AUTHOR

Lou Zickar

  • In this edition

    With Congress reaching agreement this year on plans to rebuild our roads, reform our schools, and expand foreign markets through global trade, the latest edition of THE RIPON FORUM looks at another area where common sense and compromise are needed in 2016 — overregulation.

  • In This Edition

    It’s been said that politics is like a pendulum because it swings between two extremes. Over the past eight months or so in Washington, we have certainly seen that to be the case.

  • In this Edition

    Benjamin Franklin once said that death and taxes are the only things certain. For a time this summer, it appeared that rising gas prices could be added to the list. Although autumn has brought some relief at the pump, there can be little doubt that the energy challenges facing our nation remain.

  • The Walls Have Fallen, but the Pillars Remain

    by LOU ZICKAR The mood is indeed grim inside the Republican Party. It’s grim because the party is living in the house that Reagan built, but it’s trashed the place and the walls have fallen down. And now the house needs to be rebuilt. It needs to be restored. It needs to be renovated.

  • The Backpage: Above All, Try Something

    It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

  • Form Follows Function

    Senator Joe Lieberman’s decision to change the seating chart on his Committee drew chuckles. But it also served a purpose.

  • Standing Up for the Underdogs

    The Republican Party is looking for new ideas that will help them reclaim their Congressional Majority and hold onto the White House in 2008.

  • It Begins with Ideas

    Two things stand out from those meetings. The first was how often the group talked about recapturing the majority in Congress. The second thing that stood out was how much the group talked about ideas.

  • The Backpage

    Like Lincoln, President Bush leads a political party in which many candidates are trying to distance themselves from him as the fall elections draw near.

  • Branding America

    After nearly five years, we no longer remember all their names. But we remember their faces. And we will never forget their eyes. They are the eyes of killers. They are the eyes of the 19 hijackers who commandeered four planes on September 11, 2001, taking the lives of over 3,000 people and taking us…

  • The Backpage: Maybe Clinton was right

    Ten years ago this past January, Bill Clinton delivered his State of the Union Address in which he famously declared that “The era of big government is over.” In this same speech, he also reiterated his support for school uniforms and the V-chip.

  • In this edition

    The rise of ISIS. The expansion of China. The very real danger that Russia poses to the West. With the possible exception of China, these threats were unimaginable before 9/11. Yet today, they represent perhaps the three greatest challenges we face around the world.

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