Paul M. Weyrich is the late Chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation. He served as President of the foundation from 1977 to 2002. From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Weyrich served as President of the Kreible Institute of the Free Congress Foundation, responsible for training democracy movements in the states comprising the Former Soviet Empire. He is a founder and past director of the American Legislative Exchange Council, the founding president of the Heritage Foundation, and the current National Chairman of Coalitions for America. A former reporter and radio news director, Mr. Weyrich is a regular guest on daily radio and television talk shows. A sought-after writer, Mr. Weyrich has published policy reports and journals on a variety of conservative issues and has contributed editorials to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. He has been described by The Economist as "one of the conservative movement's more vigorous thinkers." Voted three years in a row from 1981 - 1983 by readers of Conservative Digest as one of the top three "most popular conservatives in America not in Congress," Mr. Weyrich has been named by Regardie's Magazine as "one of the 100 most powerful Washingtonians." He has been married since 1963 to the former Joyce Smigun, is the father of five children, and serves as a deacon in his church. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:16:33 GMT Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:16:33 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ As President George W. Bush prepares to leave office a review of his eight years as the Nation's chief executive is in order. While the end of his presidency has been overshadowed by economic problems... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2009/01/13/reflections_upon_a_mixed_bush_legacy 8c3486c9-1cb0-4a58-a173-ca4265b9deb3 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:16:33 GMT The President-elect appears to have stepped back from some of his campaign promises. That merely is speculation. We shall see. The President-elect did make a dogmatic statement regarding the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/12/23/abortion_as_a_test_of_conscience_and_of_campaign_commitment d8132a30-07e1-41df-a77b-55f3cbf0fec1 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:01:00 GMT It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It is the worst of times because millions of Americans are unemployed this Christmas. It is the worst of years because we have mortgaged the future of our... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/12/18/the_next_conservatism,_a_serious_agenda_for_the_future 445cf5f7-dffd-4681-9255-cdfcece363f5 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:03:23 GMT I am worried that the Minnesota United States Senate race in effect will be run by the United States Senate. When one has been around as long as I have, one has seen things that seem familiar. In the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/12/17/procedural_uncertainty_in_the_minnesota_senatorial_election 45a27ba0-92f1-4bbf-9571-5342a6a0d5b2 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:02:27 GMT I received an e-mail from a supporter of President-elect Barack H. Obama congratulating me for having spent so much money that the President-elect is unable to keep his promises to deliver new... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/12/16/presidential_campaign_promises_and_governing_reality 432b4df1-3b55-4704-a652-1dfa638be844 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:27:24 GMT A good lady is about to leave Washington, D.C. after decades of public service. I refer to Senator Elizabeth Hanford Dole (R-NC), who was defeated in her bid for re-election in the 2008 election. Dole... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/12/11/a_tribute_to_senator_elizabeth_h_dole 33dc056a-1c5a-4015-b580-89713f71759c Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:28:10 GMT Have you ever heard of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)? If not, you should have. It is among the factors responsible for the worst housing crisis in America since 1932. CRA was enacted during... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/12/09/the_subprime_causation_fiasco_continues f4ef01b2-2b7e-4581-bee3-023e4ff2ad6e Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:19:06 GMT When pundits are asked to name the best Presidents of the 20th Century Harry S. Truman's name always comes up. That is interesting because when he left office 56 years ago he had lower approval ratings... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/12/04/iraqi_uranium_and_a_false_charge_against_president_bush 98eadf17-7cf2-46a1-b29c-e755979b747f Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:00:16 GMT Surprise, surprise. President-elect Barack H. Obama has appointed a center-right group of economic advisers. That is center-right in the Democratic context. That does not make them conservative but they... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/12/02/anticipated_and_unanticipated_president-elect_moves 9cc6fecb-50e0-4aa1-87ce-55ddad6dacde Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:06:50 GMT On December 9 my good friend Ed Lozansky, President of the American University in Moscow, will show a documentary at the National Press Club. The film purports to vindicate Russia in its recent war... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/12/01/georgia_v_russia,_a_possible_example_of_the_value_of_thorough_knowledge 215d6421-faad-4d12-a336-e74b11fcc6e9 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:01:00 GMT As long as I can remember Representative John Dingell (D-MI) was one of the toughest committee chairmen in Congress. His father preceded him in Congress though the Great Depression. I had the pleasure of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/11/28/a_future_for_the_congressional_blue_dogs c3330612-bd69-49a4-9790-089b0493b16d Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:01:00 GMT The 111th Congress recently passed an authorization bill which provides more money for Amtrak than any bill passed in history. President George W. Bush signed the bill. For the first time Amtrak has... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/11/25/the_possibility_of_a_better_future_for_amtrak 1b941022-ffe6-4e27-9c87-753d56ffde29 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:27:18 GMT Last Monday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) increased the amount of renewable automobile fuels required to be sold in the United States next year from 7.8% to 10.2% of the 138.5 billion gallons... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/11/25/feds_get_it_wrong_again_ethanol,_a_troublesome_substitute_for_oil,_natural_gas,_coal,_and_nuclear_power 5a3d9fa1-1f29-40e7-9f60-fe3e65599389 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:01:00 GMT Voters were busy approving in the November 4 elections various transit projects. Twenty-three ballot initiatives, or more than 70% of those up for a vote, were approved. These initiatives will add $75... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/11/21/voter_affirmation_of_mass_transit 961f2680-cde8-46cb-8d4e-4e67cc7b4069 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:26:29 GMT This past week I sat in on a couple of "where do conservatives go from here" panels. Bear in mind that it was the Republican brand which was in trouble in 2008, not necessarily the conservative brand. Much... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2008/11/20/2010_congressional_elections,_unpredictable_and_varied_performance 471b8405-e538-46e4-b3ed-ff819f8ba77f Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:58:20 GMT