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Michael Johns to Provide Election and Policy Analysis on Sirius Satellite 2008-02-21 13:03:00 Republican strategist and conservative writer MichaelJohns
, a former White House speechwriter and Heritage Foundation policy analyst, said today that the 2008 Presidential election is beginning to line up as one of the most clear-cut ideological electoral choices of modern times, and that the proven and enduring success of conservative policies can again prevail this November, ushering in a new era of policy-driven momentum for 21st century conservatism.Michael will discuss the 2008 Presidential primary and general elections, the current state of the global war against Islamic terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere, the challenges confronting American health care and solutions to them, and why expanded American economic growth through market-driven policies, not massive federal income redistribu Read more:Election
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Charlie Wilson's War Was Really America's War 2008-01-19 17:14:00 By Michael Johns If there exists one visional depiction of the Cold War's end, it is still a Eurocentric one, November 9, 1989, the day East Berliners joined with those of the city's West in celebration of the Berlin Wall's demise. Three weeks earlier, on October 19, 1989, Stalinist East German dictator Erich Honecker, facing mass internal opposition, was forced from power when the Kremlin, overwhelmed with comparable resistance on many fronts, for the first time refused to provide the East German dictatorship with the political or military cover it had come to expect in its Cold War defense of the regime's totalitarian reign over the East German people. Many East Germans began fleeing the nation without resistance into Czechoslovakia, which itself soon underwent its own liberating, anti-c Read more:Charlie
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Michael's Hour-Long Radio Interview with The Bottom Line with Ryan Prucker Now Available Online 2007-10-16 06:55:00 Michael Johns' wide-ranging, hour long interview with the popular radio program, The Bottom
Line with Ryan Prucker, is now available online. The audio, which can be heard or downloaded globally, is available at Episode 8 on the right column, midway down, of Bottom Line's web site at:-3.htmlIn the interview, Michael addresses the complexities of national and global Presidential communication, why President George W. Bush's liberation of Iraq will ultimately prove one of the great accomplishments of the century (despite its current unpopularity), and why several broken components of the U.S. health care system demand creative solutions, especially ensuring enhanced quality, patient-centered care and an expeditious solution to the 40 million Americans, or 13 percent of the country, who live w Read more:Michael
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One Iraq Option Only: Victory 2007-05-04 20:14:00 By Michael JohnsDisturbingly, there is an emerging consensus among the Democrat-led United States Congressional leadership that the war in Iraq
is "lost." The most recent example that this thesis has worked its way into official party talking points was offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat, who pointedly stated last month that "...this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything...."Setting the obvious contrarian politics aside, could there be a more defeatist, demoralizing and undermining statement at this time?With approximately 3,000 lives--some of America's finest men and women--now having been sacrificed for the purpose of this mission in Iraq and another quarter million currently deployed there in harm's way, calling the Iraq War "lost" is abo Read more:Victory
It's Still About Oil 2007-04-30 19:38:00 By Michael JohnsFor all its greatness, long-range thinking is not one of the many attributes one would assign to our nation. Our public companies often run on quarter to quarter corporate plans; our government's focus, frankly, is on the next election. In the United States House of Representatives, that's every two years. That means the campaign never stops, which also means the long-range thinking never starts.Examples are plentiful: America's health care policy? Not a policy you'd describe as a long-term one, given its minimal focus on disease prevention, no immediate remedy to the mounting burden placed on state governments by long-term care admissions and no apparent solution for the coming demographic tidal wave in federal and state health costs. America's entitlement programs? The on
Giving Kevin Kolb the Benefit of the Doubt 2007-04-28 20:02:00 By Michael Johns I wouldn't exactly call Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of my beloved Philadelphia Eagles, a good friend, or even a friend at all really. But we share enough in common: the same birthday (September 8th) and a passionate love for the Eagles, which in my case goes back to the age of six or seven, with fond memories of Ron Jaworski and Bill Bergey. Mr. Lurie's history is actually not as deeply rooted in the green and white: he comes from Boston, then headed to Hollywood to run some movie production company, neither of which you would find too commonly among the old 700-level Veterans Stadium fans who have deep emotional investments in this team. But suffice it to say that he's now the CEO of the company I have long admired the most--and, on that basis alone, Mr. Lurie has earned a p Read more:Giving
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Dow 13,000 2007-04-27 15:23:00 By Michael JohnsPredictions of the demise of the American economy are, regrettably, routine these days, but don't be fooled. They also are vastly overrated. For the past six months at least, we have been subjected to routine predictions of sluggish growth, diminished productivity among small and mid-size capitalized companies, and euphoric fascination with the growth prospects in the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China).Not to take anything away from the fascinating promise of these four nations, but this week's development: the Dow Jones Industrial Average blowing right through 13,000 sends the message that American leadership is alive and well in the global economy. Analysts underestimated first quarter earnings for a vast number of leading American companies, perha
Walking the Road that Buckley Built 2008-03-07 12:35:00 By Michael JohnsIt can be said that modern conservatism knows only two times. There was the time before him and there was the time after him, and those two times could not be more contrasting. In this stark contrast lies his larger-than-life legacy, and let there be no mistake: It is a legacy that will endure the ages.As word of William F. Buckley
, Jr.'s passing reached his many students, admirers and colleagues late last week, it seemed each had an account (some grand, some small) of how this intellectual giant memorably impacted and touched their lives, their vision, and their work. In the aggregate, they tell the story of a man whose immense collective qualities--genius, boldness, industriousness, persuasiveness, and (perhaps least appreciated) kindness and generosity--were without equa Read more:Walking
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Michael Johns and IntellectualConservative.com Editor to Appear on Sirius Satellite 2008-04-03 21:36:00 Michael Johns
and IntellectualConservative.com co-editor and Phoenix prosecutor Rachel Alexander will appear on SiriusSatellite
today, Friday April 4, 2008. They can be heard on Sirius's Indie Talk 110, live from Sirius's New York City studios, from 5pm to 6pm EST. They will discuss the 2008 Presidential election and other topics.Michael Johns is a health care executive and conservative author and writer. He served previously as a White House speechwriter and Heritage Foundation foreign policy analyst. This article, which appeared originally in Michael Johns' blog, is reprinted here with permission. The Michael Johns blog can be accessed directly at:
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Michael Johns to Discuss His Support for McCain Economic Plan 2008-04-16 20:33:00 Conservative writer, Republican strategist and industry executive MichaelJohns
, a former White House speechwriter and Heritage Foundation policy analyst, will discuss his support for John McCain
's recently announced economic plan tomorrow morning, April 17, 2008, from 10am to 10:30am EDT on Ron Silver's radio show. The show is broadcast on Sirius Satellite's Indie Talk Channel 110 and can be heard globally.Johns will discuss the nation's urgent need for pro-growth economic policies, including business, gasoline and personal tax relief, targeted assistance for holders of non-conventional mortgages, Medicare and Social Security reform, ending reckless Congressional earmark spending, expanding job retraining opportunities, and other policies that can help place the nation's economy back on a Read more:Support
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