J.D. Thorpe's resume ranges from Capitol Hill to national campaigning. As he learned the inner-workings of the Hill from 2006-2009 in the offices of Rep. Tancredo, Rep. Balart and Sen. Lugar, he took time to work in the War-Room at McCain 2008 defending the campaign 's virtue against media assaults. J.D. worked to encourage free market journalism while at George Mason University's Institute for Human Studies. At the Patrick Henry Center he served as the resident historical intellectual and develops many of our relationships with citizen activists. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sun, 25 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT Sun, 25 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ This year's presidential election was a history-altering event for America. The nation chose, for its future, a course in diametric opposition to the core principles on which it was founded. The reelection of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2012/11/25/americas_fatal_conceit 9320f5d4-723c-498f-bbc9-92e266585e6c Sun, 25 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT After endorsing RINO Trey Grayson in the Kentucky GOP primary, Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell ate crow when then-candidate Rand Paul pulled off an upset victory over the establishment's pick. Prior to 2010,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2012/04/21/senator_lugar_meets_the_tea_party ffb9e632-6f28-49f4-924a-c412cfe5cb3d Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT "Give me liberty, or give me death!" With that thunderous declamation on March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry, the trumpet of the American Revolution, punctuated his famous speech that forever changed the course of history,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2012/03/24/give_me_liberty_not_obamacare 387d9200-2cac-4b4e-95e6-1254405d7387 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT Grover Cleveland is best known as the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms. But he's also a forgotten conservative warrior whose personal life offers uncanny similarities to presidential... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2012/01/27/newt_is_no_grover_cleveland b47a07b3-8bbe-48e9-a0ed-f8a04a1a9cba Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:21:00 GMT Many - including the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) crowd - have expressed outrage over Bank of America's recent attempt to charge customers a $5 monthly fee to use their debit card. These people deplored the move and used... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2011/11/03/the_free_markets_assault_on_bank_of_america 772758f7-2c06-43ea-b9c3-0aff18c77988 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:32:00 GMT “Get out of the way.” With this statement, John Galt articulated the simple and necessary policy solution to the disastrous centrally-planned economy in Atlas Shrugged. It’s also sage... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2011/09/08/john_galts_advice_to_obama f2aeae83-636b-417a-9776-2a81b59382be Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:54:00 GMT During the entire process of the debt ceiling battle, many politicians, and pundits repeated similar nonsense about democracy working better through compromise. Yet often compromise is the bane of our political system... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2011/08/04/the_road_to_hell_is_paved_with_compromise 485bc0a5-ca0f-49f1-a9e1-2e87dedf743c Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:05:00 GMT With the spontaneous rise of the Tea Party in 2009, the recently dead conservative movement was resuscitated back to life and given another chance to fight for limited government. In primary after primary,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2011/07/28/surrendering_to_statism_the_boehner_plan 25ff534c-9133-40c1-af1e-677e11273fed Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:21:00 GMT What does racial prejudice have to do with the debt ceiling debate? For the average person the answer to this question isn't obvious. But according to Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, it is the most salient factor... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2011/07/18/trumping_the_race_card 50452915-bf73-4406-a152-8f34ad8294c4 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:55:00 GMT The “N” word is a deplorable utterance that has elucidated the ignorance of a certain demographic in our country for many decades. We should condemn and reeducate these individuals whenever they use this... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2011/06/22/conservatives_and_the_n_word a313d76a-555f-4a31-ab87-43991f9cb398 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:10:00 GMT After announcing his candidacy last week, it appears Newt Gingrich's presidential run will be short lived. On Monday the nation learned that Gingrich recently contracted a severe and debilitating illness known as... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2011/05/20/newts_rinotosis a9fd4284-8ad6-4936-805c-ff2e02ebe69c Fri, 20 May 2011 14:25:00 GMT Like drugs, the slogan "just say no" works great with Keynesian and socialist economic policies. After losing a series of votes on Saturday that would have raised taxes on Americans in the highest tax bracket,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2010/12/07/just_say_no 654bd772-b920-4805-9351-7d57d9737fa9 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:01:00 GMT Amidst the exuberant celebration of Obama's election in 2008, many liberal talking heads pronounced the death of conservatism. Yet just two short years later, the Republicans are poised to overwhelm the Democrats in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2010/10/29/conservatism_back_from_the_dead 505ddddd-6725-40d2-8570-dcce9bca2244 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:01:00 GMT As the November 2nd election draws closer, it appears evident that the GOP will score a major victory. The Cooke Report, a non-partisan group known for its polling accuracy, conservatively predicts that Republicans... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2010/09/09/why_reagan_and_clinton_survived_the_midterms_and_obama_wont e694257e-511b-4aa1-bd4d-8ba09ddf2d2d Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:29:06 GMT In contemplating the structure of society it seems implausible that any sort of order can exist without massive regulation and central planning. It seems very rational that society must concentrate the decision making... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JDThorpe/2010/08/10/why_society_should_emulate_wikipedia 46b52457-c6d6-433f-8467-cbddb68b70dc Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:45:25 GMT