Category: Future of Conservatism

May 19, 2010

The Danger of Doing Good Things

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 19 May 2010

The fall of Rep. Mark Souder (R-In.) will certainly raise the hackles of many on the left. “There goes another ‘family values’ guy. *snicker*” The Congressman is resigning effective Friday after admitting to an affair.

Each time, it comes out that …

May 13, 2010

Social Conservatism is Fiscal Conservatism #2: The Folly of Social Libertarianism

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 13 May 2010

In our first part, we began to look at the essential nature of strong families and strong faith communities to the resolution of fiscal problems. In this number, we examine social libertarianism.

In critiquing libertarianism, one has to be careful. …

May 12, 2010

Social Conservatism is Fiscal Conservatism #1: Introduction

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 12 May 2010

If you want to cause eyes to instantaneously roll on a conservative forum, raise a social conservative issue. In the midst of a heated discussion that will assuredly follow, someone will be sure to say, “Can we talk about real …

May 8, 2010

Scorched Earth

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 08 May 2010

Is it time for the left to get some well-deserved payback? The Conservative site, Respect the Great Game thinks so. They want to know why mlb.com is allowing Keith Olbermann to post on an official blog.

Incredible hypocrisy is going …

December 29, 2009

Sorry, But We Do Need Leaders or You Don’t Save the Republic Herding Cats

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 29 Dec 2009

Warner Tood Huston has a quite prescient piece on the perils faced by the Tea Party Movement in 2010:
Here’s the problem and, as I see it, it’s a problem that is actually sort of built right into the Tea …

October 13, 2009

My latest Pajamas Media Piece on Beck

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 13 Oct 2009

My latest piece is up at Pajamas Media, focusing on Glenn Beck. Here’s an excerpt:
The debate over Glenn Beck is fascinating, but both sides have missed the real truth. Glenn Beck’s current position of prominence is a problem, but …

August 23, 2009

Hannan v. Cameron: The Battle for Conservatism

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 23 Aug 2009

My latest column is at Pajamas Media:
British Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan appeared on Glenn Beck’s show to opine on ObamaCare. His advice: “Don’t do it.”

He called the NHS “a 60-year failure” and pointed out that Britain had adopted its …

June 27, 2009

The Conservatives Should Stand Their Ground

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 27 Jun 2009

Here’s an excerpt of one of my two recent pieces at Pajamas Media:
Since the day after John McCain lost the election, a battle has raged. “Pragmatists” have demanded that conservatives, particularly social conservatives, compromise their values in order to …

May 29, 2009

Young Guns: What to Make of Conservative Teen Pundits?

Filed under: Future of Conservatism - 29 May 2009

My latest Pajamas Media post is up:
He was a finalist for Time’s 100 most influential people. He’s got a radio show in the works and has a book on its way to the stores. This past Friday, he made …

May 27, 2009

Top Bloggers to NRSC: Stay Out of Primaries

Filed under: Future of Conservatism,Politics - 27 May 2009

The big guns of the conservative blogosphere have got a message for Senator John Conryn (R-Tx) and the NRSC:
Dear Senator Cornyn, 

We the undersigned believe that the National Republican Senatorial Committee should be committed to serving ALL the members of …

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