by Tracy Munsil | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog, free-market economics, Tax/Fiscal, Uncategorized
So, what does the Republican Party stand for? The first line of the GOP 2012 Platform (after the Preamble) states: “We are the party of maximum economic freedom and the prosperity freedom makes possible …” The 2012 GOP Platform clearly reflects our...
by Tracy Munsil | Jul 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
I have one guiding maxim in my understanding and evaluation of politics – ideas matter. Politics in its simplest form is ideas applied. In political science this is called “praxis” – defined as “the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is...
by Len Munsil | Jul 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
I may be the only delegate to the GOP convention in Cleveland who has round-the-clock immediate access to a brilliant Ph.D. political science professor. In fact, she’s staying in my room. You can follow Dr. Tracy Munsil’s blog the next two weeks on my website as she...
by Tracy Munsil | Jul 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’m spending the next two weeks in Cleveland, Ohio – literally, in the room where American presidential politics will be happening during the Republican National Convention. What a treat for a political junkie like me! But I’m also a political science...
by Len Munsil | Jul 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ve been all over America during my life, but this is my first stay in Cleveland. Here’s what I learned on day one: Apparently Cleveland has a professional basketball team, and apparently this team recently won its first-ever NBA championship in a huge upset, and as...
by Len Munsil | Aug 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Maureen Dowd is a liberal New York Times columnist. This piece on the golfing president is an exercise in disgust and sarcasm. When liberal columnists in the New York Times turn on the president, that is a signal to the American left that their best hope to continue...