Gabriella Hoffman, CNS: American conservatism has suffered some great losses, but it’s certainly not a lost cause. ObamaCare will be implemented, more businesses will be forced to close, unemployment is expected to rise, and more debt will pile on. Moreover, the HHS mandate, threats to religious liberty, and the promotion of leftist social policies will also define Obama’s second term. Although this is cause for alarm, there is no need
November 13, 2012
November 13, 2012
Defining conservatism down
I want you all to read this from self-styled “conservative” Bret Stephens. Just so we can get our bearings when it comes to the political spectrum. Because as I’ve been saying, with each losing “compassionate conservative” / moderate election cycle — wherein our centrist technocrat, pushed as the only “electable” or “serious” candidate by the RNC establishment, gets painted as an extremist right winger — the ranks of those who
November 13, 2012
“It’s time to embrace ‘the vision thing’ and proselytize for conservative principles” [Darleen Click]
Dennis Prager The most widely offered explanation for Mitt Romney’s defeat is that the Republican party is disproportionately composed of (usually “aging”) white males. That is, alas, true. But the real question is what Republicans should do with this truth. […] The Democratic party and the Left generally have done a magnificent job in identifying conservative values as white-male values. One reason for their success is that they dominate virtually