Top 10 Movements for Smaller Government and Liberty

A list of organizations pushing for a smaller government. read more...

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The Obama Gaffe: For $85 Billion, Shouldn't We Know Their Name?

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama this morning released a statement criticizing the policies that led to yesterday's $85 billion bailout of one of the world's largest financial institutions. One problem: He did not even know the corporation's name. read more...

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Michael Johns: "The Hollow Candidacy of Barack Obama"

Republican strategist and conservative writer Michael Johns, a former White House speechwriter and Heritage Foundation policy analyst, will discuss the United States Presidential election in two interviews this week. read more...

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Michael Johns: "The Republican Message, 2008"

Coinciding with the 2008 Republican National Convention, which convened this afternoon in St. Paul, Minnesota, Republican strategist and conservative writer Michael Johns, a former White House speechwriter and Heritage Foundation policy analyst, will speak on the 2008 Republican message to voters in several global and national media interviews this week. read more...

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Michael Johns: "Government is the Impediment to Quality Health Care"

Health care executive and Republican strategist Michael Johns today said that Democratic Presidential nominee Barrack Obama's plan to vastly expand the role of the federal government in American health care is likely to reduce, not increase, competitive pressures among health care payers, resulting in a reduction of quality health care access and potentially even the ultimate rationing of health care services, as has happened in other countries with similar nationalized health care systems. On the other hand, the health care plan of presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain, Johns said, will greatly expand consumer engagement and competitive market forces in health care, leading to enhancements in the quality of care, access to care, and a reduction of overall health care costs. Johns will discuss the merits of the McCain proposal this evening on BlogTalkRadio's Warren Michaels show. read more...

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Michael Johns: "In Georgia, America's Defining Moment"

Conservative writer and Republican strategist Michael Johns, a former White House speechwriter and Heritage Foundation foreign policy analyst, said today that Russia's ongoing military aggression against Georgia potentially represents a major threat to the global peace that has largely characterized the last 17 years of post-Cold War era relations between Washington and Moscow. An assertive American response is necessary. read more...

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How Liberal Congressional Timidity is Harming America

Conservative writer and Republican strategist Michael Johns, a former White House speechwriter and Heritage Foundation policy analyst, argues that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent refusal to debate and vote on Republican proposals for America's energy crisis is hardly the only act of liberal Congressional timidity. read more...

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Pastor Sentenced To Chinese Labor Camp

According to the China Aid Association, Pastor Zhang Zhongxin has been sentenced to two years in a Chinese labor camp by Shandong Province authorities for participation in cultic activities. To American ears, such allegations bring to mind images of passing around poisoned Kool-Aid or of adolescent brides forced to wed lecherous old men; however, in this case this pastor engaged in religious exercises most of us take for granted as harmless as organizing a Sunday school. Since freedom of religion is listed in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it is a duty of the United States to stand for this liberty in any way proper or possible around the world. Radical multiculturalists will respond that it is not the place of the United States to be spreading American notions around the world as this could be construed as imposing Western values on other societies. However, another axiom of the economic age in which we live posits that the customer is always right. If the government of the People’s Republic of China wishes to continue to benefit from the financial patronage and cooperation of the United States, it is only reasonable for authorities over there to respect certain inalienable rights held by all individuals irrespective of what regime they happen to live under. After all, firms here seeking to do business with the government in terms of being granted contracts are expected to honor any number of obligations that go beyond basic human rights such as minority quotas and prevailing union wages. It is the prayer and hope of believers in Christ around the world that Pastor Zhongxin’s sentence would be commuted or suspended because in the contemporary world citizens embracing Christianity bring stability to a nation rather than disruption. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ assists both individuals and communities in balancing the seemingly conflicting tendencies towards order and liberty, and in so doing actually makes a nation stronger. In the Western press, considerable debate has taken place as to the prudence of allowing China to host the 2008 Olympic games. With the eyes of the world turning to that particular nation at this time, there would be no better gesture that China could make to prove it takes its responsibility as a leading power of the 21st century seriously than by guaranteeing that citizens within that country’s borders are free to practice their religion without fear of incarceration or reprisals by Frederick read more...

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