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David R. Stokes: A Joke Too Far

A tasteless joke – one that saw earlier popularity during the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush – has resurfaced across America.  It is being told in whispers, emails, and even bumper stickers.  During Mr. Clinton’s administration it ...

From DAVID R. STOKES, Town Hall,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton,  Harry Reid,  William Tweed,  John F. Kennedy

David R. Stokes: The November Chronicles

Mark Twain often suggested that history doesn’t always repeat itself, “but it does rhyme.” This chronological cadence is particularly true when you note some of the key events in the past century that happened in early November. November 7, 1917 was ...

From DAVID R. STOKES, Town Hall,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ronald Reagan,  Barack Obama,  Mikhail Gorbachev

David R. Stokes: Fahrenheit 1611

Define irony. Well, how about this: Staging an event to burn Bibles on what many Protestant Christians observe as Reformation Day, remembering October 31, 1517, the moment in history when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on that church door in ...

From DAVID R. STOKES, Town Hall,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Rick Warren,  Billy Graham

David R. Stokes: Russia Rejects Our Reset Button in Favor of Theirs

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got a lesson in geopolitics this past week. It may be best described by comparing the now-all-rage reset button metaphor to that gizmo put out by office supply giant, Staples - yes, that red button that when ...

From DAVID R. STOKES, Town Hall,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: George F. Kennan,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Paul Nitze,  Joe Biden,  Nicholas Thompson

David R. Stokes: What Can We Learn From Conservatism In Europe?

The speaker talked of dreams. He communicated a compelling personal narrative, including a description of profound pain. He also told his enthusiastic audience, “It’s time to shake things up!” A 43-year old rising political star clearly made a ...

From DAVID R. STOKES, Town Hall,  11 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Cameron,  UK Conservative Party,  Tony Blair,  UK Labour Party

David R. Stokes: Conservatism and The Commonwealth

Evangelical Christian voter erosion away from the Republicans and toward the Democrats in 2008 was undoubtedly a significant factor in the election of Barack Obama.  It didn’t work out too badly for those clinging to his coattails, either.  But will ...

From DAVID R. STOKES, Town Hall,  4 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bob McDonnell,  Barack Obama,  Ken Cuccinelli

David R. Stokes: A Community Organizer Takes On the World

President Barack Obama’s visit to the United Nations this past week, complete with a major address and some quality time with a gavel, was yet another step in the process of seizing a much sought after role.   For decades, U.S. presidents have ...

From DAVID R. STOKES, Town Hall,  27 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  United Nations,  Richard Nixon,  Margaret Thatcher,  Michael Moore

David R. Stokes: Missiles, Crocodiles, And Doves

Cue the doves in places like Prague, Warsaw, Moscow, Tehran, and Caracas. Peace is at hand. Peace in our time. Central Europe, the region that has provided the kindling for so many of the conflicts that have burst forth into full flame for nearly 100 ...

From DAVID R. STOKES, Town Hall,  20 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Neville Chamberlain,  Barack Obama,  Yogi Berra,  Adolf Hitler,  Sean Connery

David R. Stokes: Are Seniors Being Targeted?

By the autumn of 1944, and in the wake of the very successful landings in Normandy the previous June, Allied troops and commanders in the field, and civilian authorities in Washington, D.C. and London, were confident of victory in Europe. It was just a ...

From DAVID R. STOKES, Town Hall,  13 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Yogi Berra

David R. Stokes: The Politics of Personality

Thomas Cronin, currently the McHugh Professor of American Institutions and Leadership at Colorado College, wrote an essay nearly 40 years ago entitled “Superman: Our Textbook President.” He had studied college political science textbooks for the ...

From DAVID R. STOKES, Town Hall,  6 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Gerald Ford,  Ronald Reagan,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama

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