Reader Comments

Editor: It would have been a good idea in “How Big Government Will Fall,” for younger readers, to have a paragraph on what the Progressive movement was all about, and how it morphed into the nanny state. It's one of those "loaded" words that sounds nice today when not understood in its historical context. Jameson Campaigne [Editor responds: Good point. The American progressive movement began when graduate student Woodrow Wilson went to Europe and decided Bismarck’s authoritarian Germany was more efficient than the U.S, that the reason was our constitutional separation of powers and that the solution was centralization of power in the president and the national government. His legacy is still with us today and the conservative solution is to reverse the course back to federalism and the Constitution. As Ronald Reagan put it, “The balance of power intended in the Constitution is the guarantor of the greatest measure of individual freedom any people have ever known. Our task this year, this decade, must be to reaffirm these ideas.”]

Editor: After reading “How Big Government Will Fall,” I continue to be amazed at the calm acceptance of the idea of a President Hillary Clinton. The supposed "conservative" media talk of her as if she's the sharpest thing since the bread knife. This chameleon is nothing more than a dangerous Marxist! When are conservatives going to speak the truth about her and her disgraceful behavior in the White House? We're sick of the favorable coverage she's getting. To hell with her economic policies! Another Clinton presidency will spell doom for this nation, and the final nail in the coffin of the American "experiment". We expect the left to give her a pass, but our side should know better. You want to see first hand the misery of what a Marxist state looks like? Come on up to "Marx-achusetts". We don't even have control over our vote anymore. Wake up! Linda Rapoza, Fall River, Massachusetts

Editor: Why the glorification in “How Big Government Will Fall” of EJ Dionne as a thinker as some folks do with that lamentable fellow Tom Friedman? If EJ Dionne is a thinker, then David Brooks is the modern day successor to the Academy. And David is a pleasure to read, with tight copy too. Tim Sullivan

Editor: Reading “How Big Government Will Fall” reemphasizes that I have been very concerned with the direction this country is taking from both the Democrats AND the Republicans. I cannot see how we can survive as the world’s preeminent power considering the direction we are headed. We have so many powers pulling us in so many directions that we are fast losing what brought us to this point in history--to have it fail because we lost our direction. Sorry to be so negative, however it IS of concern to me. Thanks for letting me express my opinion. Gene A. Pierce

Editor: I think Paul Weyrich is correct in his “Election Predictions” that Hillary will be the nominee. But, I believe that she carries so much baggage and has such a large negative public perception that many people will turn out to vote against her and thus she will not win the Presidency. I also believe the fact that she is a woman will have a lot to do with it (right or wrong) but many people will vote against her because she is a woman. I think the Senate will only move 1 or 2 seats in one party direction. I am not sure about that. I do believe that Mr. Weyrich is correct regarding the House. I do think that it might be a stretch to get back the 16 seats this cycle. Robert H.

Editor: As per Paul Weyrich’s “Election Predictions,” after much thought, I stick with my signature station description: “First pundit in the nation to call for and support a Fred Thompson candidacy and a Thompson-Lieberman administration.” Steven M. Saul, The Steven Saul Show, "The Voice of The Silent Majority," Reno, Nevada

Editor: Paul Weyrich is foolish to predict Hillary will be elected president. Hillary always has been the way she is except that she's been on her good behavior for the past 7 years. But once elected, we'll see her again just as she always was before she started running for the Senate. I can't believe the American people would be that stupid. We had the decline and fall of Rome, of Persia, of the Ottomans of the British Empire, and now the U.S. is on the edge of decline, both culturally and fiscally because our legislators are more interested in their own political careers than they are in what is good for the nation. If Hillary is elected, she will put us in full decline. New York was regarded as an ungovernable city before Giuliani. He was tough enough to make New York a livable city. When he went in as mayor, there was a $2 billion deficit. When he went out there was a $2 billion surplus. The U.S. needs that kind of leadership. Earl Asbury, Colorado Springs

Editor: I hope he is wrong but I am afraid Paul Weyrich in his “Election Predictions” might be right. God spare us Senator Hillary Clinton (and her husband) back in the White House. Doesn't anybody care about her criminality? Judy Novotny

Editor: In his “Election Predictions” Paul Weyrich has been out in the sun too long! Hilary has too much baggage and when the linen gets out she is cooked. Mitt Romney will cut her up in little pieces. The GOP and presidential hopefuls have to concentrate on the Silent Majority’s concern which is Immigration. Keep on that subject and forget Iraq. Hammered day after day, the Democrats lose the House, Senate and Hilary. Bill Cridland, Bolton MA

Editor: Right on for Alan Caruba’s “Why Gas Costs More.” Keep that story up front. Fred Campbell