You often hear conservatives hearken back to Ronald Reagan as the ultimate vessel for all things represented by today’s conservatism. In case you missed it, there was a great discussion over at TPMCafe last month regarding Will Bunch’s new book on Reagan called “Tear Down This Myth.” The upshot is this: Ronald Reagan talked to […]
Sadly, I think it is. Just unbelievable. That’s all for today, folks.
This article from the Atlantic does a good job of covering something that’s been on my mind as I try to puzzle through liberalism. The basic idea is that the modern “conservative” movement is not really conservative at all. Instead it is a radical movement, looking to overturn long-held beliefs and policies. A couple of […]
I still hate to keep focusing on the conservatives, but as I’ve said before, the material just keeps coming. John McCain had to brand himself as the true conservative candidate at CPAC today, and boy, did he try. His speech reads like an extended mission statement for the conservative movement. I only bring this up […]
I don’t want to get too far removed from the real point of this blog – the progressive movement and what it stands for – but those darn conservatives just keep giving me more to talk about. It’s been fascinating for me to watch the conservative movement – especially the establishment conservative branch – pitch […]
In two posts yesterday (here and here), I tried to lay out what I thought the conservative movement was all about. I also said progressive liberals needed to watch out because, to my mind, they still don’t have a simple, easy-to-remember, easy-to-repeat message on what they stand for. I don’t think I’ll reach a conclusion […]
I got to thinking about my earlier post “On the conservative movement”. In that post, I tried to boil down the main message of the conservative movement. In a vulgar way, I came up with this statement as the core idea: “We only want enough taxes and government in order to create the most powerful […]
As I try to sort out for myself what the progressive movement means, it’s been interesting to watch the conservative movement go through its own gyrations. Here, here, here and here are some examples. Plenty more can be had. The presidential primaries and caucuses have certainly thrown many conservative leaders and commentators into a tizzy, […]
As a general rule, I try not to track punditry as it relates to political contests. It strikes me that a lot of what’s said following the results of something like, oh, let’s say the Iowa caucuses, proves to be spectacularly overblown if not just outright false. I understand why they write and/or broadcast it. […]
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