conservatism

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=95B8F233-3048-5C12-0029F56B532B8EC8 A good step in the right (no pun intended) direction. If conservatism is to reclaim it's "personal freedom" cred, opposing marijuana laws is a good place to start.

I heard a caller complain that conservatism was in decline and that some should be done at once to revive it. Mr. Limabugh's response was to deny the claim using a syllogism. "My listener numbers are doing very well. I am conservatism. Therefore, conservatism is doing well." I think it...

It seems to me that the problem with the conservative movement in America is that that there are three movements really which though intertwined are altogether different. I started thinking about this after reading the "no true conservative thread" and the article linked within. The...

An incisive piece by Austin Bramwell, who was once a trustee at the National Review. While this analysis is a case of someone closing the door after the horse has galloped off, an analysis better made in, say, May of 2002, he lays out the malaise that reared up and just bit GW Bush in the...

Sorry if there is a good place to discuss this already, but I don't know of one. I hope this will be a place to debate the merits of Liberalism or Conservatism in a rational (Oh deus, WHAT HAVE I DONE?!), logical, and polite manner. Note: I am a US citizen. I, personally, am a godless...

I gre up in a conservative family and i do not rcall violence being the cntre for sorting the worlds ills, on the contrary the ideaology seemed at least, if not the practice, to sterr clear of violence and keep order at all codts. So when did conservatism turn to the violent prescriptions that...

I'm cross posting a couple of posts and threads referencing a new book by an editorial writer from my home town newspaper The Dallas Morning News. I think everyone on the political spectrum will find Rod Dreher's ideas worthy of contemplation, if not necessarily adoption. Let me know what you...

Split 'cause I really think it's a different discussion. Also, a fun discussion. I think on this board the lunatic left is better represented than the lunatic right. I think the reason for this is simply that the staunch conservatives such as Manny, BPSCG, Jocko and others are a lot more...

My appologies if this has been brought up elsewhere. I've got a Yahoo! alert going on for "Intelligent Design Dover" and this morning it brought me, among other things, this: George Will: GOP is discrediting true conservatism I liked the commentary for a number of reasons. First, he echos...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/which-way.html One line I have a little trouble with is where he asks how did conservative intellectuals go from hating big government in the 1990's to loving it now. Actually, he goes on to suggest, and libertarians have to be careful about this, that...

Which explains why: (1) They try to avoid reality whenever possible. (2) They appear to be suffering from concussion.

to the people who are both on this board (and there seem to be quite a few)...How do they fit with each other? It seems there are some key points which are in direct conflict with each other. Don't you find the way this administration views stem-cell research completely lacking in reason? How...

if anyone cares to know.........this question was asked of me : I was very politically active as a liberal throughout school and a year after graduating. I had an art driven radioshow dedicated to expressing revolution and social change. I protested the government and pushed it as far as I...

Frank Rich in today's NYT writes: The article, titled "Top Gun versus Total Recall" compares the Hollywood images of Bush and Ahnold and is worth reading. Maher's quip aside, I'm curious as to how conservatives, ordinarily uncompromising in their rhetoric, can fully support this guy. The Daily...