Lawrence Henry

On my favorite Rolling Stones album, Aftermath, the LP, the song that comes just before the well-known “Under My Thumb” is “I Am Waiting.” I am waiting I am waiting Oh yeah, oh yeah I am waiting I am waiting…

Presumptive GOP Presidential nominee John McCain appeared yesterday at the meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Ronald Reagan appeared at the first CPAC meeting, in 1973, and at every one until his illness took him in 1991. McCain,…

I grew up in a newspaper family. My grandfather ran a small town journal. My father headed up the advertising department of a chain of suburban weeklies and later published his own weekly paper in Florida. I have lived through…

Jim, are you the one who decided to take a drink at every Cialis or Viagra commercial? I’m surprised you can still see to type.

In Monday’s Democratic debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a moderator asked Senator Barack Obama if he agreed with novelist Toni Morrison’s 1998 assertion that Bill Clinton was “the first black President.” Obama chose wit and deadpan for his answer,…

This morning’s headlines in Lucianne.com include this one from the Weekly Standard, over an essay by William Kristol: Waiting for Reagan: You Fight an Election with the Politicians You Have. Ahem. I was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio for an…

Two key primaries into the race, the Republican Party has more questions than answers. Does John McCain’s New Hampshire win mean national security dominates the issue roster? Have voters have forgotten about McCain’s shove-it-down-your-throat amnesty bill for illegal aliens, a…

In the election year 2000, New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg announced his retirement, and set off a political shuffle all down the ticket that had, potentially, national implications. Sixth District Congressman Bob Franks, a Republican, decided to seek the Senate…

Shawn, that was one of the best political columns I’ve read this year. Well done, my friend. You incidentally reinforced my not-at-all-facetious post yesterday, “Sunshine,” wherein I said the GOP was engaged in creative destruction. More from me on this…

Hey, y’all, I just had a thought. I haven’t felt the least bit grumpy abouit the election lately. Maybe the GOP is engaged in creative destruction. Why mourn for the old Reagan coalition? That was 25 years ago. I think…