We've been asking ourselves the question, "What is Conservatism?" And looked into our past ...

A few days ago we talked a bit about William F. ...

“There is no commonly-acknowledged conservative position today,
and any claim to the contrary is easy to make ...

I'm working on the next entry (William F. Buckley on Conservatism) in our series trying to answer the ...

Conservatism is a philosophy of freedom and prudence.  What conservatism is not, is a political system and/or political ...

In continuing our quest to define conservatism, it makes sense that we define the movement overall before continuing ...

In our continuing quest to define conservatism, we'll take a a stab at defining a paleoconservative.  If you ...

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If you missed the introduction to this series, aimed at defining what a conservative is, please start by ...

An Introduction:

America, the last refuge of freedom on Earth, is in great danger today.  The philosophical political-divide, seems ...

Any regular reader of this blog, knows I'm neither fond of the politics of personality, or what I ...

As I was getting ready to prepare today's Rule 5 ...

This took place earlier in the week, but I wanted to get it posted anyways, because it's just ...

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A Moderate History of the G.O.P. - Part ...

A speech is just a speech ... sometimes.

We're about to enter a new era in America.  The Democratic Party is completely power-hungry, and have control of both Congress and the Executive Branch. They are the first genuine socialist regime to take control in America. 

And so far, the Republican Party has made it clear that the limited-government gifted to us by our Founders, is something they're not interested in. So as individual Americans, it's time to ask ourselves ... are we interested in them?

Conservatives are not beholden to the Republican Party, nor are they necessarily our best chance.  More on that at another time.

Right now ... sit back, relax, take a break and watch the following video. 

Then ask yourself ... today, as things are right now ... are you a Republican?  Or are you a Conservative?

My friends, today ... is "A Time for Choosing."

Any discussion concerning "What is Classical Liberalism" is incomplete without a reading of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.'s article An American Classical Liberalism.

Lew Rockwell, a student and colleague of Murray Rothbard, served as Ron Paul's congressional chief of staff from 1978 until 1982, when he then founded the Mises Institute in Auburn Alabama, serving as its president.

As one of the most important thinkers of our time, Lew is the author of Speaking of Liberty, available from the Mises Institute as an ebook here, or in hard copy here. He also manages his own website, which includes among its various topics anarcho-capitalism, Austrian economics, cultural conservatism, and why to be anti-war.

The following MUST READ (for all Americans) and enjoyable article comes to us by courtesy of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

You might just want to read this more than once!

Modern liberals don't hesitate to trade individual liberties for the perceived benefits of whatever "cause du jour" they come up with.  In fact, they go out of their way to expand the power of the state, erode protections of our inalienable rights (such as property), abolish Christianity, and crown the government bureaucracy as appropriator of all rights and privileges.  In other words ... totalitarianism.

That, my friends, is what a classic liberal is not.

Up until the turn of the twentieth century, classical liberalism was the predominate political philosophy in America ... though it wasn't known as classical liberalism, it was simply called liberalism.

It may seem surprising, but the original "liberals" were people who actually DID believe in freedom!

Man, I "just wasn't feelin' it" ... the "feng shui" wasn't right ... whatever it was ... I've moved the furniture around and cleaned up the place ... so make yourself at home!

OK ... let's talk a little bit about this blog.  A short time ago, I posed the question, "what does it mean to be “conservative?”

While thinking about how to rebuild the Republican Party, I keep asking myself a few questions, mainly:

What does it mean to be Republican?
What does it mean to be "conservative?"
Does "winning" matter?

The first two questions I'll leave for another post, but I'll share my thoughts on the third question now.

To begin with, of course winning matters! Without electing people to office who will champion our cause, it will cease to exist as nothing more than an intellectual exercise.  BUT ... winning ... it certainly matters WHAT wins, and not just WHO ... doesn't it?