1940 when the British gamely battled Germany. Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill addressed his nation on June 4 and vowed: "Even . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 6, 2005
Many Americans are focused on what should be taught in the schools regarding our universe and the Earth — how life as we know it has come to be. This has become . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 30, 2005
Readers of this commentary know that over the years I have had a fair amount to do with Amtrak. I worked on its creation with the then General Counsel of the . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 29, 2005
No other nation celebrates Thanksgiving Day as we do. The Pilgrims gave thanks for having found their new life. The Indians, who never had seen the likes of . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 28, 2005
A thoughtful reader of these columns suggested to me that we need to address one simple question: where are we as a nation? Are we, as some people suggest, at . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 25, 2005
If you were a Member of Congress and could vote on a measure which is projected to add 212,000 jobs to the economy over the next five years and to increase the . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 22, 2005
Not a day goes by when I don't receive correspondence from readers of this commentary complaining about the Republicans in Congress. Republicans have a majority . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 21, 2005
If the next conservatism is to be the guide the conservative movement needs, it ought to talk about some new issues as well as the old standards. Sometimes, . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 18, 2005
The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) is no longer the organization it was only a few years ago. Its Washington office has been trending green. Risk . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 17, 2005
The other evening my favorite radio talk show host, Chris Core (on WMAL and WMAL.com), discussed the Wal-Mart decision to remove references to Christmas from . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 15, 2005
A further word about the much examined 2005 Virginia and New Jersey off-year elections. Democrats did well, no sense kidding about this. In Virginia, the . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 14, 2005
The thoughts I have offered in these columns on where the conservative movement needs to go have generally looked long-term, toward the time after the end of . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 9, 2005
In the post-Civil War Era, inspired by Abraham Lincoln and Union victory, those Blacks who could overcome State requirements aimed at preventing them from . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 8, 2005
The White House was hopeful that the Senate confirmation hearings and vote on Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Court would be . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 2, 2005
I have been racking my brain attempting to think of a means of transportation which passengers regularly had patronized yet which nearly had disappeared. The . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 31, 2005
Conservatives have always been for a strong national defense. America's victory in the Cold War showed we were right on that point. Unfortunately, the world has . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 24, 2005
There was Christopher Matthews, host of MSNBC's "Hardball," who fancies himself a journalist. Matthews had been Chief of Staff to the late Speaker Thomas P. . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 21, 2005
Values voters made a difference in the 2004 Ohio elections. Conservatives who care about our country cannot afford to overlook the Ohio elections. The struggle . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 20, 2005
Barring some last minute snag in negotiations it appears as if Christian Democrat Angela Merkel will become Germany's next Chancellor. In recent German . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 17, 2005
One reader, Dan, sent me a response that is a column in itself. I want to run it here, not only because he introduces an important new issue, but because it is . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 15, 2005
Washington is abuzz with rumors and projections that the Democrats are heading back to power. Polls show that when a generic ballot is offered, Democrats . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 13, 2005
Representative Tom DeLay (R-TX) spoke before a conservative meeting last week and received two standing ovations. Having attended those meetings for nearly a . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 11, 2005
In this column and the next, I would like to discuss some of the responses I have received from readers of this series on the next conservatism. Let me start by . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 7, 2005
The White House called about 45 minutes before the President on national television announced his choice for the Supreme Court. We had heard the week before . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 5, 2005
The United States government is sovereignty. Thus, we Americans legislate, administer and adjudicate our own laws. Challenges to our sovereignty are emanating . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 4, 2005
Last week during our Coalitions Lunch at Free Congress Foundation one of the 80-odd participants learned that Tom DeLay had been indicted in Texas and, . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 3, 2005
Herbert Marcuse, who did more than anyone else to inflict the ideology of cultural Marxism on America, set up an interesting dichotomy in his vastly influential . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 30, 2005
It isn't often that one has the opportunity to witness history. However, Thursday last in the East Room of the White House I attended the swearing-in ceremony . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 28, 2005
Last week I was humbled to be asked to pay tribute to my hero, Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC). I was one of about 20 who did so. President George W. Bush and Dr. . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 26, 2005
For many years, one of the left's slogans has been, "Think Globally, Act Locally." I think the next conservatism needs to answer this with a new slogan of our . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 23, 2005
Just as defenders of American sovereignty thought they could relax the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) could be revisited by the Senate. Don't take my word for it . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 20, 2005
Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA), one of few non-lawyers to have served on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. is "six times" . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 19, 2005
In my last column, I argued that the next conservatism needs to revive the family farm. Here, I want to make the case that is also needs to revive our cities.
