
I love to read books, but I really love to give books. They’re easy to wrap. They’re usually under $20. And they can be shared and reread for years to come. Here are some books that are worth getting for friends, family and yourself this Christmas.
by Lisa De Pasquale10 Dec 2015, 12:04 PM PST0

At the last Democratic debate, only one candidate, Sen. Jim Webb, named an enemy who is not an American company or organization. Less than a week later, Sen. Webb dropped out of the race. So that answers the question of how long dissenters last in the Democratic party.
by Lisa De Pasquale14 Nov 2015, 8:09 AM PST0

Recently the New York Times featured an article on what makes a modern man. Predictably, there was a lot to make fun of in the article. National Review took one of the first cracks at addressing each point.
by Lisa De Pasquale24 Oct 2015, 11:24 AM PST0

Ever hear your girlfriends or wives talk about whether they’re a Carrie, Miranda, Samantha or Charlotte? Now you can take this fun and easy quiz to find out if you’re a Bibi or a Barack!
by Lisa De Pasquale6 Oct 2015, 5:23 PM PST0

Gov. Walker is out and there’s no use lamenting the political climate that got us to this point. Time to embrace the chaos.
by Lisa De Pasquale26 Sep 2015, 1:25 PM PST0

I recently started a podcast called Political Punks. The idea was born from this column I wrote for Breitbart.com several months ago.
by Lisa De Pasquale16 Sep 2015, 1:57 PM PST0

Let’s raise a glass to the “feminist” role models who got the happy endings their fellow sisters didn’t want them to have.
by Lisa De Pasquale23 Aug 2015, 8:03 PM PST0

Going into 2016, conservatives need to highlight and defend the efforts of governors and legislators who are making positive efforts to get their states on the right track.
by Lisa De Pasquale6 Aug 2015, 6:54 AM PST0

Here’s one Democratic scandal you don’t know and the most surprising thing is that the New York Times broke the story. Either there was a lot of arm-twisting or it’s really juice. My vote is on the latter.
by Lisa De Pasquale22 Jul 2015, 5:14 PM PST0

I follow Erin Ryan on Twitter and I’m pretty familiar with her sense of humor. I also did a great interview with her before CPAC this year. She saw fit to give a Breitbart contributor and former CPAC Director nearly 2,000 words to talk about the conservative movement on Jezebel. How bad can she be?
by Lisa De Pasquale20 Jul 2015, 6:37 PM PST0

It’s not enough to be at the conservative conferences (and I say that as the former director of CPAC). I’m not talking about setting up shop at a Comic-Con with a bunch of [Candidate Name] 2016 buttons and GOP tchotchkes. I’m talking about letting them know we’re willing to engage.
by Lisa De Pasquale19 Jul 2015, 4:04 PM PST0

Last year a Salon article titled, “In praise of the ‘beta males,’” made the rounds and we all rolled our eyes. The author wrote:
by Lisa De Pasquale13 Jul 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

It was an important moment in 2008 when a black man was elected president of the United States. It’s time to make history in 2016. We must elect the first Generation X president.
by Lisa De Pasquale5 Jul 2015, 7:35 PM PST0

The way the media throw around accusations of sexism you’d think it was an epidemic. Perhaps it is because the biggest perpetrators of sexism are the media.
by Lisa De Pasquale16 Jun 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

In February I wrote about political punks – who actually have cultural credibility. They appreciate mainstream culture for the power of the parable in furthering a message of liberty.
by Lisa De Pasquale2 Jun 2015, 10:07 PM PST0

As I mentioned in a recent article, I was interested in attending Comicon because from the outside I saw some interesting similarities and differences. This piece is about one similarity in particular: how the media portrays Comicon and the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) relationship with women.
by Lisa De Pasquale30 May 2015, 12:48 PM PST0

Over the years I’ve met lots of liberals who say after a few hours of talking with me, “Oh, you’re normal. You’re not like the other conservatives.”
by Lisa De Pasquale29 May 2015, 1:43 PM PST0

From 2006 to 2011, I was the Director of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). CPAC is often been described as being like the Mos Eisley Cantina.
by Lisa De Pasquale29 May 2015, 6:21 AM PST0

As Mad Men begins to wrap-up with only three episodes left in the series, I’ve been watching every episode twice. A few weeks ago a line Peggy Olson said struck me as totally out of sync with today’s times.
by Lisa De Pasquale3 May 2015, 11:50 AM PST0

Every few months, xoJane, Salon, Thought Catalog or some other site posts an article about how offensive it is for men to hold doors open for women or pay on the first date or any number of normal behaviors. A
by Lisa De Pasquale13 Apr 2015, 5:50 PM PST0

by Lisa De Pasquale25 Mar 2015, 6:44 PM PST0

During the midterm elections, conservatives ushered in a new crop of Republican representatives, senators, governors, and state legislators. Most of the winners promised to cut the size and scope of government. While we still have many obstacles on the federal level, there are real examples on the state level of cutting government waste.
by Lisa De Pasquale16 Mar 2015, 6:13 AM PST0

A few weeks ago, I wrote about “political punks”–people like Andrew Breitbart, Greg Gutfeld, Clint Eastwood, Ann Coulter, and Gavin McInnis, who buck the cultural left and political right. Of course, there are several people I neglected to list in the column, as many commenters reminded me. (Hi, Sabo fans!)
by Lisa De Pasquale25 Feb 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

What do Clint Eastwood, Ann Coulter, Greg Gutfeld and Gavin McInnes have in common?
by Lisa De Pasquale9 Feb 2015, 10:24 AM PST0

Rush Limbaugh said on his Monday radio program that Scott Walker is the “blueprint for the Republican party” if they want to beat the Left in 2016.
by Lisa De Pasquale26 Jan 2015, 1:44 PM PST0