Editor’s Note: In this exclusive interview, Zev Chafets discusses his book Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One, the speculation that Rush Limbaugh will be “destroyed eventually,” Rush’s Fox News connection, and more.

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: Your new book is Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One, and people will be surprised about some of the biographical content therein.  What would you say surprised you most about the man during the course of your studies?

ZEV CHAFETS: The thing that surprised me  most was Rush’s willingness to let me into what has been a somewhat closed world.  He gave me a huge amount of time, and while I doubt he spilled every secret, he never lied to me about anything, which, in my professional experience, is unusual. As far as his biography is concerned, I was impressed by the degree to which Rush’s worldview was–and remains–shaped by his father. A large part of Rush’s life has been dedicated to winning his father’s respect and approval.

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Editor’s Note: In this exclusive interview, congressional candidate Terri McCormick takes on her opponent, Washington insiders, politics as usual, and issues that matter to the people of Wisconsin.

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: Your campaign for Congress features the phrase “credibility cannot be borrowed.”  Is this a reference to runaway government spending?

TERRI McCORMICK: It actually refers to integrity in the political process and the current state of politics in our country.  People are desperate for no-nonsense leaders with integrity and proven records of telling the truth, standing up for principles, and using the same common sense we use in our private lives.  No more “favors for votes.”  When I was in the legislature, I had a reputation of bucking the party line and voting independently from issue to issue.  I was not in it for the special interest politics that plagues Madison and Washington, but I was in it to return our country to common sense principles that we also can find in our Constitution.

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Editor’s Note: In this exclusive interview noted historian, author, and frequent Glenn Beck guest discusses his new book, American history, politics, his upcoming documentary on the Berlin Wall, and more.

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: Your new book is 7 Events that Made America America and Proved the Founding Fathers were Right All Along.  The title suggests, at least to this reader, a discussion of seven positive events that made America great, but in reality these are seven major flaws that have developed in our nation throughout the years.  As of this moment in time do you see America’s glass as half empty or half full?

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Editor’s Note: In this exclusive interview,  author Rick Robinson discusses his latest political thriller, American symbolism, the retirement of Senator Jim Bunning, and more.

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: Your new book Manifest Destiny is a political thriller that revolves around an obscure but important symbol called the Mace.  What is it, and how did this idea occur to you?

RICK ROBINSON: The Mace is one of the great symbols of our Republic.  Physically its thirteen ebony rods bound together with silver ribbon. At the top of the rods is a globe with an eagle perched atop it, its wings spread full.  Symbolically, it represents the fact that power in Congress does not rest with any single person.  The Mace represents the

presence of the Republic itself.  No session of the House can start until it is placed on the rostrum and no session ends until it is removed.  When a Member of Congress gets out of hand, the Sergeant at Arms is instructed to “present” the Mace in an effort to get the Member under control.  That happened a lot during the debate leading up to the Civil War.

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Editor’s Note: In this exclusive interview, Dr. Eamonn Butler of the Adam Smith Institute discusses his new book The Alternative Manifesto as well as economics and politics in the UK and the U.S.

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: Your new book is The Alternative Manifesto: A 12-Step Programme to Remake Britain.  An American who reads it would be quick to notice the similarities between the situation there and in the United States, both economically and politically, but the situation there does seem worse.  Do you agree?

DR. EAMONN BUTLER: In the UK, Parliament is sovereign. There are no formal, constitutional checks and balances as there are in the US. It’s like cricket – the system depends on people just ‘playing the game’ with its unwritten rules. Unfortunately, the 24-hour media demand and other changes have made our system more ‘presidential’, where most attention is focused on the prime minister, rather than on the government as a team. Charismatic leaders, like Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, have taken more and more control to the centre, and because our executive (around 120 ministers) also sits in the House of Commons, Parliament rarely votes against executive policy. So there has been nothing to stop this centralization. So our state-funded services – healthcare, education, welfare, police, the justice system and much more – have ended up being run from the centre, in top-down, Stalinist fashion. Not surprisingly the public services just consume more and more money without delivering results, while police and justice officials have become agents of the state rather than guardians of the people. Equally, though, with our system we can reverse things quickly too, as Margaret Thatcher reversed our social and economic decline in the 1980s. So an enlightened government can change all this. But it means giving up power and devolving it back to the people – which no politician is really very good at.