. . .
Paul Weyrich
September 13, 2005
When I moved to this town in 1967 at the beginning of the 90th Congress President Lyndon Baines Johnson ("LBJ") was quite popular although many Democrats had . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 12, 2005
In my next two columns, I intend to write about two places the next conservatism needs to consider: the countryside and cities. Perhaps because most . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 9, 2005
Some random thoughts about Hurricane Katrina. So much has been written on this subject that I hesitate to contribute anything further on the subject. Here are . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 2, 2005
Along with conservatives' positions on other subjects, conservative economics has changed over time. The most important change during my four decades in . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 29, 2005
In my view, restoring the American republic needs to be a central part of the next conservatism. As the Founding Fathers understood, we cannot both seek empire . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 22, 2005
In 1951, one of America's true conservatives, Senator Robert A. Taft, published a book titled A Foreign Policy for Americans. I think what Senator Taft wrote . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 15, 2005
If there is one clear lesson from the 20th century, it is that all ideologies are dangerous. As Russell Kirk wrote, conservatism is not an ideology, it is the . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 10, 2005
A few additional thoughts on the Congress, which has recessed until after Labor Day. Its Members are scattered all over the known world. First, John R. Bolton . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 8, 2005
Conservatives have long understood the danger of the state, the danger that an overly powerful government will destroy liberty. But the next conservatism must . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 5, 2005
The following exchange took place at a meeting I attended before the Congressional recess began last week. House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO): "I am . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 3, 2005
While growing up I was a proud member of an organization that emphasized the importance of honesty and "being clean in thought, word and deed." We vowed to . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 2, 2005
In 1994 the House of Representatives had been controlled by Democrats for 40 years. In the 1954 mid-term elections, during President Dwight David (Ike) . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 1, 2005
I intend to devote the next three columns in this series on "the next conservatism" to the state. The state and the potential threat it poses to things . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 30, 2005
When I look at the "achievements" of the Minority Party as this First Session of the 109th Congress draws to a close, it brings back memories. I moved to . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 27, 2005
When I had lunch with Kent R. Hance of Texas, one of the most humorous men ever to have served in the Congress, we discussed President Bush's then prospective . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 26, 2005
More bombings in the Tube or the Underground as the London subway is called, combined with the bombing of the commuter train near Madrid, has caused transit . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 25, 2005
At the heart of the challenge facing the conservative agenda lies one simple fact: while we focused our efforts on politics, our opponents on the left focused . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 18, 2005
Dear Readers:
Ever since President George W. Bush was re-elected last November, I have been thinking about where the conservative movement needs to go after . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 14, 2005
Our British cousins have been informed that the Democratic Party — by logical extension, Liberalism — is moving away from its ironclad support for legalized . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 13, 2005
How times have changed. Not long ago Texas was a Democratic State in which the winner of a Democratic Primary for the U.S. Senate, Governor or Lt. Governor was . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 12, 2005
We must control our country's borders. Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Admiral James M. Loy appeared before the Senate Select Committee on . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 10, 2005
Newspaper columnists and television commentators consider themselves objective purveyors of current events. Former President Dwight David Eisenhower startled . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 6, 2005
After a mercifully short campaign, Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party was re-elected for an historic third term. Its margin in Parliament appears to have . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 3, 2005
My friend John Howard prefers writing with a pencil he sharpens before starting a good day's work. Even sharper than his pencil is the policy developed by the . . .
Paul Weyrich
May 2, 2005
We hardly have had all votes certified for the 2004 election (in Washington State they still are arguing over who really was elected Governor) but the pundits . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 26, 2005
Paul Ehrlich may not be a household name but this troubadour of doom greatly has influenced the Left. His book, The Population Bomb, predicted disastrous . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 25, 2005
It was only ten years ago that House Republicans, particularly the freshmen swept into office in 1994, were dead-set on reducing funds for the Public . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 18, 2005
Every day last week I received calls from reporters asking if I think House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) will survive the current crusade against him. My . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 15, 2005
I have been blessed with a good wife who is a wonderful mother and a superb grandmother. It is hard to complain about her after nearly 42 years of marriage. I . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 13, 2005
Paul Volcker, former Federal Reserve Board Chairman, recently published an op-ed in THE WASHINGTON POST that should concern any American who does not wish a . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 12, 2005
There was no ceasefire when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed its hearing on the nomination of John R. Bolton to be our country's next Ambassador . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 11, 2005
So much has been said about the accomplishments of Pope John Paul II that I felt it useful to comment on one initiative about which he felt very strongly but . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 8, 2005
I am a product of the media. I began my career in radio and became a news director before being hired by a large metropolitan daily newspaper in Southeastern . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 7, 2005
Too many American children are being raised by parents who have inherited a 1960s mindset. It is that mindset which jettisoned important qualities — namely, . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 6, 2005
In November, 2004, Free Congress Foundation's Center for a Balanced Future issued a monograph titled Controlling Federal Spending: Three Modest Proposals. Those . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 5, 2005
The late Senator James B. Allen (D-AL) was one of the wisest men I have met who served in that august body and was fond of saying "When you hear the word . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 4, 2005
Americans are so busy keeping up with events in the Middle East that we do not realize how much things have been changing in our own "neighborhood." That would . . .
