RIP Jack Kemp, 1935-2009

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  May 2nd at 10:59 PM  | 

Just saw this reported: Jack Kemp, a giant of the modern conservative movement, has died after a bout with cancer. Kemp never won national or even statewide office, and his gravelly wonkishness wasn’t always the epitome of charisma, but his political career was a testament to the power of ideas, simple ideas like human freedom and the potential of the individual to do better for | Read More »