A basic tenet of Republican philosophy is that the strength of a nation depends on the strength of each individual. This article gives the basic philosophical stance of the Republican Party as it exists today.

A new Bull Moose Party is trying to emerge, their leaders calling themselves “radical moderates.” But it was the old Bull Moose Party that helped women achieve the vote.

With this article, I begin a series that will define and explain political terms such as liberal, conservative, democrat, republican, democracy, republic, capitalism, socialism, communism, and many other political terms that are often misconstrued or vaguely understood.

Rush Limbaugh is vilified by the left regularly. The left also likes to try to paint Limbaugh's comments as those of all Republicans, which is a very erroneous generalization. One thing Limbaugh does very well is rile Democrats, and for that reason, I like him.

Chris Christie is the governor of New Jersey, and he is rattling some sacred cages there, namely the teachers union. But for all the money the teachers union is spending to criticize the governor, he's getting a lot of support from the citizens of the state.

In 1991, Senate Democrats tried to derail the seating of Judge Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court. In 1870, Hiram Revels, first Black Republican U. S. senator, had to endure three days of debate as Democrats tried to deny him admission to the seat to which he had been elected.

Many young workers under forty do not believe that there will be Social Security benefits for them to collect when they retire. Yet they know they are paying into that system. And if President Bush is correct in his explanation of the future of Social Security, those young workers are correct.

While the fundamentals of what the Republican Party has stood for still garner support from the base, the party needs to look at the current anti-incumbent movement seriously. It's not just about kicking out the Democrats.

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" President Ronald Reagan's famous words helped usher in German unification and for the past two decades freedom for East Germans, who had lived under tyrannical rule since the end of World War II.

States' rights is a pivotal part of our Constitution. It is something that is often ignored today as federal legislation trumps states' rights. Pushing federal legislation has been a favorite strategy of the Democrats, but here is why that's not a good idea.