Karol Markowicz

New Hampshire still has the power to surprise tonight.  If Jon Huntsman pulls an upset, and I don't mean surprising people with a second place finish, I mean an honest to goodness ran...

Barack Obama was supposed to lead us into a post-racial America. Instead, his presidency has become a study in incompetency with an accusation of racism toward anyone who dares say so.

With no hope at getting the Jewish vote, conservative candidates stand with Israel consistently and fully, yet American Jews follow their tradition of voting for Democrats even against their own interests. 

I've been open about my long-time admiration and respect for Herman Cain. I defended him against dubious charges of sexual harassment—and I would defend him from those charges still. ...

Once the candidates are on the stage it's not right to exclude them from the questions based on these poll numbers. This kind of action may actually impact those polls. -Karol Marko...

To frequently insult the Israeli leader in this way is to insult Israelis themselves. -Karol Markowicz, It's A Free Country blogger.

The problem becomes, however, that Not Mitt Romney can mean a lot of things. It can mean Newt Gingrich. It can mean Michelle Bachmann. It can mean Ron Paul. -Karol Markowicz, It's A...

Cain is the kind of guy who is exactly the same behind the scenes as he is when he's "on". He's honest and direct. There's no nonsense with him. His charm is not a flirtatious char...

Herman Cain's polling numbers are out of this world for a candidate with no money, little organization and no previous political experience. It seems like his campaign team decided to...

To be an Obama supporter, you have to cheer him when he finally says that troops will be out of Iraq completely by December 2011 and pretend the president has kept his promises. -Kar...

I'm biased toward Israel because it is the only democracy, the only free country, the only healthy, functioning culture in the Middle East. It is a land where free speech is encourage...

Instead of donating her money to charity, or finding another way to help those truly in need, she is counting on the government to give her money away. -Karol Markowicz, It's A Free...

"Tonight the light of love in your eyes, but will you still love me tomorrow?" Primaries are exposing and embarrassing for the party involved. They inevitably lead to infighting, dir...

It's clear that they want "anyone but Romney." Poor Romney, the guy who is good enough, smart enough, and gosh darnit people just don't like him. Why? -Karol Markowicz, It's A Free ...

Ronald Reagan lived up to so many principles that Conservatives seem to only expect to hear "in theory" these days. -Karol Markowicz, It's A Free Country blogger.

It's no longer summer. People aren't grilling or drinking or beaching. They're home on their couches flipping channels under a blanket. Autumn is here and these candidates now have...

That bigger problem, of course, is that the government gave out half a billion dollars to a company employing 1100 people, and that this was considered a success (before it wasn't). T...

Russians in America are natural conservatives. They lived under Communism, they've seen liberalism taken to its natural conclusion. -Karol Markowicz, It's A Free Country blogger.

I fall into camp who thinks commemoration is necessary, though I find as the years go on it actually gets harder for me to tell my story and to hear the stories of others. -Karol Ma...

It's been months since Tucson but it's hard to forget the repulsive behavior exhibited by so many on the left. The finger-pointing in the wake of that tragedy was unacceptable and unf...