Category: Conservatism
Yes, Rebuild the Party, But Figure Out What’s at the Core First
The Washington Post has an interesting enough article about a pair of Republicans who have started to try to drag the party out of the mire of its last two election defeats. The web site, RebuildTheParty.com, is nice and all and Ruffini and Finn’s manifesto hits the right chords but…I don’t know. It reminds me [...]
Kathleen Parker, Live from the Crazy Train
I’m beginning to think that something bad happened to Kathleen Parker about two months ago. Either a random Christian ran up behind her and yelled “boo” which caused her to drop her expensive Starbucks latte or someone told her that Sarah Palin was a hell of a lot hotter than she is. Whatever happened, it [...]
David Brooks: Garbage In Garbage Out
I know that more than a couple bloggers have chimed in on David Brooks’ recent column in the New York Times wherein he divides conservatives up as either “traditionalists” or “reformers” then tries to figure out what it all means. Brooks being Brooks, he more or less muddles through things until he reaches the general [...]
Sniveling Isn’t A Leadership Quality
I haven’t read a lot of those books on leadership lately, but I’m pretty sure that the way to distinguish yourself from your peers as Presidential material doesn’t involve whining to the nearest CNN reporter you can find about how the mean moose-hunter is stealing the spotlight that wasn’t yours to begin with, then asking [...]
“Republican stupor is not a result of lack of moderation; it’s about a lack of purpose.”
Says David Harsanyi: For the past eight years, we have had a Republican Party that was neither excessively conservative nor too moderate, but a party that employed no principles to speak of — unless securing power for power’s sake is now a creed. After all, what exactly did Republican candidate John McCain stand for? The [...]
Reviving Conservatism…How?
Here’s a bit from Jeff Goldstein on “Reviving Conservatism”. I can’t find much with which to disagree. Want to “revive conservatism”? First figure out what it is. Next, reject the idea that only certain “types” are capable of governing under its precepts. Follow that up by pointing out that much of what passes for social [...]
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