Brian.Behm

Constant Conservative covers topics which are germane to an understanding of conservative principles and practice as they apply today to citizens within these United States.

Here are some of latest posts:

What Does Government Cost? - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
And what could it cost? Bill Whittle brings his talent to bear in the following video: Please, pass it on.

A Poet’s Wisdom - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
A Polish poet has just died. She was the 88-year-old Wislawa Szymborska. Her obit in the NY Times notes the following: Ms. Szymborska began writing in the Socialist Realist style. The first collection of what some have called her Stalinist period, “That’s What We Live For,” appeared in 1952, followed two years later by another [...]

Florida: All is Not Lost - Wed, 01 Feb 2012
Gingrich took a beating in the Sunshine State. Of that fact, there is no disputing. Does this mean that Romney is cruising to the nomination? Well, no. We still have Paul and Santorum hanging on out in the forum. Here’s the thing, though. Let us say that we are not able to nominate and then [...]

Holding Back the Future - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Betsy remarks on the state of public education in North Carolina: What is striking to me is that the Durham Public Schools, instead of being happy to have an exciting public school opportunity offered for their students, all they can do is complain and try to block the reform. They could embrace the new school [...]

Losing Heart, Losing the War - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
The Captain speaks about what is happening on our southern border: But even more to the point, we are losing the war at the border.  We will lose the war at the border until we cease and desist treating it as a law enforcement endeavor, change the rules for the use of force (away from [...]

Whats Wrong (or Right) with Blah for President? - Mon, 30 Jan 2012
I’m pretty sure I would have liked Cal. But, were he running today, he would probably not be considered “presidential.” Apparently, we’ve had too many movies with charismatic leads playing the role of the US president. Now, people would like real life to play out like the movies. Isn’t that part of the reason we [...]

Jobs, Nabobs and A Pipeline - Mon, 23 Jan 2012
It is no secret that the President (and apparently his administration) do not want Canada to bring tar sands oil through our country to refineries in Texas via the Keystone XL pipeline. P&R points out that the President’s very decision in the matter shows us more about his grandiose thinking than the real issues involved: [...]

Dipping Is The New Default - Wed, 18 Jan 2012
What happens when a government promises everyone the moon–or at least pieces of it? Well, something has to give when it runs out of moon pieces: The Treasury on Tuesday started dipping into federal pension funds in order to give the Obama administration more credit to pay government bills. “I will be unable to invest [...]

SOPA Is Not Sweet - Wed, 18 Jan 2012
Unlike a very tasty desert which sounds similar. Heritage weighs in: Under the laws, upon a court order, third-party companies and websites would be forced to crack down on rogue websites — and even ones that unwittingly host or link to material that may violate copyrights or trademarks, whether or not they have knowledge of [...]

Not Just the Post Office - Tue, 17 Jan 2012
If you don’t keep up with Thomas Sowell’s writing, you probably ought to. From a recent article on the US Post Office and Kodak, he closes with this: A society in which some people make decisions, and other people are forced to pay the costs created by those decisions, is a society where a lot [...]