Paul Weyrich
April 1, 2005
MEMO TO FORMER SENATOR JACK DANFORTH: When I joined the Young Republicans in the late 1950s, the senior party was controlled by the Country Clubbers. I came . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 24, 2005
An anniversary last week probably would have passed unnoticed if not for Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN). Fortunately, the Senator from Tennessee, who served . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 17, 2005
Fiscal conservatives this week won an important victory in the House of Representatives.
The fight pitted influential House conservatives, led by Rep. Mike . . .
Paul Weyrich
March 14, 2005
The new Republican Party Chairman, Ken Mehlman, tells a group of conservatives that Rick Santorum, two-term Senator from Pennsylvania and a member of the Senate . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 22, 2005
Despite the fact that we were told that things went well in the 2004 elections, there was an unprecedented amount of voter fraud in various parts of the country . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 18, 2005
Larry Kudlow of CNBC asked me if it were true that I did not advocate destroying Amtrak but wanted to reform it. I plead guilty. I am pro-rail.
I believe we . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 17, 2005
The last session of Congress was very successful for the pro-life movement. Two significant pieces of legislation — the Partial Birth Abortion Ban and the . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 15, 2005
Whoever coined the phrase "you can't argue with success" never ran into the folks who run the pro-abortion lobby. The representatives of these groups are . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 11, 2005
A long overdue debate has been ignited thanks to a recent article by Washington Times reporter Julia Duin posted on Poynter Online. In it Duin asserted that . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 8, 2005
Our Constitution has stood the test of time. It has served our country well, guiding it through times of war, peace, prosperity and depression. As a . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 7, 2005
In my political lifetime, which is approaching half a century, I have become acquainted with only a handful of truly extraordinary individuals. The late . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 4, 2005
The President has been around the country selling his proposal for Social Security. He plans more travel. He will need it. Let me say at the outset that I am . . .
Paul Weyrich
February 2, 2005
Senator Ken Salazar (D-C) is under the gun.
Does he vote his conscience or the wishes of the news media?
The news media's commentators in Colorado had been . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 31, 2005
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) is no finger-in-the-wind politician. Pence operates from a firm set of conservative principles; he does not do that which is simply . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 28, 2005
The Pew Hispanic Center recently released statistics showing that the nation's minority population suffered adversely during the last recession.
It is easy, as . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 25, 2005
Amtrak is in trouble again. Congress didn't give Amtrak the money Amtrak says it needs to solve many of its problems. Recently the majority of members of the . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 22, 2005
Michael Newdow must have had his hands over his ears. The President mentioned God repeatedly in his second inaugural speech. The argument of Newdow and . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 18, 2005
I had an interesting discussion with a newspaper columnist the other day. He was remarking on my commentary comparing the 90th Congress when I came to . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 14, 2005
It is inauguration week. The 55th time a President of the United States will take the oath of office. God may have helped George Bush win another term but He . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 11, 2005
A new Congress is in session, but there will be a concerted effort by at least one United States Senator to take care of old business.
Senator Richard Lugar (R . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 10, 2005
I watched the swearing in of the new Senators by Vice President Dick Cheney. Senators came forth four at a time and took the oath of office. I couldn't help . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 8, 2005
There was a political sideshow last week as, in accordance with the Constitution, the votes of the Electors were counted by the Congress. But before that . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 7, 2005
Not too many Governors have carried squealing pigs into a state capitol. Gov. Mark Sanford is one of the few — perhaps the only one — ever to do so. Sanford is . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 5, 2005
Grim news was delivered on Election Day for Democrats who care about moving their Party back to the mainstream. The Party's losses in the South were comparable . . .
