Rogue a Story of Accomplishments

As I started to read Sarah Palin’s book, Going Rogue: An American Life, Palin visited Fort Bragg for a book signing. The local media reported that hundreds attended the signing, but the John Locke Foundation’s Karen Palasek volunteered at the event and she tells me that there were in fact between 1,600 to 2,000 attendees. In reading the book, I quickly realized that just as the media underestimate the crowds at Palin events, they are also underestimating Sarah Palin. ...Going Rogue is more than just a book about Sarah Palin; it is a book about Alaska. Woven within Palin’s book are history and geography lessons about her adopted home state. Palin is far more influential now that she is no longer an elected official and is not constrained by what she calls the invisible “headquarters.” She is free to express her strong free-market and small-government beliefs. While reading Palin’s book, the word “dangerous” kept crossing my mind. Dangerous for liberals because people like and trust her, and dangerous for the Republican establishment because conservatives see her as genuine. But I kept putting this word out of my mind. The end of the book validated my thoughts. Using Gen. Douglas McArthur’s words, Palin says, “We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”

Brookhiser’s Right Time, Right Place Works on Different Levels

This is a smoothly written book that can be read on several levels — the history of modern conservatism, the rise and decline of Reaganism, country boy comes to the big city. Best, it's what the subtitle says: a story of a young writer growing through triumph and trial, both of them at the hands of an exasperating man who loved him in return.

The President is not in

Ain’t that right, Ange?

Perdue Needs More Than Wishes

Perdue made several mistakes, ranging from minor communication miscues to very public swipes at fellow Democrats, that should have been headed off at the staff level.

Wake-up Call