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Mickey Edwards

Mickey Edwards

Mickey Edwards spent 16 years in Congress and 16 years teaching at Harvard and Princeton. He is a director of The Constitution Project and wrote Reclaiming Conservatism. More

Mickey Edwards was a member of Congress for 16 years and a chairman of the House Republican leadership's policy committee. After leaving Congress, he taught at Harvard for 11 years, where he was voted the Kennedy School's most outstanding teacher, and at Princeton for five years. He currently runs a political leadership program for elected officials as Vice President of the Aspen Institute and teaches defense policy and foreign policy at George Washington University. He has been a weekly columnist for The L.A. Times and The Chicago Tribune and is a weekly commentator on National Public Radio. Edwards served for five years as national chairman of the American Conservative Union and the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. He was one of three founding trustees of the Heritage Foundation. In 1980, he directed more than a dozen joint House-Senate policy advisory task forces for Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign. He is a director of The Constitution Project and has chaired task forces for the Council on Foreign Relations and the Brookings Institution. He served on the American Bar Association task force that condemned President George W. Bush, and his most recent book, Reclaiming Conservatism, was published in 2008.
Imagining a Gingrich Presidency

Imagining a Gingrich Presidency

He's confrontational, volatile, and self-aggrandizing -- but those aren't the only reasons his former colleagues fear him becoming leader of the free world.… More »

The Case for Jon Huntsman

The Case for Jon Huntsman

Primaries cater to the fringes. But for a general election, a candidate must be more than a political cheerleader for a particular ideology.… More »

A Jolt to Hyper-Partisanship

A Jolt to Hyper-Partisanship

Upset with polarization, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is calling for a nationwide cutoff of all campaign contributions… More »

Issue July 2011

How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans

An insider’s six-step plan to fix Congress… More »

How Obama's Recent Speeches Complicate American Foreign Policy

How Obama's Recent Speeches Complicate American Foreign Policy

The troubling implications for the United States in Egypt, in Libya, and on the Israel-Palestine question… More »

America's Bipolar Foreign Policy

America's Bipolar Foreign Policy

The U.S. veers between realpolitik strategizing and pro-democracy moralizing. Can the best of both approaches help in the Middle East?… More »

Congress: Missing in Action

Congress: Missing in Action

Congress' silent acquiescence to President Obama's authorization of force in Libya highlights a growing problem for American constitutional government… More »

Obama's False Premises for War

Obama's False Premises for War

The president assumed authority for the Libyan adventure without permission from Congress, which is more brazen than Bush's march into Iraq… More »

Don't Gloat Over Lieberman's Exit

Don't Gloat Over Lieberman's Exit

He may be too preachy for some tastes, but the Senator decided issues based on their merits, not party dictates… More »

Pink: The Color of Hope

Pink: The Color of Hope

As breast cancer awareness month winds down, one woman's battle with the disease reminds us to keep fighting… More »

Don't Blame the Tea Party

Don't Blame the Tea Party

Democrats are expected to lose big in the coming election. Who is really responsible?… More »

Tone Deaf at the White House

Tone Deaf at the White House

A recent edition of the Washington Post shows just how out of touch the Obama administration has become… More »

Our Undemocracy

Our Undemocracy

The recent primaries have shown how a democracy can breed unpopular leaders, opposed by the majority of their constituency… More »

The Business of Business

The Business of Business

What giant corporations like General Motors and Bank of America can learn from a small town fish restaurant… More »

Not Stan the Man

Not Stan the Man

McChrystal was wrong in failing to understand why the Constitution provides for a single top commander… More »

The Union Label

The Union Label

The SEIU's aggressive recruiting efforts reach a level of extortion even Al Capone never dreamed about… More »

The Difference Between Business and Government

The Difference Between Business and Government

Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina use their private sector success as proof they'd be good public servants. Why they should stop.… More »

The Constitutionalists

The Constitutionalists

Though demand for the Constitution is skyrocketing, it's questionable whether Americans interpret it correctly… More »

The Grade Game

The Grade Game

Why inflating students' grades endangers our democracy… More »

The Cleansing

The Cleansing

Conservatives demand mindless conformity, driving independent thinkers from their ranks… More »

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