Ryan James Girdusky writes from New York City. He has been published in the Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Caller, The American Thinker, and World Net Daily. He is a contributor on the radio show "Living Truth with Gina Loudon." http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky 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) Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ It's the economy stupid! Every American is going to sleep at night tossing and turning over it. Each American is grappling with their distinct economic fiend and will have the opportunity to parry it in the ballot box... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/08/22/the_bubble_economy bf4a5cbc-c529-48a2-91c2-42b62c46d0de Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT After two long years of speculating, campaigning, hoping, and voting the Ron Paul presidential campaign has come to an end. At the end of this year, Ron Paul's bid for the presidential ticket will be eclipsed by his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/07/11/the_revolution_after_ron cd4d073a-c8c5-4dca-a30d-194b9c2fe234 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:35:00 GMT Conservatives have made huge strides in advancing their political beliefs in certain niches of public policy at the state level, such as promoting school choice, limiting abortion access, and 2nd Amendment rights in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/06/11/north_dakotas_tax_revolution d2dd017d-d8d8-4388-a5dd-42e375049796 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:53:00 GMT As a conservative Republican in New York State, I have long understood my vote doesn't matter. Yes, Reagan won the Empire State back in 1984, however it is quite clear that unless the entire lower tier of the state were... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/05/16/voting_when_your_vote_doesnt_matter 2b855c3f-e69c-4500-8162-4a3ca0cfd994 Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT This week, failed terrorist Adis Medunjanin was found guilty of attempting to blow up the New York City subway system. Medunjanin's two cohorts, Najibullah Zazi and Zarein Ahmedzay pled guilty and cooperated with the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/05/04/terrorism_university c7c9d6d1-6ea0-4ecd-aefe-476cd8ebd3b5 Fri, 04 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT While the nation is engulfed in the Supreme Court hearings on Obamacare, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has been touring the country - most recently in Greenville, SC - to continue campaigning for her... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/04/05/sandra_day_oconnors_quest_for_state_judiciary_reform a64583c6-c83d-4faf-a5ca-b2ce288787c0 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT The seven savage killings of four Jews and three Muslims by French born Islamic radical Mohammed Merah is not only devastating for loved ones of the victims, but sad for the French nation as they confront the crisis of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/03/27/we_are_all_french_now 99aafc58-d7f1-487e-a06b-394cb43952b4 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT The loss of Dennis Kucinich in Ohio's 9th congressional district against fellow democrat Marcy Kaptur was not just the defeat of a longstanding member of congress, it was the loss of the Democrats moral compass.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/03/07/democrats_lost_their_moral_compass 8ca76d6f-c102-4326-820b-ce0fd6533627 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:25:00 GMT Vladimir Putin won an easy re-election on March 4, he reclaimed his position as President of Russia after a four year absence. Putin won the majority of the vote with 64% to his nearest opponent's 17%; with numbers... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/03/05/three_cheers_for_putin 7a24f6c6-107b-4207-858a-e619bf89b2bd Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:06:00 GMT Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is set to propose "The Buffett Rule", a tax increase on everyone making more than a million dollars a year. The law named after Warren Buffett, the second richest person in the world,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/02/01/the_other_buffett_rule 72744603-d11c-4054-9d28-d37d706b28e7 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:13:00 GMT Three primaries, three winners, no major consensus on who's the party should nominate to run against an incumbent president. A fractured party based upon social issues, marital infidelity, wealth redistribution,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/01/24/1992_redux 5db370b4-6789-4470-b670-78842397b73b Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:04:00 GMT Imagine for a moment that the Twenty Second Amendment to the constitution was abolished and George W. Bush in a brokered convention is given the Republican nomination against Barack Obama. Should Republicans vote for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2012/01/03/george_bush_ii_or_barack_obama 59ff7241-683e-474c-9cd6-82cc65fb8ddd Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:54:00 GMT In the most recent GOP Presidential debate on foreign policy, immigration policy created the biggest hubbub. The Republican candidates, now in their 11th debate, failed to properly clarify and scrutinize America's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2011/12/06/too_big_to_assimilate 60325410-6171-4613-9aa4-b2e6a5124e01 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT "S***, p***, f***, c***, c*********, m***********, and t***" was George Carlin's trademark joke of the Seven Words You Couldn't say on Television. Carlin once said in explaining the joke that he "was always told to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2011/11/17/7_things_you_cant_say_on_tv_if_you_want_to_be_president 0df67981-997f-482e-9c3d-6a11e567f3b5 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:27:00 GMT Michele Bachmann may still have had a serious stab at the Republican presidential nomination had she taken a page out of Christina Aguilera's playbook. Britney Spears exploded onto the world stage in the late '90s,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RyanJamesGirdusky/2011/10/25/what_michele_bachmann_should_have_learned_from_christina_aguilera e51d4b26-fe5a-4f7e-93d6-099fed702511 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:30:00 GMT