Category Archives: Conservatives

Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: The Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Luke Ford

Here are highlights from this work in progress by philosopher Rony Guldmann: Joel Kotkin writes in 2014: In ways not seen since at least the McCarthy era, Americans are finding themselves increasingly constrained by a rising class—what I call the … Continue reading →

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Jews and the Conservative Rift

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Luke Ford

Historian Edward Shapiro, Marc B. Shapiro’s father, writes in 1999: American conservatism was enveloped in a mood of doubt and angst during the 1980s and 1990s precisely at the time when its message had seemingly never resonated more strongly. These … Continue reading →

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Why can’t conservatives boycott? (4-6-21)

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Why can’t conservatives mount effective boycotts? 03:00 What I Wouldn’t Give for a Shave That Isn’t Woke, https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-i-wouldnt-give-for-a-shave-that-isnt-woke-11617567413?mod=opinion_lead_pos6 09:00 Georgia becomes a proving ground for sports boycotts, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/06/georgia-becomes-proving-ground-sports-boycotts/ 11:00 Why half-hearted conservative boycotts rarely take root, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/06/why-half-hearted-conservative-boycotts-rarely-take-root/ 21:00 The … Continue reading →

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Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Luke Ford

Rick Perlstein writes in 2001: Goldwater’s approach to any political problem invariably derived from the evidence of his own eyes—an attitude most visible in his views on discrimination. “There never was a lot of it,” he recalled of the Phoenix … Continue reading →

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The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities By John J. Mearsheimer

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Luke Ford

Here are some excerpts from this 2018 book: Political liberalism, in fact, comes in two varieties: what some call modus vivendi liberalism and progressive liberalism, a terminology I use throughout this book.11 There are basically two important differences between them, … Continue reading →

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