Reagan’s Eleventh Commandment
14 January 2008During Ronald Reagan’s 1966 campaign for governor of California, Republicans established the so-called Eleventh Commandment: “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” It was proposed by State Republican Chairman Gaylord Parkinson to help prevent a repeat of the liberal Republican assault on Barry Goldwater that laid the foundation for Goldwater’s trouncing in the [...]
The Nature of Rights
17 October 2007There seems to be much discussion about rights today. The Declaration of Independence proclaims that we have certain “unalienable” rights that proceed from our creator. These rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But many today claim rights far beyond those mentioned in the Declaration of Independence. According to some we all have a [...]
