I’m sure you are getting more than you want of the constant dribble of the triviality of much of the interplay among Republican primary candidates and I don’t want to add to the frustration, but I can’t avoid a few shots.  First, I have been appalled at the demagoguery from several candidates, primarily Perry and […]

In spite of the obvious failures of the current administration, I am reminded from a number of directions that this country is still deeply divided over a range of fundamental issues and that regardless of our choices in 2012, I believe it will require a number of election cycles to work through these conflicts.  Candidates […]

What you see is what you get.  The Republican field for the nomination for President is set and it’s on to the main event, so quit looking for the knight on a white horse–he or she isn’t coming.  Can one of the candidates measure up to the challenge?  We’ll see, and one of them will […]

As we wait with the usual overhyped media anticipation and no great expectations for President Obama’s latest pronouncement on how his government will address the crisis in economic growth, here is what not to look for:  Don’t look for anything resembling a detailed “plan” with prescriptive steps, don’t look for new commissions and “bipartisan” legislative […]

As we welcome the new year and a new political season, having given considerable time to analyzing the meaning of the November elections, one thing is abundantly clear:  the mystique of the Obama narrative is over and the reality of governing has finally overtaken this administration.  Until now, President Obama has been significantly aloof, above […]

Another attractive result of the recent elections is the addition of several new potential national leaders in the various state governments, particularly in the office of Governor, and the validation of policies that are worthy of emulation.  (And here, of course, I withhold judgment on California, which is so dysfunctional that even the best policy […]

I suppose that Election Day 2010 was about all I could ask for.  OK, Barney Frank, Barbara Boxer, and Harry Reid all survived, and the best California can do in its dysfunction is to resurrect Governor Moonbeam, but we need a few poster children as continuing reminders of the threat from the goofy left.  The […]

David Broder reports the results of recent Gallup polling that reflects the highest percentage of self-identified conservatives since they began asking the question about personal ideology in 1992.  Currently, 42% so identify, compared to 35% as moderates and 20% as liberals.  We’ll see what this means, among other factors in the upcoming elections, but savvy […]

A number of additional thoughts have come to mind since the early October announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 and my brief October posting on it (The Nobel: Are They Serious?). First, it seems obvious that the award was entirely predicated on President Obama’s disavowal of American exceptionalism, a view that he has […]

The Nobel Peace Prize was announced shortly after the October edition of The Texas Pilgrim went to press, and a response simply could not wait until the next edition. The Nobel Prize has now reached a new level of irrelevance in selecting Barack Obama, someone who has accomplished absolutely nothing to advance world peace, except, […]