Paul Weyrich
January 3, 2005
Although the risk of your house catching fire and burning to the ground is remote, are you willing to risk not having fire insurance?
That's a question that . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 20, 2004
After every election Americans for Tax Reform issues a paper detailing Republican election gains since 1992. That year the Democrats had 256 House Members . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 17, 2004
So let me get this straight. Christians founded this country. There are still more than 80% of Americans who are self-professed Christians. And well over . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 14, 2004
Congressman Ernest Istook (R-OK) is a friend. I was delighted when he challenged Congressman Mickey Edwards in a primary in Oklahoma City and won. Edwards had . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 10, 2004
There once was a time when the Rev. Jesse Jackson intervened in instances of genuine injustice. At that time there was racial discrimination on a variety of . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 9, 2004
Recently I attended a meeting of conservatives in New York City chaired by James Higgins and Mallory Factor. The meeting was similar to those that I chair in . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 6, 2004
I knew Jack Danforth when he was in the United States Senate, he served eighteen years. First elected in 1976, his final race in 1988 was as nasty as they come . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 3, 2004
In the middle 1990s Mike Valerio, who had been mentoring conservative leaders for a couple of decades, made the case that we needed to bring leaders of the . . .
Paul Weyrich
December 1, 2004
The 109th Congress will convene early next year. One must hope that the Senate will no longer be the forum for the bitter, divisive political gamesmanship . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 29, 2004
The other day I was interviewed by a magazine which very closely follows what is happening in the Congress. The reporter wanted to get my views on whether the . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 23, 2004
The election may be over and conservatives have won, but that does not mean we can relax. We still need to stand guard to protect our nation's sovereignty. The . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 17, 2004
At the start of this year, the news media lavished attention on the left-wing 527 organizations such as MoveOn.org, portraying conservatives as hopelessly . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 15, 2004
It has long been an article of faith in the Christian world that even the most evil things can produce good for those who love the Lord.
Since the election two . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 12, 2004
When a President defies the odds and wins re-election the way Harry Truman did in 1948 and George W. Bush has done in 2004, and when that President in winning . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 10, 2004
Candidates for public office often promise, usually rather vaguely, how they will spend Federal taxpayers' money. Certainly, this past campaign was not . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 8, 2004
Continuing with the theme of yesterday that God must be a Republican, look at the United States Senate. The Republicans won almost every challenger contest, . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 5, 2004
So God is indeed a Republican. He must be. His hand helped re-elect a President, with a popular mandate, whose job approval ratings were the lowest since . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 3, 2004
The re-election of President George W. Bush is a victory for conservatives and for America. Senator John Kerry is the most liberal member of the United States . . .
Paul Weyrich
November 1, 2004
Chris Core, on WMAL radio in Washington, D.C., is easily the most thoughtful and provocative radio talk show host in the business. He and his producer Jerry . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 30, 2004
I was discussing the 2008 contest with Alex Mulkern, the thoughtful source of considerable research. If George Bush is re-elected Tuesday then there will be an . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 25, 2004
So former President Bill Clinton may be thinking about trying to become Secretary General of the UN? That is all we need.
The UN has for years produced . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 22, 2004
Oh, that Senate! The races just are not settled. Predictions for the House are that the GOP will either stay the same or gain a seat or two. Veterans, such . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 18, 2004
The Reverend Gaddy of the Interfaith Alliance and I on October 6th wrote Bob Schieffer of CBS News asking him to include a question about how the faith of the . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 15, 2004
Public opinion polls burst on the scene in the USA in the 1920's. The popular magazine Literary Digest sponsored the first political polls. The Digest was . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 13, 2004
Boy, we can tell we are in the thick of the political season! There are two recent examples that deserve comment. First, the House Ethics Committee has . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 12, 2004
George Bush was himself at the second debate in St. Louis last Friday. Public opinion is closely divided on the matter but I believe clearly the President won. . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 9, 2004
Most likely the name Ed McAteer isn't familiar to you. Yet he was absolutely crucial to the development of what is known as the Religious Right.
In the late 1 . . .