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Editor’s Note: In this exclusive interview, FairTax advocate and author Ken Hoagland discusses everything from Teddy Roosevelt’s progressive agenda to the surprising progressive nature of the FairTax.

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: Mr. Hoagland, people know they don?t like the current tax system, but they hear similar terms like Flat Tax and FairTax, and it might start running together.  Why the FairTax and not the Flat Tax?

KEN HOAGLAND: The FairTax is a national retail consumption tax that lifts all federal taxes from earnings of any sort—including personal and business earnings. The Flat Tax, while better than the overly complicated and corrupted current system, still taxes the engines of our economy—work, savings and investments. The Flat Tax also continues the FICA payroll tax for Social Security and Medicare on top of a Flat Tax rate while the FairTax eliminates both income taxes and the highly regressive FICA payroll  tax.

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Editor’s Note: In this interview, J.D. Hayworth discusses his primary campaign for U.S. Senate against John McCain, his distaste for  Big Government, the need for border security, his “involvement” with the Birther movement, and more.

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: Congressman Hayworth, you have a monumental task ahead of you, namely defeating the 2008 Republican standard bearer in the 2010 primaries.  What is it that has changed in a year and a half that gives you confidence in this race?

J.D. HAYWORTH: What continues to change more than anything is John McCain, who I actually campaigned for way back in 2000.  He continues to abandon core conservative principles and the voters in Arizona have noticed.  There was a poll last year that showed that more than 60% of Arizona Republicans felt that John McCain did not share their conservative values.  After that, there was a Rasmussen poll that showed he and I running neck-and-neck in a hypothetical matchup.  Then you have to add the wonderful reawakening of this country’s patriotic base.  Obama has shown us what the future looks like if we do not get our act together and elect real, consistent conservatives to office.

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ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE:  Senator Santorum, you spearhead what’s called the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Program Protect America’s Freedom.   At this moment what is the biggest threat to America’s freedom, and what action should we take against it?

SENATOR SANTORUM: The biggest threat to our nation’s security is the war against radical Islam.  Since 9/11/01, I have said that we need to accurately identify our enemy so that we can effectively defeat it.  The radical Islamists who are hell bent on destroying our way of life and prosperity aren’t just simply terrorists – terror is a tactic – they are an
ideological enemy who will use their own people as weapons.

I also believe that a nuclear-armed Iran and its rogue president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an enormous threat to our nation’s security.  However, one bright spot is Iran’s Green Revolution. It continues to grow and could lead Iran into a revolution that may end Ahmadinejad’s reign.
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In this exclusive interview, Economics Professor and Rush Limbaugh guest host Walter E. Williams tackles everything from the economy to the Great Depression to “Black Economics” to the perfect gift for the Mrs. this holiday season.

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE: In your book, Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism, you wrote that American education is “in shambles.”  Simultaneously there is a major push to have more and more people attend college.  These students are the freshmen in your classes, so what’s the most egregious example of miseducation you have seen personally in the classroom?

WALTER E. WILLIAMS: Oh, well.  I’ve seen students who cannot do simple mathematical computations, students who have very poor use of the language.  Let me give you one example.  Some years ago (I haven’t noticed it recently or I haven’t taught the introductory classes where I do get a lot of freshmen.) I’ve come across students writing in their bluebook.  They cite something, and spell it several different ways, site, cite, sight, not being able to differentiate between the various terms.  Then a lot of it is that students are many times just plain lazy.  They don’t want to do the work.  They expect a high grade for a mediocre performance.

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Adam Smith, Father of Modern Economics

An All Right Magazine Exclusive Interview

ALL RIGHT MAGAZINE:  Dr. Bulter, you are the director of the Adam Smith Institute, a leading British economic think tank named for the Father of Economics, Adam Smith.  If Adam Smith were here today, observing the current economic situation in Britain and America, what would he say?

DR. EAMONN BUTLER: Probably “What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.” Or, I guess, republic. In other words, households are doing the right thing by tightening their belts, reducing their costs, looking for new sources of income, and paying down debt. That’s how you get out of trouble when you have overspent and over borrowed. Our governments, by contrast, seem to think they can spend their way out of overspending and borrow their way out of debt. You don’t have to be the father of modern economics to know that.

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