Principled Policy Blog

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday June 11, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis explain that there are other choices in the presidential, and other, races. We also talk about what the 2 major party conventions might look like.  We also analyze an important special election- for John Boehner’s old seat- in which […]

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday May 21, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis point out some problems with thinking in Republicans who both do and don’t support the presumptive nominee of the party, Donald Trump. We also discuss the rise of the independents and how they may impact the results in the […]

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday April 16, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze some of the machinations of the various candidates to gather convention delegates by using the rules vs those candidates who cry about “unfair” treatment under well-established and publicized party rules. Article links- Facts behind the Colorado RNC delegate […]

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday April 9, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis examine current events surrounding the current election period (the silly season) and how God’s hand is evident in it. We also use the upcoming conventions as a jumping off point to discuss conventions in general and their functions and […]

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday April 2, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis parse the primary election results. To be sure we draw some very different conclusions than most other analysts.

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 19, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze the recently completed Ohio election primary and sort out what some of the results mean (notwithstanding what the main stream media says they mean).

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 5, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis begin to look down the road to the July Republican convention. We begin to count the corpses of the dead presidential campaigns and attempt to do quick post-mortems on the remains. Article links- Mitt Romney says “Knowing what I […]

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday February 27, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis do our best to analyze the upcoming Super Tuesday presidential primary elections.   Article links- Breitbart Livewire election updates The Federalist’s quick update on the Republican presidential update

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday February 20, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the judicial philosophy of late associate Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia. We also discuss the possible impacts of his sudden death. Article links- Wikipedia attempts to tackle the philosophy of “Originalism” and, surprisingly, does a good job. Senators […]

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday February 13, 2016. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis begin by discussing the upcoming Relationships Under Construction banquet and the organization behind the banquet. We also discuss bills that would serve to de-fund Planned Parenthood and it’s (literal) “chop shop” human spare parts operation. We analyze the Ohio […]