Our fourth and final issue this year, titled “Where are we headed next?” is now distributed on both East and West campuses. In this issue, we focused on current events and the ambiguity of the present political moment. Pick up a copy in the BC, Perkins, Allen, Lilly, or Marketplace today!

Our third issue of The Gothic Guardian has been distributed on East and West Campus! Our theme for this issue was “Same Old Problems,” focusing on some of the most intransigent social and political issues we’ve noticed. The issue is also available online here.

By Lingfeng Li
As a wave of new Republican lawmakers enters the legislative experience, we look back on a decade of important but misguided legislation. Hopefully these newly elected delegates will avoid some of the missteps made mostly by their conservative predecessors.
1. Iraq Resolution. The war in Iraq has been, in the eyes of most, a huge debacle for the United States. Not only were no weapons of mass destruction found, thus invalidating the government’s rationale for invasion, but thousands of American lives were lost and billions upon …

Our second issue of The Gothic Guardian has been distributed on West Campus, in Trent Building, and on East. Pick up a copy when the weather allows! Thanks again to everyone that contributed. Our theme for this issue was “America Back On Track,” highlighting our hope for a strong year in conservative politics. The issue is also available online here.

By Trent Serwetz
Edit: As of 12/18/2010, both the House and the Senate have officially voted to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Congratulations to the LGBT community on this resounding victory!
The U.S. military’s longstanding ban on gay servicemen (and women) is over — for the moment. On Sep. 9, U.S. District Court Justice Virginia Phillips called for a “permanent injunction” barring the enforcement of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy.[i]
DADT, crafted by the Clinton Administration in 1993, is the most lenient treatment of homosexuality in the military …

Our first issue of The Gothic Guardian has been distributed on East and West Campus, as well as in the Trent building. Pick up a copy today if you’d like to see our staff’s work, and thanks again to everyone that contributed! Our theme for this issue was “No Change,” highlighting failures of the Obama administration and our optimism for Election Day 2010. The issue is also available online here.

By Matthew Leonard
For freedom-loving Americans, there is cause for optimism in November. The popular tide has turned against the collectivist record of the Democrat party. There are telling signs that a more conservative majority will govern Congress next year.
Given the wide margin of Barack Obama’s victory two years ago, his compatriots’ fall from grace has been surprisingly precipitous. Those on the Left explain their slide in the polls as misplaced blame for a sour economy bequeathed by Bush. On the other side, the Right claims that …

By Trent Serwetz
This just in:
BJ Lawson has won the Republican Party’s nomination for NC’s fourth congressional district, earning  46 percent of the 23,000 votes cast (2010 North Carolina Primary Election Results, WRAL.com (link)).
Lawson, who also won the 2008 GOP nomination, won tonight’s primary election running on a platform of limited government and fiscal responsibility. The Lawson campaign especially highlighted the importance of constitutional government and opposed the Federal Reserve.
“I think the primary message of the campaign has been about getting our economic freedom back, the freedom to create our …

By Vikram Srinivasan
Just as tents can collapse from being too small, they can also fall apart from being too big.
That’s a lesson the GOP should remember as it confronts the issue of what role moderates should play in rebuilding a “big tent” party. Answering that question will depend heavilys on what we mean by “moderate.”
As a conservative, I’m of the view that there should be a large role in the party for moderates. But only for one variety: the principled kind.
When a political party has shrunken to the small size …

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