Articles by Lee Edwards

EconomyCommentary

What Americans Really Think About Socialism

Lee Edwards | June 07, 2019

A new Gallup poll confirms what other surveys have reported: A disturbingly high percentage of Americans, about 4 in 10, now look favorably on socialism…. Read More

SocietyCommentary

What Bernie Sanders Missed on His Soviet Honeymoon

Lee Edwards | May 10, 2019

Bernie Sanders and I have little in common, given his passionate commitment to “democratic” socialism and my firm belief in individual freedom. But we do… Read More

EconomyCommentary

3 of the Most Telling Failures of Socialism

Lee Edwards | April 24, 2019

Some conservatives may be discouraged by the latest surveys confirming that nearly one-half of millennials are receptive to living under socialism and regard capitalism as a captive of greed…. Read More

EconomyCommentary

Socialism Is a Rigid Ideology That Always Ends in Tyranny

Lee Edwards | March 06, 2019

Q: What did socialists use before candles? A: Electricity. It’s an old joke, sure. But it’s no laughing matter. Just ask the people of Venezuela. The socialist regime… Read More

EconomyCommentary

The True Meaning of That Green New Deal

Lee Edwards | February 13, 2019

It would be easy to dismiss the Green New Deal as an impossible progressive dream, but that would be a mistake. The Green New Deal… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

What Bill Buckley Would Say to Conservatives Today

Lee Edwards | December 14, 2018

Without a doubt, Bill Buckley would have happily joined the recent National Review Caribbean cruise, which sailed from Key West to the Dominican Republic to… Read More

SocietyCommentary

This Man Helped Bring Conservatism Back to Life

Lee Edwards | November 09, 2018

It’s been nearly a quarter of a century since the passing of intellectual historian and “master of letters” Russell Kirk, but his influence, far from… Read More

SocietyCommentary

‘First Man’ Omission of the Flag Will Not Rewrite US History

Lee Edwards | September 05, 2018

The director and the star of “First Man,” a forthcoming film about Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11, are congratulating themselves for leaving out one of… Read More

SocietyCommentary

At FreedomFest, Libertarians Debate Whether Glass Is Half Full or Half Empty

Lee Edwards | July 24, 2018

Libertarians are a bundle of contradictions. At this year’s FreedomFest in Las Vegas, purveyors of doom and gloom in tailored Brioni suits warned their fellow… Read More

SocietyCommentary

On the Fourth of July, Honoring American Exceptionalism and an Exceptional American, Charles Krauthammer

Lee Edwards | July 04, 2018

Amid all the pomp and parades, the fireworks and other illuminations, the hot dogs and the ice cream, the home runs and the World Cup… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Remember the Heroes of Flight 93 on Memorial Day

Lee Edwards | May 25, 2018

Shanksville, Pennsylvania, is far removed from the busy bustle of Wall Street in New York City and the secure grounds of the Pentagon in Washington,… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Remembering Richard Pipes, a Cold Warrior Extraordinaire

Lee Edwards | May 18, 2018

Richard Pipes was a distinguished Russian historian, influential public intellectual, and top adviser to President Ronald Reagan who helped end the 44-year-old Cold War. He… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Why Reagan Remains Highly Relevant Almost 30 Years Later

Lee Edwards | May 15, 2018

Have you noticed? Liberals are counseling conservatives to be “realistic” and no longer look to Ronald Reagan for answers to the problems of 2018 and… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

How One Man Invented the Conservative Movement

Lee Edwards | February 27, 2018

Is it really a decade since the passing of William F. Buckley Jr., who wrote more and debated more and mentored more than any other… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

What Made Reagan a Truly Great Communicator

Lee Edwards | February 05, 2018

In his 1989 farewell address to the American people, President Ronald Reagan corrected the simplistic notion that he was simply a great communicator by saying:… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Christmas Reminds Us That Our Spiritual Nature Endures

Lee Edwards | December 20, 2017

Let us first agree on how not to celebrate Christmas: by standing in a Walmart check-out line. Let’s get our priorities straight. The spiritual takes… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

I Worked on Barry Goldwater’s Campaign. Here’s the Moment I Knew It Was Over.

Lee Edwards | November 20, 2017

In prime time on Thursday, July 16, 1964, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., was introduced to the Republican National Convention and the country by the great… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Veterans Sacrificed Their Freedom So That We Can Enjoy It

Lee Edwards | November 08, 2017

Our veterans deserve more than an official holiday and special sales at Walmart and Kohl’s. They warrant our thanks for putting themselves in harm’s way… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

3 Proofs That the Conservative Movement Is Alive and Well

Lee Edwards | September 26, 2017

For those who think the conservative movement is in disarray and may be even close to cracking up, I call attention to three anniversaries being… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

CNN Documentary Gets Reagan’s Legacy Wrong

Lee Edwards | September 07, 2017

Is it possible to devote 90 minutes of prime TV time to Ronald Reagan as an actor who changed the presidency through his use of… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Freedom Fest Shows the Liberty Movement Is Alive and Well

Lee Edwards | July 27, 2017

While Hollywood actor William Shatner, TV commentator John Stossel, documentary movie maker Dinesh D’Souza, economist Steve Moore, political philosopher George Gilder, and entrepreneur John Mackey,… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Trump Defends the West

Lee Edwards | July 07, 2017

There is something about a crisis and a foreign venue that brings out the best in an American president. In June 1963, when the Berlin… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

How One Man Helped Propel the American Revolution

Lee Edwards | July 03, 2017

That the brilliant wordsmith Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence is indisputable, but a lesser-known fact is that the man… Read More

SocietyCommentary

30 Years Ago, the Berlin Wall Began to Crumble. Now, We Honor the Victims of Communism.

Lee Edwards | June 08, 2017

A key element of the Reagan Doctrine that ended the Cold War was the delivery of the right speech at precisely the right time. In… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Meaning of Memorial Day, From the Civil War On

Lee Edwards | May 26, 2017

As we pause this Memorial Day to honor those who died so that we might enjoy the blessings of liberty, here are some facts to… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Measuring Trump’s First 100 Days in Office

Lee Edwards | May 01, 2017

The first time that “the First 100 Days” was used as a political yardstick was in 1933 during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first months in… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Obama Bests Monroe, Madison, Clinton on Historians’ List of Great Presidents

Lee Edwards | February 22, 2017

Abraham Lincoln, who preserved the Union and ended slavery, is our greatest president while immediate predecessor James Buchanan, who dithered and dallied while war clouds… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Trump Inauguration Protesters Dishonor Long-Held Principle

Lee Edwards | January 18, 2017

More than any other political act, the orderly transfer of power from one administration to another at a presidential inauguration demonstrates convincingly that we are… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Christmas With the Presidents

Lee Edwards | December 21, 2016

Christmas is a time of celebration and coming together, of letting go of old—and not so old—hurts and looking forward to a new day and… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Thanksgiving Through the Years

Lee Edwards | November 23, 2016

George Washington was first in war, first in peace, and in November 1789, the first president to proclaim a national day of thanksgiving, openly acknowledging… Read More