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Category Archives: Conservatives
American Conservatism Used To Be Nationalistic
Comments to Paul Gottfried: * Radio talker Mark Levin, no friend of Donald Trump, says that Trumpism is “Populist Nationalist,” implying that Levin-approved conservatism is non-nationalist. My question is, was there ever a variety of American conservatism that was not … Continue reading
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Academe Finally Discovers Right-Wing Critics Of Conservatism Inc. Will MSM Be Next?
I posted yesterday about the conservative thinkers Dennis Prager finds most profound. I don’t find George Will and Charles Krauthammer profound, nor such publications as the Wall Street Journal and National Review, while Paul Johnson and Tom Sowell are hit … Continue reading
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Dennis Prager: A Note to Conservatives Who Are Secular
Dennis Prager’s idea of who is profound is profoundly revealing: The most profound thinkers in America are conservative. There are, of course, bright liberal and leftist thinkers, but I can’t think of one who approaches the depth and wisdom of … Continue reading
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Intelligent people have ‘unnatural’ preferences and values that are novel in human evolution
REPORT: More intelligent people are significantly more likely to exhibit social values and religious and political preferences that are novel to the human species in evolutionary history. Specifically, liberalism and atheism, and for men (but not women), preference for sexual … Continue reading
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Political Scientist: Trump Is A ‘Wrecking Ball’ Against The Conservative Establishment
Daily Caller: George Hawley, a professor of political science at the University of Alabama and author of the new book “Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism,” talked with The Daily Caller this week about the Trump phenomenon and how it is … Continue reading
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Conservatives Vs Alt-Right
Comments at Breitbart: * How to become an “establishment” Republican in twelve easy steps: 1. Go to Washington with good intentions. 2. Instead of working for your constituents, start looking for easy corporate money. 3. Accept generous contributions from the … Continue reading
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Conservative Pundit: The challenge of Muslim extremism is real, but we can meet it with humanity, courage, and an omnipresent totalitarian surveillance state.
Conservative Pundit tweets: * Donald Trump should AT LEAST have the decency to insult someone’s wife through a plausibly deniable proxy and not just say it outright! * There is strong evidence to suggest that many of Trump’s most engaged … Continue reading
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Conservatives Have Concentric Loyalties
Comments: * Concentric loyalties run along the lines of “me against my family, my family against the tribe, my tribe against the world.” Your loyalty in such a world view is firmly centered in the most immediate and local context … Continue reading
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Conservatism Is Dead
From the Journal of American Greatness: I’m afraid we were too easy on Kevin Williamson. It’s not just his punditry that’s of low character. Kevin insists in baring his id to the world and it’s not pretty. He’s so inordinately … Continue reading
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Why The Republican Party Is Dying
Ben Shapiro writes the Jewish Journal cover story this week: The distinction between being a pig and being politically incorrect is a real one. But Trump and his supporters have obliterated the distinction — and that’s in large part thanks … Continue reading
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