... be enemies at all. I have looked in vain for some reflection of what I call "labour conservatism" in America's mainstream political parties. It is a body of ideas that ... receive a fair political hearing. In our economically troubled times, it is natural to look for solutions. Labour conservatism seems to be a good starting point.posted on rudistettner.com of thewinterriders.com group

... about the little man. Here, I want to discuss the various social safety nets that conservatives not only believe in, but are working constantly to build. First, let’s start with the premise of conservatism in practice. That means that there is no Social Security, no Medicare, no food stamps or welfare. It also means that hospitals are allowed, by law, to turn away the sick or injured based ...

My neighbour DoctorD recently had a thoughtful post on where conservatism was heading in the U.S. He also linked to the following article on the Becker-Posner blog on the same theme, ... resisted, or the role of religion in the public sphere expanded. All these became causes embraced by the new conservatism that crested with the reelection of Bush in 2004. My theme is the intellectual decline of ...

... Hannity and Fox News: At the core of real conservatism is a distinction between theory and practice, a deep resistance ... political tradition coopted and vandalized in this manner. Conservatism will not recover as a coherent governing philosophy until it takes ... conscious, active, pernicious nemesis. And when actual conservatism does emerge - those who shout the loudest about how “conservative ...

... I attended a conference at Yale University titled "The Next American Conservatism?" The conservative Intercollegiate Studies Institute organized the conference in ... ; in the face of oncoming doom, as it were — to try to figure out what sort of conservatism might rise from the ashes. But although the intellectuals on the program seemed to take for granted that conservatism as we know ...

... Statesman column, Philip Blond hints at the new economic model that must emerge within Conservatism if Cameron is serious about addressing the broken society and learning the lessons of the ... ". Blond is proposing nothing less than the overturning of the neoliberal orthodoxy that has dominated Conservatism for the past three decades. The next Conservative government, says Blond, "cannot ...