By Kelly Sloan In what many hope was his last State of The Union address, President Obama offered listeners a campaign stump speech, the relevant parts of which were by turns contradictory, reductionist, and, ultimately, meaningless. The first characteristic to stand...
By Kelly Sloan AFP Western Slope Coordinator One of the characteristics of an election year, apart from a steady draught of absurdity, is a natural proclivity towards focusing all of our attention on candidates, races, and the attendant drama. And quite properly so;...
Mitt Romney’s grip on the Republican nomination for President tightened a bit more last Tuesday with his solid win in the New Hampshire Primary election. This was somewhat historic, as many have pointed out, in that this is the first time in many years that a...
By Kelly Sloan I had intended a couple of weeks ago to write a column reflecting on the newly-late Christopher Hitchens – out of respect for him as a writer, if in no particular admiration for what he wrote – when I was confronted with the news of the...
By Kelly Sloan For all the hand-wringing, soul searching, and despair evident among some conservative Republicans contemplating the 2012 GOP Presidential slate, the lineup is really a testimony to the success of the conservative movement over the last 60 years. Though...
