Rick Santorum must be racist because he thinks all people, regardless of ethnicity, should have the dignity of self-sufficiency. At least that’s how the NAACP sees it. There is no reason to apologize for telling the truth even if the NAACP attacks you for it. To apologize just hurts blacks and the whole nation and leaves the sharp weapon of racial intimidation always ready for use in the hands of the plantation masters.

In the 20-plus years that I have worked as a conservative activist, I’ve spoken on almost 200 university campuses — usually to Republican and conservative groups. Over time, I have observed changes in attitude among many young Republicans — and I believe these shifts help explain the rise of Ron Paul. Where young Republicans once had a sense of purpose and traditional values, now many don’t want to hear about “values” such as marriage, life, or family-just talk about the economy.

Some conclude that Republicans must water down the conservative message and nominate a moderate. But Americans crave answers, clarity and leadership. This call will not be answered by ambiguity. We need a conservative leader who unwaveringly believes that a return to freedom and moral clarity is what this nation needs.

It has got to add to the struggle for those who return from the battlefield — whether those blessed to return physically and emotionally intact or the 31,927 wounded — or the survivors of the 4,487 killed to be surrounded by a culture of doubt and naysayers. Each and every one of our returning warriors embodies the virtue of our whole people. That virtue is the conviction that the struggle for human freedom must move forward without cessation. It is the thread that bonds us with them.

We stand at a critical crossroads today in clarifying the role of government in our free country. President Obama was correct to say in Osawatomie, Kansas recently that “this is the defining issue of our time.” Ours is no longer, in our president’s take on things, the land of the free and the home of the brave. America now is the land of the envious and the home of the victim.

Star Parker The Wall Street Journal calls the economic implosion now taking place in Europe “a crisis of the welfare state.” The latest European nation to hit the wall is Italy, where national debt is 120 percent of GDP. That is, for every dollar their national economy produces, they owe $1.20. The Journal calls this a crisis of the welfare state because the Italian national debt is well in excess of the ability of Italians to pay its obligations and is the direct result of excessive government spending. When the Republican presidential candidates were asked in the most recent debate if the United States should help bail out these bankrupt European nations, the consensus response was “no.” This, I believe, is the correct answer for two reasons. First, the way to deal with irresponsible behavior is not to find new ways to finance it but to demand responsible behavior. Second, […]