I believe I have a less common religious identity for a Republican. My father is Jewish and my mother Presbyterian, although she converted to Judaism when she married my father. Thus, I have been raised as a Jew, and although I consider myself non-practicing and rarely attend services, I am Jewish. As such, I wanted [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Merry Christmas from NextGenGOP!
Our entire team here at NextGenGOP would like to extend our warmest wishes to all this holiday season. I also had to share a fantastic cartoon that couldn’t be more relevant today: (cartoon via Bob Gorrell)
Conservatives Care More
A few days ago, liberal columnist Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times wrote of a supposedly surprising fact that anyone who works with charitable organizations has long known – political conservatives give much more of their money and time to charitable causes than their liberal counterparts. While “bleeding heart liberals” are all for big [...]
Global Harming
In the last few weeks, we’ve seen an increase in the amount of scientists who have publicly challenged the claims of the UN’s IPCC report about Global Warming and the impact humans have had on global climate change. In fact, the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works recently came out with a 231-page [...]
Open Forum: Your Thoughts on the RNC Chairman’s Race
One of the more popular topics that I’ve been seeing on right-of-center blogs is the race for Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Despite the fact that the decision will be made by 168 RNC members, there is a lot of ongoing debate about who should be the next person to lead the Republican Party. [...]
Make a Statement and Reject the Pay Raise
The Hill reports that despite a “crumbling economy,” members of Congress “will get a $4,700 pay increase” in 2009. In the grand scheme of things, this may not amount to much – “an additional $2.5 million that taxpayers will spend on congressional salaries” – but nonetheless it certainly will not go over well with struggling [...]
Why We Are Bleeding Young Voters: An E-mail Chain You Should Read
We receive a lot of constructive feedback from our readers, some positive and some negative. Regardless, we do our best to respond to and facilitate every suggestion we receive. Today, I received an e-mail from a gentleman who I will leave anonymous out of respect for his privacy. He took issue with our recruiting policy [...]
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Winning Back the Youth Vote (Part 3)
Future Majority, a top-notch progressive blog that I highly recommend you add to your daily reading list, has two very insightful blog posts today related to getting out the youth vote. First, Michael Connery looks at a report by Curtis Gans on young voter turnout. Michael offers an interesting conclusion that echoes many of the [...]