Paul Weyrich
October 4, 2004
While it would take a Kerry victory of enormous proportions to cause the House of Representatives to restore Democratic control, the Senate is a far different . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 23, 2004
In the early 1990s I was flying to Washington from Eastern Europe — on Pan Am, which then flew such routes. I had been in the former Soviet Empire helping the . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 20, 2004
Senator Zell Miller (D-GA), an ex Marine, is angry that the party he spent a lifetime helping to build, has gone so far to the left that it is barely . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 3, 2004
It is hard for this old, hard-bitten political commentator to admit he was wrong, but I must do so. I was one who was highly critical of the Bush campaign for . . .
Paul Weyrich
September 2, 2004
Senator Zell Miller, (D-GA) will stand before the Republican National Convention this week to deliver the keynote speech. The Senator's conscience led him to . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 26, 2004
Environmentalists have spent the better part of three decades decrying global warming. Well, I've got some news to deliver, they should add a new concern that . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 24, 2004
Teens in the Middle East may be rocking to an American beat, but the news employees at the Voice of America insist that they and their broadcast network with . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 23, 2004
There was a time in American politics that federal elections to the Senate and House were fairly simple. Corporate contributions were not legal, however, . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 21, 2004
My good wife Joyce, over the 41 years of our marriage, has always been a perfect barometer of public opinion. If she would comment on a matter, I could count on . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 20, 2004
Ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall, few people pay attention to what Russia is doing militarily. Two recent items though should send jolt our nation's . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 19, 2004
This summer demonstrators from across America's political and social spectrum have been protesting in front of the Sudanese embassy on Massachusetts Avenue here . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 16, 2004
I am blessed by having two associates who daily comb the Internet and provide me with the best information out there. Alex Mulkern, who seems to never sleep, . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 13, 2004
Residents of New Jersey must think they are living out a real time episode of the Sopranos. Their governor, James E. McGreevey, has announced his intention to . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 10, 2004
Right in the midst of the news reports about al Qaeda's plans to attack our financial institutions came some oddly reassuring news. Unfortunately, we will not . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 9, 2004
Dennis Hastert, (R-IL), once a High School athletic coach, was Chief Deputy Whip to Tom Delay, (R-TX) when the Republicans took control of the Congress a decade . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 6, 2004
Chris Matthews is host of MSNBC's "Hardball." He used to be Chief of Staff to Speaker Tip O'Neill. No conservative, he. But Matthews gave a very honest . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 5, 2004
The Senate will return this September to take up action on appropriations bills and there may be a "lame duck" session after the election. However, the reviews . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 4, 2004
The national Democratic Party's strategists are paying attention to the "religious" vote this year.
More than likely that Party's strategists have reached an . . .
Paul Weyrich
August 2, 2004
The other day I received a magazine published by a conservative think tank in Canada. On the cover was a tombstone that said "R.I.P. Free Speech." Indeed, it . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 30, 2004
Believe it or not, I actually attended two Democratic conventions. The first was in 1976 when Woody Jenkins, at the time a Democratic National Committeeman from . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 28, 2004
Conservatives know our "mainstream" entertainment industry is seriously off course. It often purposely derides the values essential to the maintenance of a . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 26, 2004
Rep. Walter Jones, (R-NC) is a very quiet man. He seldom gets excited...except when he is talking about the right of churches to be involved in the political . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 23, 2004
Every now and then I have loosely related matters I think would be useful to tell you, but independently do not warrant an entire commentary. So here are the . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 21, 2004
An ambush occurred when the Abstinence Clearinghouse held its annual meeting in Nashville last month.
There is no doubt among the supporters of abstinence . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 20, 2004
The fight to preserve marriage as solely a covenant between a man and a woman continues. The Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has taken . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 19, 2004
Those of you who follow my comments know that I have suggested that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, (R-TN) is the best Republican Leader since Everett . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 14, 2004
The Senate voted 48 to 50 to defeat the Marriage Protection Amendment today.
Before the vote was cast, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, (R-TN) told the . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 9, 2004
There was an ad this week in the Capitol Hill Newspaper Roll Call. The Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual organization, sponsored it. The ad featured the . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 6, 2004
John Kerry has finally picked his Vice Presidential nominee. The speculation was getting monotonous. Susan Estrich staked her career on the proposition that . . .
Paul Weyrich
July 1, 2004
The Democrats will meet in Boston this month to nominate Senator Kerry as their candidate for the presidency and to rally the party faithful behind him.
The . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 25, 2004
Those of us who believe in the protection of innocent life achieved an important victory last fall after many years of struggle. President Bush signed into law . . .
Paul Weyrich
June 17, 2004
There will be a vote next month on legislation vital to the preservation of the American family as we know it. Don't be caught unaware and unprepared! Your . . .
