Posted on February 9th, 2012 by Matthew Feeney
Yesterday I attended a debate hosted by the American Enterprise Institute and the America’s Future Foundation with the timely named motion, “Are Libertarians Part of the Conservative Movement?” Speaking for the case that libertarianism is a distinct political philosophy from conservatism was Matt Welch, editor in chief at Reason. Speaking for the case that libertarians [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Culture, Economics, libertarianism, Politics
Posted on February 8th, 2012 by Matthew Feeney
Readers of The American Conservative might be interested to hear that we will be at this year’s CPAC. Some of our staff will be at booth 1915 with subscription information and copies of this month’s magazine, as well as some past issues — plus exclusive TAC pens and notepads. Some events of note sponsored by [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Events, Magazines, Politics, Uncategorized
Posted on February 7th, 2012 by Jordan Bloom
Reason TV has a fine interview today with Sen. Jim DeMint, in which he talks about the relationship between fiscal and social conservatism and how Republicans could benefit from embracing more libertarian ideas. He remarked recently that the GOP presidential nominee would be unwise to alienate the Ron Paul contingent.
Filed under: Conservatism, Politics, Tea Party, Tea Party
Posted on February 4th, 2012 by Clark Stooksbury
So Rod’s clarifying moment is muddy once more. For all the talk about how the Komen Foundation was “bullied” by the left, the episode resembles the Netflix/Qwikster debacle of last year; especially since Komen recently employed (via Memeorandum) Ari Fleischer who “drilled prospective candidates [for a PR position] during their interviews on how they would [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2012 by Clark Stooksbury
Nick Gillespie should use great care when tipping his hat to hack extraordinaire Glenn Reynolds. Gillespie and Reynolds both think they have caught Elizabeth Warren claiming to not be wealthy based on a clip posted at Buzzfeed. Gillespie employs his wry wit to declaim that “Buzzfeed reports that Warren, like Marie Antoinette and Bruce Springsteen, only [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, libertarianism, Politics
Posted on January 25th, 2012 by Matthew Feeney
In the United States, we rightly pride ourselves on many things. Yet it turns out that the United States is behind countries such as Namibia, Mali, Estonia, and Papua New Guinea in one very important area. Reporters Without Borders have recently released their Press Freedom Index for 2011-2012, and the U.S. is 47th, just below [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, liberties, Politics
Posted on January 23rd, 2012 by Jordan Bloom
Three early primaries, three different winners. A rich moderate presumptive nominee from a northern state beset by a wide field of challengers eager to demonstrate their conservative bona fides. A discontented base champing at the bit to take the fight to the left. The resemblance of this year’s primary season to 1964 hasn’t been lost [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Election, Politics
Posted on January 22nd, 2012 by Clark Stooksbury
I haven’t paid close attention to the news in recent months and I just assumed that some new Fox reality show was all the rage. So imagine my surprise at discovering that not only is Newt Gingrich running for president, he is also winning. While I find the prospect of a Gingrich presidency frightening at [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Politics
Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Matthew Feeney
There has been more bad news out of Europe today. On top of the downgrades of several eurozone countries and the EFSF bailout fund, Germany today announced that it has lowered its growth forecasts for 2012 from 1% to 0.7%. Throughout the euro crisis Germany has been central to the bailouts of struggling countries, contributing [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Economics, Politics, Trade, World
Posted on January 13th, 2012 by Matthew Feeney
A recent Gallup Poll shows that conservatives remain the largest ideological group in the U.S. 40% of Americans describe themselves as conservative, while 35% describe themselves as moderate, and 21% as liberal. With those describing themselves as conservatives outnumbering those who describe themselves as liberals by almost two to one, you would think that this [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Election, libertarianism, Politics
