On Saturday evening, the physical life of Jack Kemp came to an end, but his contributions to American political and intellectual life have never been more timely. An advocate of a strong economy, missile defense, and broadening the base of the Republican Party by including minorities, Kemp’s past may prove the conservative movement’s prologue. A man as forward-looking as Kemp would appreciate … [Read more...]
An American Renaissance Man
May 4, 2009 By Ben Johnson
Filed Under: Abortion, Affirmative Action/Race, Economics, FrontPage Magazine, Homosexual issues, Immigration, Missile Defense, Obituaries, Politics, Republicans, RINOs Tagged With: 1988 presidential election, 1988 Republican presidential primaries, Affirmative Action, An American Renaissance (book), Arthur Laffer, Ben Johnson, Bob Dole, California, California Proposition 187 (welfare for illegal immigrants), Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE), Economics, Ed Rollins, Empower America, Feeding Frenzy (book), George H.W. Bush, homosexuality, Howard Fineman, illegal immigration, Jack Kemp, James Garfield, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, John McCain, Kemp-Roth Act, Maureen Dowd, Missile Defense, Nobel Prize, Obituaries, Occidental College, Pat Robertson, Paul Laxalt, Republican Party, Robert Novak, Ronald Reagan, Ross Perot, supply side economics, tax cuts, Vin Weber, William Bennett, William F. Buckley Jr.
