Archive for the ‘Conservative/Liberal’ Category

David Cameron on The Next Age of Government – Lunch w/ TED

If there’s one thing that liberals and conservatives can agree on it is this: that an informed citizenry is both necessary and beneficial to the growth and flourishing of a democratic nation. This week’s Lunch with TED features David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative party in the United Kingdom...
March 4th, 2010 | Conservative/Liberal, Lunch with TED | Read More

A Rush to the Middle… Class

It’s the speech the White House Communications Office spends a year writing, and the news media spends a couple days dissecting.  It was important enough that the Framers mandated that the president “shall, from time to time, give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend...
January 28th, 2010 | Conservative/Liberal, Democrats, Domestic Policy, Economy, Politics | Read More

Rebels Without A Cause: Conservatism’s Big Divide

If you have an opinion, there’s probably a brand of conservatism just for you.  If you care most about faith and values, for example, you might consider yourself a social conservative.  Those who worry about preserving the culture are paleo-conservatives, and neo-conservatives consider national...
December 2nd, 2009 | Conservative/Liberal, Education, Politics, Republicans | Read More

Conservative Aesthetics?

Recently Matthew Milliner posted a challenging essay on conservatives and the arts that is well worth a read.  In it, he compares America to the Greek city of Mistra, the last stronghold of eastern Christendom within which many artists and poets were creating lasting masterpieces which “some called...
September 7th, 2009 | Art & Literature, Conservative/Liberal, Culture, Other, Religion | Read More

In Defense of Butter

Julia Child is out to kill us all. That’s the conventional wisdom in America, at least. French food with its rich cheeses, its fatty creams, and above all its pounds upon pounds of butter must be the most decadently unhealthy cuisine on earth. The problem with that theory, however, is that the French...
August 28th, 2009 | Book Reviews, Conservative/Liberal, Creation Care, Science | Read More

A Conservative Stimulus Package

If anyone needs a stimulus these days, it’s the Conservative movement. Don’t get me wrong – it’s not that the movement is dying, or ill-funded, or even slowing down. No, it’s alive and kicking, just temporarily out of power in Washington. And that’s why it needs its...
February 10th, 2009 | Conservative/Liberal, Economy, Politics | Read More

Follow the Yellow Brick Wall

I noticed today that KS congressional candidate Rob Wasinger finally has his own picture up on his campaign web site. Voters can now rest assured that they are not voting for the next Cyrano de Bergerac, but for a guy who actually looks pretty normal. What took so long? Maybe he needed time to rework...
January 20th, 2009 | Conservative/Liberal, Politics | Read More

Mortgage Pariahs

Remember the controversial story a few months ago, in which NBC abruptly pulled-down a spoof that playfully poked fun at Democrats? At first, controversy erupted because many of us assumed that, while criticizing Sarah Palin was “fair game,” NBC decided they had gone too far in actually...
January 8th, 2009 | Conservative/Liberal, Economy | Read More

Four Things I’ll Miss About WFB

William F. Buckley Jr. died Wednesday at the age of 82. Here are four things I’ll miss about the great conservative thinker: 1. His ability to say things that would get other conservatives read out of the movement. My favorite example is his comparing people who do not oppose smoking to Zyklon...
February 28th, 2008 | Conservative/Liberal | Read More

How to Save Conservatism:
Part IV — Treat for Shock

[Note: This is part four of a four posts series on revitalizing the conservative movement. The first entry can be found here.] Treat for Shock When a person is injured or under great stress, the cardiovascular system may not be able to circulate enough blood to maintain normal bodily functions. This...
February 12th, 2008 | Conservative/Liberal | Read More