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Free speech in Philly 20 Mar 2013 | 12:51 am

As this country’s always tightly wound white vs. black debate presses on, what do you suppose was the Mayor of Philadelphia’s reaction when an article on race relations in Philadelphia Magazine brough...

Black conservatives discuss the NRA 20 Mar 2013 | 12:24 am

While the existence of black conservatives was once thought by many on the Left to be mythological at best, it turns out that there are African Americans who are conservative in nature.  They represen...

Understanding progressivism 15 Mar 2013 | 08:26 pm

I have a very interesting video from the American Enterprise Institute that features Michael Barone speaking with the author Amity Shlaes about her best-selling book “Coolidge.”  Calvin Coolidge, of c...

Angel in the sky 14 Mar 2013 | 07:48 pm

I know…I know. It’s hokey.  Can’t help but to share this.  Quoting from NBC News in South Florida: For some, it was a clear sign from heaven, maybe a message from God himself,  showing his pleasure at...

Pope Francis and moving past the superficial 14 Mar 2013 | 07:02 pm

I always try to point this out before I begin discussing matters of faith.  The Cranky Housewife is a primarily political blog but TCH often veers off into matters of religion because I am a firm beli...

Paul Ryan offeres budget alternative 13 Mar 2013 | 06:28 pm

Mary Kissel of the Wall Street Journal interviews Paul Ryan as he responds to the Democrats’ budget proposal which includes about a trillion dollars in new taxes.  Ryan counters the Dems with an alter...

Securing pensions in Illinois 13 Mar 2013 | 04:35 am

I’m not really a numbers person per se so I can’t claim to know the exact science behind fixing the pension problems we have here in Illinois, but I do know that no fix is possible unless the voters o...

The Bernanke Doctrine 11 Mar 2013 | 07:51 pm

Mary Anastasia O’Grady talks with the Wall Street Journal about the economy’s leading indicators and whether we are emerging from America’s persistent recession/depression.   O’Grady gives Bernanke’s ...

Some Sequester Satire 7 Mar 2013 | 10:58 pm

Now that the world has come to a premature end because of the sequester cuts that Barack Obama was for…I mean, before he was against them, I thought we could look into what is happening to our nation’...

The consequences of reproductive freedom 6 Mar 2013 | 07:45 pm

It’s not so much the story of infertility, only the solutions to the problem of sterility that are new and intricate, and those solutions often bring fresh and complex crises of conscience that must b...

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