Articles by Lee Edwards

Black and Conservative and Proud of It

Lee Edwards | September 17, 2015

In the early years of the conservative movement, when few black Americans supported Barry Goldwater for president, one young man stood out. To quote Bill… Read More

SocietyCommentary

This Document Established the Five Central Themes of Modern Conservatism

Lee Edwards | September 11, 2015

Most political rhetoric dies a quick and deserved death, but a statement adopted on this date 55 years ago remains the most widely accepted definition of… Read More

SocietyCommentary

How Reagan’s Five Little Words Helped Change a Nation

Lee Edwards | July 17, 2015

On July 17, 1980, 35 years ago, when he accepted the Republican presidential nomination, Ronald Reagan—the great communicator—outlined what he intended to do as president with… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

How Goldwater and Reagan Responded to Defeat

Lee Edwards | July 02, 2015

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s devastating opinions on same-sex marriage and Obamacare, some conservatives are asking themselves: Has America reached the point when… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

4 Liberal Myths About Ronald Reagan Debunked

Lee Edwards | June 07, 2015

Presidential historian H. W. Brands’ new biography of Ronald Reagan and his conclusion that modern American politics is best seen as “The Age of Reagan”… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Islamic Terrorists Should Be Called Islamic Terrorists

Lee Edwards | May 21, 2015

For more than three decades, they have sought out and killed Americans. In 1983, in one of the first major anti-American attacks, they bombed the… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Why Putin’s ‘Russification’ Campaign Against the Baltics Should Be Big News for Us

Lee Edwards | April 29, 2015

Washington policymakers are overlooking a potentially serious foreign policy crisis: the mounting Russian pressure, economic, political and military, on the tiny but strategically located Baltic… Read More

SocietyCommentary

How Publishers (and Readers) Learned to Love Conservative Books

Lee Edwards | April 13, 2015

These days The New York Times best-seller list is filled with conservative books by authors such as Bill O’Reilly, Mark Levin, Ann Coulter and Rush… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Remembering the Unique Conservative Voice of M. Stanton Evans

Lee Edwards | March 03, 2015

He had only to stand before a microphone to bring smiles to the faces of an expectant conservative audience. Would he report the latest grab… Read More

SocietyCommentary

8 Conservative Movies Hollywood Should Make

Lee Edwards | February 24, 2015

As I listened to the acceptance speeches at the Academy Awards, I was struck by the constant references to a long litany of human and… Read More

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