Following the mass murder and wounding of nearly 100 people in Orlando by an Islamic extremist–a word officially stricken from the White House talking points–I wrote about how liberals immediately jumped on the bandwagon calling for the denial of Second…
While the dust settles in the aftermath of Tuesday’s primaries–and Republicans begin lining up to reject the presumptive nominee of the party for president–G.O.P. (Gutless On Principles) Hall of Shame member and majority leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, was…
If you’re a regular reader or listener of the Strident Conservative, you know that I am no fan of the New York liberal running for president. No, not Bill’s wife. I’m talking about the other liberal… Donald Trump. In some…
When he was the minority leader of the Senate–a position he’s likely to return to in November–Mitch McConnell attempted to explain his inability to get anything done with these words: “Today, Democrats not only have the White House, they have…
“It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.” Do you know who said those words? If you’re thinking it was some radical right-wing Republican, you would be wrong. These are the words of George Meany, the former president of…
In the hours following Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court following the death of Antonin Scalia, Republicans reiterated their plan to postpone taking any action until after the November election. Meanwhile, the Democrats…
“Security under our constitution is given to the rights of conscience and private judgment. They are by nature subject to no control but that of Deity [the Lord], and in that free situation they are now left.” – John Jay,…
