Randy DeSoto is a freelance writer and media consultant. He wrote and was the assistant producer of the documentary film I Want Your Money about the perils of Big Government, comparing the Presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. He is the author of the book We Hold These Truths about the influence of beliefs found in the Declaration of Independence at defining moments in our nation's history. Randy served as Communications Director for Joe Miller's U.S. Senate primary campaign in Alaska in 2010. He is a graduate of United States Military Academy at West Point and Regent Law School. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto 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) Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:04:00 GMT Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:04:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ As the fateful date of Obamacare's arrival in 2014 approaches, an in-progress review seems in order. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's main stated purpose was to make medical care more affordable and/or... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2013/04/30/obamacare-a-progress-report-n1582841 44971ff2-abf1-4f16-883a-c8d489a38320 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:04:00 GMT In the balancing act going on in Washington right now, for one side the term is layered with meaning, while for the other, its meaning could not be clearer. For President Obama and the Democrats, first and foremost... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2013/03/21/can-barack-obama-and-the-democrats-find-balance-n1544616 86113eb9-9bf0-468a-b4b2-1f8cb10f513e Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Ronald Reagan's birthday will be commemorated this week. He took office just a few weeks shy of his 70th birthday in 1981 making him the oldest man elected to serve as our Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief, that is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2013/02/03/it-took-americas-oldest-president-to-make-her-feel-young-again-n1503153 cb75becb-774e-4750-b4b6-2a314c2bb860 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Winston Churchill once quipped you can "trust the American people to do the right thing after they have tried everything else." His observation touches on a recurring theme in United States history: major political... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2012/11/24/americas_10year_learning_curve de88e2ed-003b-4fa4-82fd-45ec15171a3c Sat, 24 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT The American people judge their Presidents by whether they succeed in meeting the central challenges of their Presidency. Americans recognize of course that human nature being what it is, and the world being what it is,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2012/11/04/obamas_failure_to_meet_the_central_challenges_of_his_presidency 4334c563-3762-40df-9866-5829d13ec398 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 04:01:00 GMT I was a college student in the fall of 1988; it was Presidential election year, and I could finally vote. The choice before me, and the country, then was do we go forward with the policies begun under Ronald Reagan or... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2012/09/19/the_elections_of_1988_and_today_change_or_forward ac6fc9bc-4ff3-4159-b64c-5330f1a1555c Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT On the campaign trail, President Obama often makes references to Bill Clinton and the 1990s as proof that increasing taxes on the "wealthy" will be no impediment to restoring our nation's economic health. In fact, he... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2012/08/28/obamas_1990s_bill_clinton_canard c5f177f7-dca8-41c0-ada7-19f863584768 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT Everyone loves the movie Back to the Future. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) mistakenly launches Doc Brown's DeLorean time machine car back to November 1955 and finds himself a peer of his high school parents. Thanks to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2012/08/20/which_way_to_the_future 164ca5f1-589a-4b4f-b47c-d4f0045b781e Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT With political convention season quickly approaching, now would be a good time to take a look back at Barack Obama's much-vaunted, Styrofoam pillar, Democratic Nomination Acceptance Speech at Invesco Field in 2008 and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2012/07/25/barack_obama_your_fifteen_minutes_are_up 5364db8c-9280-4d0d-94ea-cc8baa7ebf10 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT If we as a nation want to know what it will take to get back on track, we need look no further than what Republican Governors are doing throughout the country. The principles they are following are the key to our... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2012/07/17/republican_governors_lead_the_way 9f67e8b9-64cd-4a86-ad20-c366fcc67cf6 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:28:00 GMT The history of America is one of overcoming abuse. Our nation began with a legal document, the Declaration of Independence, listing a “train of abuses,” which violated the colonists’ God-given... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2012/07/04/americas_ability_to_overcome_abuse ec8f3b53-0f3e-403d-8646-922915697007 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT I had recently moved to Los Angeles when the nation received the news in early June of 2004 that former President Ronald Reagan’s health was rapidly declining. In true LA fashion, helicopters began flying... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RandallDeSoto/2012/06/15/ronald_reagan_and_rebuilding_the_field_of_dreams 416caf85-f1e4-4a99-a521-513a26733368 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT