David Bozeman's Past Articles

114 articles

Who's Got Your Back?

published: May 11, 2010

Over the May Day weekend, thousands marched in Los Angeles and other cities in fierce opposition to Arizona's new anti-illegal immigration law. The continuing rage concerns not a mere act of legis...

The Tyranny of Public Health

published: May 04, 2010

The county of Santa Clara, California has tentatively voted to ban Happy Meal toys, which supposedly entice children to consume fatty foods. No cause for alarm, some would argue, because such mani...

Salt: The New Tobacco?

published: April 28, 2010

Debate strategists typically advise against slippery-slope arguments -- assigning far-off, outrageous conclusions to your opposition only dilutes the urgency of the moment. Still, one cannot resis...

Dear Senator Coburn. . .

published: April 21, 2010

Having invested somewhat in your reputation, I feel I am due this opportunity to address your recent attempts at reconciling with the left. I am referring, of course, to your remarks to a constitu...

Don't Change the Subject -- The Obama Agenda is Still the Dominant Issue

published: April 14, 2010

Liberals have changed the subject yet again. Instead of calming the fears of millions of Americans over health-care reform, instead of explaining the practicalities (such as how do we heal the sic...

Don't Go Wobbly

published: April 07, 2010

According to the Associated Press (and giddily reported on page 1 of my hometown paper), some Republicans are rethinking their 'Repeal the Bill' mantra, fearful that voters might "begin to see...

Obama-mania: The Human Toll

published: March 31, 2010

Some say that freedom died on March 21 with the passage of Obama-care. But conservatives tend to toss that word around as a broad, fit-all concept, void of any personal or emotional context. Oppo...

Conservatism's Greatest Challenge -- And Opportunity

published: March 24, 2010

According to recent population projections, by at least mid-century, whites will be the minority racial group in America. These figures are not new, and, if one follows enlightened thinking, they ...

The Human Costs of Big Government

published: March 17, 2010

President Obama recently informed a crowd of young people -- to thunderous applause -- that under his health care plan, they could stay on their parents' coverage till age 26. Voters 18-21, of cou...

Is It Time To Give Up On America?

published: March 10, 2010

The March 8 National Review featured a disturbing profile of a millionaire investor who has -- how else to word it? -- given up on America. In a piece entitled 'Jim Shrugged,' Jim Rogers, who has ...

What the Tea Party Movement Is Not -- A Short Primer

published: March 02, 2010

Columnist Kathleen Parker recently called tea partiers "the noisiest sector of the GOP." She chided members of the movement for attacking newly elected Massachusetts senator Scott Brown,...

Stay On Top of Electoral Manipulation

published: February 23, 2010

After being pummeled in '06 and '08, Republicans are regaining their footing. With the potential for huge gains this November -- including the possibility of retaking the House and Senate -- the b...

But Is She Electable?

published: February 16, 2010

With recent poll numbers showing that a vast majority of Americans deem Sarah Palin unqualified to be president, liberals are enjoying a state of euphoria they haven't felt since Fidel Castro honor...

What's In a Name and Why It Matters

published: February 09, 2010

After a recent editorial, a county Republican chairperson questioned my use of the word 'Democratic' as in 'Democratic Party,' noting that she had seen and heard 'Democrat' Party about as often. W...

Reclaiming Education

published: February 02, 2010

In 2000, George W. Bush reclaimed the presidency for the GOP (albeit by a whisker) by co-opting such Democratic 'kitchen table' issues as education. Granted, back then, with relative peace and pro...

The Line in the Sand and the Myth of Blue Dog Democrats

published: January 27, 2010

If, as the 2010 elections approach, the Democrats appear headed for a crushing defeat, expect to hear that Americans just 'want to throw the bums out.' But to write off voter disgust with out-of-c...

American Leadership: M.I.A.

published: January 12, 2010

The president's responses to the recent bombing attempt on the Detroit-bound airliner and the Ft. Hood massacre have been tardy, generic and uninspiring, unworthy of his renowned oratorical finesse...

The Self-Reliant Citizen R.I.P.

published: January 04, 2010

The Nanny State will likely consume the autonomous citizen because of its genius for selling itself as the solution to problems it created in the first place. Soon, the ponderous, bloated health c...

The Playboy Philosophy and Your Health Care

published: December 22, 2009

But I know I speak for working Americans when I observe highly sexual lifestyles and ask, "who has the time?" With jobs, families and monogamous relationships that require work even unde...

Purge the Moderates

published: December 15, 2009

A member of the Republican National Committee has proposed a ten-point purity test, of which future candidates will have to pass at least eight to qualify for national backing. Broadly worded (&qu...;

Liberal Mythology

published: December 07, 2009

Whenever liberals start declaring that ideological sides don't matter, that the best leaders govern from the center, it probably means their side is losing. The president's approval numbers contin...

Is Civility Overrated?

published: November 30, 2009

Sometime-conservative columnist Kathleen Parker recently wrote that "growing concern about incivility is one of America's more appealing trends." Her column, entitled 'Minding Our Politi...

Political Pornography

published: November 23, 2009

Today I bought the now infamous Newsweek edition featuring Sarah Palin, clad in running shorts, on the cover. The political junkie in me thought it a great piece of memorabilia. The regular guy i...

Why Not Duncan D. Hunter for VP?

published: November 11, 2009

For the title of rising star and possible vice-presidential candidate in 2012, the GOP should consider Duncan D. Hunter, first-term congressman representing California's 52nd district (San Diego). ...

It's Not Easy Being Green

published: November 05, 2009

A recent feature story inadvertently illustrated the sinister extremes of the environmental movement. The AP profiled a New York City couple who had spent a year trying to reduce their net environ...