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Posted Tuesday, Feb 23, 2021 at 10:32 am Filed Under: Featured , Politics , Reacting To Events Print This Post This post originally appeared at BitsBlog . I remember the first time that I was aware of Rush Limbaugh. This was before his television program, even. At the time, he was just starting his talk show… the very first day, I caught the show. At the time, there wasn’t very many stations, (particularly the big guns) that were willing to take a chance on him. The one that did in my area was a little 500 watt day-timer then on 1030, WYSL. (The place has since moved to 1040, and grown into a 20,000 w powerhouse.) It didn’t take long though, for Rush to be moved from the little rimshotters to just about every 50,000 watt talker in the nation. And so he went on … Read The Complete Article About this Site Welcome to The Conservative Reader! 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Your ideas, suggestions, comments, criticisms are also welcome regarding the site. Please feel free to contact us at our mailbox . TCR Curated List 2016-06-24 Comments Off on TCR Curated List 2016-06-24 By Art Smith . Posted Friday, Jun 24, 2016 at 5:30 am Filed Under: Featured Print This Post Reviewing top thoughtful conservative comments and news items of the day: After the massacre in Orlando, it’s finally time for a defenseless community to arm itself . And the help that the LGBT community is getting makes you wonder why so many idiots on the left just automatically bark that conservatives, especially conservative Christians “hate” the community. It is an unfair generalization, as proved by the story above and an earlier one regarding an Orlando Chick-fil-a that opened uncharacteristically on Sunday to feed blood donors supporting those injured in the shooting . Related to Orlando, Iowa’s Shane Vander Hart nails it again by calmly explaining to the US Attorney General that she is, well, at best an unconvincing tool, at worst, a lying snake. Thankfully, Democrats in the … Read The Complete Article A Little Sanity? Comments Off on A Little Sanity? By Art Smith . Posted Wednesday, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:41 pm Filed Under: Current Events , Recommended Reading , War On Terror Print This Post As I was perusing various conservative writers this evening, this commentary from Gracy Olmstead at The American Conservative really connected with me. Try to look past Gracy’s perspective on the presidential candidates comments and consider the overriding message of this piece found in the latter part of the post… I think it is worth the read.… Read The Complete Article Happy Memorial Day? Comments Off on Happy Memorial Day? By Art Smith . Posted Monday, May 30, 2016 at 7:29 am Filed Under: Featured , Military , Special Days Print This Post I don’t know why we offer a wish of Happiness on Memorial Day, unless it is to balance out the despair we should feel over the loss of our friends and family over the years on the field of battle. I don’t mean to sound morose, but it seems like a day like today should be entered into with quiet respect for the sacrifices of the dead and the living, both those who served and their families. Many of us, I believe, do not spend this day contemplating the things that this day is meant to make us think about. For most of us, this is a day off of work, an opportunity to spend time with our families, to hold a picnic or just … Read The Complete Article Marriage? Comments Off on Marriage? By Eric Florack . Posted Sunday, Oct 12, 2014 at 11:58 am Filed Under: Featured Print This Post First, let me say that the USSC’s recent (non-)decision was the correct and logical one, if the only issue was the law and the wording within the Constitution . The choice, you see, was made the moment government made being married a legal matter, hundreds of years ago. That said, however, there are larger things at work, here. One of the advantages of having a huge library of previous writings on file, is the ability to refer back to those writings and those positions. Saves much in the way of repetitive writing and also, gives you a checkpoint on your own consistency. Back in 2004, I wrote a comment over at Dan Drezner’s place, which addresses some of the issues aside from the law, … Read The Complete Article Detroit: Coming Your Way Comments Off on Detroit: Coming Your Way By Steven Waechter . Posted Monday, Aug 5, 2013 at 6:35 am Filed Under: Economy , Featured Print This Post Sunday potluck with the extended family. It turns out I am the ‘Detroit’ of the family; the lost age of promise still lingers in the wreckage. Detroit was the place that epitomized the whole “American Dream” sales pitch, where anybody could scrape up a second chance and win a decent living for yourself and your family. The landless, the uneducated, the minor hooligans, and even people so stupid that they wasted their youthful years chasing graduat...