Rachel Alexander is the editor of the Intellectual Conservative. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The fiscal watchdog organization Club for Growth is calling the Congressional primary race in Arizona’s newly redistricted CD6 the most watched Republican congressional primary race in the country. Due to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/05/16/the_hottest_republican_congressional_primary_race_in_the_country aaf8c9d4-59f7-4d36-a508-3a696899ca8e Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Now that Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican nominee for president, the left is increasing its attacks on his Mormon religion, hoping to distract voters into focusing on perceived negatives about Mormonism. The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/05/09/mormon_doctrine_leads_to_socialism cb5a9fd8-5236-4a78-8c85-229586336c51 Wed, 09 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Democrats are scrambling to raise emotionally-laden issues this year in order to trick voters into supporting Obama's reelection. Since they know they cannot win through an honest dialogue on the issues, they have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/05/02/the_democrats_war_on_women 972d4852-2ea5-4a2c-8159-3eff7f7f861a Wed, 02 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT On Thursday, the House of Representatives voted 248-168 to pass CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. Civil liberties advocates loudly protested the bill, claiming it will give government too much... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/04/27/with_cispa_congress_turns_internet_websites_into_police 1762fd8d-fb8d-486a-aa34-97e48f6be72c Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT The left's latest target du jour is ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for state legislators. It promotes limited government, free markets and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/04/19/progressives_using_jesse_jackson_shakedown_tactics_to_outsmart_alec 55a06e75-ac8c-4ea6-8d45-c39237e9ddef Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:00:00 GMT Obama is shrewdly characterizing the recession in a way that breeds resentment towards the wealthy, diverting dissatisfaction away from himself. Most of his recent speeches include assertions that there are a few... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/04/10/the_rich_are_getting_poorer_under_obama 0617859f-e74b-4e5e-940f-ea8c6219cd08 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:05:00 GMT You and I may not use profanity in our Facebook posts, but what about that crazy relative who puts up the funniest posts that sometimes cross the line? Almost no one approves of swearing, but with the exception of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/04/04/arizona_to_ban_annoying_behavior_on_the_internet e7e29610-8113-4c0a-863b-0c74e516e992 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT In 1980, incumbent Democrat President Carter lost reelection to Republican challenger Ronald Reagan in large part due to high gas prices and a weak economy. This year, not only are gas prices sky high and continuing to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/03/27/obamas_doublespeak_will_cost_him_the_election e6885dc6-85f5-4436-88fb-c3f74e7446ac Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT As the Republican presidential primary drags on, 27 debates later, with no candidate yet obtaining 50% of the delegates, speculation is increasing that the nominee may end up being selected in a brokered convention. If... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/03/20/should_the_gop_hope_for_a_brokered_convention 15307ece-e10a-4a6e-9372-ad563e70abd4 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:59:00 GMT Every so often talk arises about holding an Article V Amendments convention amongst the states to amend the Constitution, since Congress has become increasingly unaccountable. In reaction, dire warnings spring up... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/03/11/whos_afraid_of_an_article_v_amendments_convention 558a3e25-ad74-4933-bcd5-0ed4447a124c Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:01:00 GMT The anyone-but-Romney conservatives have currently latched onto Rick Santorum as their candidate du jour, providing him with a surge shortly into the Republican primary elections. But is he really that conservative?... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/03/01/is_rick_santorum_really_the_most_conservative_presidential_candidate 0dc6f721-90ef-41bf-b82e-325968f26380 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:01:00 GMT Everyone talks about reforming health insurance while ignoring a better alternative: healthcare risk pools. Powerful lobbyists for the healthcare insurance industry have convinced politicians to perpetuate the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/02/24/just_say_no_to_health_insurance c064934a-5626-48cc-b529-8486cfe66edd Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:01:00 GMT Ever wonder why taking out a public notice costs so much money? It shouldn’t be that way. With the demise of print newspapers, it no longer makes sense to require that public notices be published only in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/02/17/newspapers_defend_their_crony_capitalism_outdated_monopoly_on_public_notices 87fbe70e-6d31-41bf-a231-6c69d26d9699 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:01:00 GMT Western civilization has gradually progressed away from barbaric practices. By the 20th century, most developed nations stopped torturing people and executing them in cruel ways. In the US, only humane ways of execution... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/02/06/susan_g_komen_charity_starts_to_enter_the_21st_century fc2b00c4-b913-44c4-b4c1-da444da20b90 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:32:00 GMT Congress is supposed to represent the interests of everyone. But what happens when powerful special interests contribute heavily to lawmakers' election campaigns? Last week Americans on the political right and left... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RachelAlexander/2012/01/26/the_hollywood_connection_between_democrats_and_sopa 20336490-2d44-4a14-ba78-be497bc8b990 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:10:00 GMT