Conservatives in the U.S. like to put forth the idea that those who founded the USA did so on conservative principles. Of the fundamental tenants (not dogmas or doctrines, according to Kirk) mentioned in the previous post, which are in agreement with the principles of the American Founding? A Whig in the British Parliament, Edmund [...]
Archive for June, 2008
It's Official: I am not a conservative!! (Shhh! I'm a radical)
June 18th, 2008
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In an effort to understand conservatism, I started reading Russell Kirk’s The Conservative Mind. Kirk, via his influential book, is considered the Father of the conservative resurgence that occurred in America and Britain starting in the late 1960′s and reaching its pinnacle in the 1980′s with the Reagan administration in the U.S. and Prime Minister [...]
The Idealist's Idealistic Election Reality
June 4th, 2008
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Well, it now seems that we are down to two main presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama. Interestingly, both represent the more liberal portion of their respective parties’ ideologies. The question is, who should you vote for and why?
