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August 2016

August 30, 2016

May 2016

May 17, 2016

In the course of an essay on the history and negative consequences of progressivism, Bradley...

March 2016

March 15, 2016

Young voters prefer socialism, reject conservatism

A poll of first and second-time voters, age 18 to 26, has found that two-thirds...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

Where is your town on the political spectrum?

A "political technology" company called Crowdpac has analyzed the campaign contributions of nearly 5,000 towns...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

The Pope’s sermon to America

Pope Francis addressed a joint session of Congress, taking the opportunity to preach against tenets...

September 21, 2015

What Donald Trump won’t talk about

Have you noticed that Donald Trump almost never mentions the words "freedom" or "liberty"? Or...

June 2015

June 11, 2015

Evolution vs. liberalism

In the course of a discussion about an article by a feminist attacking transgendered folks...

May 2015

May 11, 2015

Conservative victory in Great Britain

Despite the polls, despite the media, and despite the pundits that were already analyzing Great...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

The Twelve Principles of Conservatism (from 1960)

I blogged about the death of M. Stanton Evans, one of whose accomplishments was to...

March 12, 2015

Big corporations support gay marriage

Belying the leftist myth that big corporations are conservative, 379 major businesses filed friend-of-the-court briefs...

March 10, 2015

Death of a conservative

M. Stanton Evans, one of the founders of modern conservatism, died at age 80 in...

May 2014

May 23, 2014

Anti-American conservatism?

Conservative think-tanker Peter Wehner cites recent speeches by Wayne La Pierre, Ben Carson, and Michelle...

May 22, 2014

Putin as conservative?

The word "conservative" means different things in the United States and Europe. American conservatives tend...

May 14, 2014

The free market vs. conservatism

Conservatives tend to support the free market. But the free market doesn't necessarily support conservatism. ...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

A conservative alternative to Obamacare?

A conservative alternative to Obamacare has been unveiled. Read about it after the jump. Then...

February 12, 2014

Conservative liberalism vs. progressive liberalism

Edmund Burke is considered the father of modern conservatism, while his contemporary Thomas Paine is...

February 10, 2014

Pro-American vs. Anti-American conservatives

Political theorist Patrick J. Deneen notes two different and conflict schools among Roman Catholic conservatives: ...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Conservatives launch war on poverty

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) is the founder of the Tea Party Caucus, a true limited-government...

November 13, 2013

Has America shifted to the left?

The recent elections herald a political shift in America to the left. So says liberal...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

What the crises in health care and higher education have in common

Patrick J. Deneen writes about the similarities between the current crises in health care and...

October 08, 2013

Self-interest vs. ideology

Is it better in the realm of politics to stand on principle or to pursue...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

Our military as “Al-Qaeda’s Air Force”

Quote of the week: “We should be focused on defending the United States of America....

August 2013

August 06, 2013

Socially conservative but economically liberal

Luke Foster notes a new breed of Christian political activists. They are social conservatives--pro-life, pro-traditional...

August 06, 2013

What are we to make of Teddy Roosevelt?

Theodore Roosevelt was a Republican. He was also a Progressive. Showing that contemporary categories don't...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

Edmund Burke’s version of conservatism

The (liberal) E. J. Dionne discusses Edmund Burke: The First Conservative by British lawmaker Jesse...

July 01, 2013

Do conservatives need to be Catholics?

According to some circles, in order to be a consistent conservative, you really need to...

May 2013

May 09, 2013

Our partnership with the dead, the living, and the unborn

Peter Wehner quotes British journalist Charles Moore, reviewing Jesse Norman's new biography of the 18th...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Civil war within the Republican party?

The John McCain wing of the Republican party and the Rand Paul wing of the...

March 12, 2013

Big business vs. free enterprise

Ezra Klein tells about young conservative think-tanker Derek Khanna, who wrote at his bosses' behest...

February 2013

February 22, 2013

Democrats and Republicans reverse roles

Have you noticed that it's now the Democrats who are trying to wage a culture...