David Leeper’s 40-year career in engineering includes senior- and officer-level management positions at ATT Bell Labs, Bellcore, Motorola, and Intel. David’s interest in politics grew gradually, and then all at once, with the election of 2008. He has been a writer and videographer for Western Free Press since December, 2010. Now retired, he lives in Scottsdale, AZ with his wife of 40 years. Both are active in volunteer work and politics. David holds a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
Stories by David Leeper
Despite the clear historical record of failure and misery, millions still aspire to the false promises of redistributionism and socialism. Why?
As a social goal and political philosophy, redistribution (aka “spread the wealth around”) sounds really good — at first. It sounds like caring, sharing, and fairness. And those are all good things. If it’s “done right” by the “right people”, shared prosperity through redistribution of wealth should work, no?
On October 2, Curtis Bowers, writer, producer, director, and star of the documentary “Agenda, Grinding America Down”, appeared in person at the East Valley Tea Party in Mesa, AZ. Mr. Bowers is a former Representative in the Idaho State Legislature.
Tens of thousands of copies of “Agenda” have been sold, and millions have seen its compelling story. It has raised levels of awareness all across America to the (at best misguided) intentions of the Left and their …
Wow! I’m giddy. I was surprised and thrilled by Gov. Romney’s performance in last night’s debate (Oct. 3). I watched the debate with 7 other Conservatives, time-delayed by a Tivo box so that we could halt the action and toss in our own comments.
Several of us were apprehensive at the outset, but by the end of the debate we had worked ourselves into a frenzy of excitement, shouting “Yes! Yes! Yes!” as he pounded home those …
In this video, Bishop E W Jackson delivers a message like those from Star Parker, Artur Davis, Thomas Sowell, Allen West, Tim Scott, C. L. Bryant, J. C. Watts, Mia Love, Vernon Parker, and other fine American writers, speakers, and Conservative politicians who are standing tall against the racialist groupthink and Statism of the Democrat Party.
Godspeed to all …
David Coughlin is a fine Conservative writer. He publishes weekly “Musings” and “Views on the News” on his website and in his free email updates.
I find his “musings” to be incisive, often inspiring, and sometimes encouraging. They are great discussion starters. Here are a few from this week:
Politics – Barack Obama is running against Mitt Romney for President, while Romney is running against Obama, the Mainstream Media, and the left-leaning pollsters.
Politics – The Republican Party looks very different, running more …
The only way Americans can possibly forgive Obama’s abysmal record is to deceive themselves into thinking that no one else could have done any better.
Based on his DNC speech, Bill Clinton is being widely quoted as having said precisely that. Even on his Sept 28 radio show, Rush Limbaugh quoted Clinton several times as having said no one could have done any better than Obama. It’s ostensibly Clinton’s “great gift” to Obama — offering up the …
In clear and simple English, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly on Sept 27.
The Prime Minister spent a short time on the history of the Jewish people and Israel, followed by a description and denunciation of Iran’s attempts to build nuclear weapons with which to attack other countries in the Middle East, Europe, or America.
Netanyahu had only positive remarks about Obama administration efforts to discourage Iran through sanctions, although some pundits have characterized those remarks as …
During the Republican Primary campaigns, Conservatives were assured by the Republican Establishment that Mitt Romney was the most electable of all the Republican candidates. Romney was the “safe” candidate. Herman Cain was just an “entertainment” candidate (said Charles Krauthammer), and Newt Gingrich had too much “baggage”. Santorum, Perry, and Bachmann all had their supposed “flaws” and ultimately fell by the wayside.
So Gov. Romney got the nomination, and Conservatives everywhere have lined up behind him. He’ll make …
On September 25, Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett addressed the press and public on the voter registration issues in Arizona. The venue was Catholic Charities Community Services, Phoenix.
Mr. Bennett spoke generally about key issues and then took questions from the public. He described penalties for illegal voting as well as several cases of illegal voting his office is pursuing.
Mr. Bennett also answered press questions for a few minutes. Many of those questions seemed intended to get Mr. …
The image on this page is the official new flag emblem of the Obama campaign. You can see it at this link and read more, including initial reactions, at this link.
You just can’t make this stuff up.
Note how the 50 stars have vanished, symbolizing the end of federalism. Evidently, there is no more need for those 50 laboratories trying different approaches to individual freedom and prosperity for their citizens. The wisdom of …
