Frankly, I have been amazed, and humbled, by the reaction to my last post. Much of what I wrote has been known and discussed openly among party activists for years, but I guess sometimes it takes a catalytic event, like the horrible idea of a speakers’ tax for our candidates and elected officials to speak [...]
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Harris County Republican Party: How do we pay for the SD conventions?
March 31, 2012 By Ed Hubbard
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The Fist of the Obama Administration Must Not be Re-Elected
March 2, 2012 By Ed Hubbard
My father liked to tinker with writing simple poetry—the type of “greeting card” poetry that can be very touching or funny, or simply lame. I recently have been reminded of the following part of a funny poem he wrote for me when I graduated from law school, which he entitled “Lawyer to Client”: You [...]
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We Must “Choose Wisely”
February 8, 2012 By Ed Hubbard
But choose wisely, for while the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) I was reminded of this line, delivered in the soft, time-wearied voice of the Medieval knight from the third Indiana Jones movie, as I was reflecting on the [...]
Filed Under: Culture, Opinion Tagged With: 9th circuit, california constitution, civil war, constitution, ed, ed hubbard, federal constitution, humanities, law, status quo
A Basic “Conflict of Visions”
January 23, 2012 By Ed Hubbard
In 1987, Thomas Sowell published a landmark book entitled “A Conflict of Visions,” in which he identified and explained the historical and intellectual roots of the differences between the modern worldview of Western liberals and that of Western conservatives. Since that first work, Sowell has published other works expanding on this theme. For any conservative [...]
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Citizenship and “Right-Wing Social Engineering”
January 22, 2012 By Ed Hubbard
Last night, as I listened to Newt Gingrich’s victory speech after winning the South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary, he made several statements the caught my attention—but none more than his nod to Governor Perry’s endorsement and their shared commitment to the 10th Amendment and returning power to the states. As he discussed this point he said [...]
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My Letter to Mitt Romney
January 11, 2012 By Ed Hubbard
Well, as the Republican Presidential roadshow moves on to South Carolina, I must admit that the disappointment I expressed in my last post is turning, slowly, to a begrudging acceptance of the looming reality we face. No matter how much I still hope that another candidate will emerge during the primaries, or at the convention, [...]
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