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// The Tea Party is supposedly the most exciting political movement to sweep the US in a while. Born out of frustration and anger at big-spending liberals in the federal government, the Tea Party has made its mark on American politics in a big way with the nominations of such characters as Sharron Angle in [...]
// It never ceases to amaze me how many on the conservative side of the political, and especially cultural, spectrum gleefully embrace the thing that their intellectual forefathers fought against. Meanwhile they use the very same language and reasoning to fight against new sociopolitical developments that are, essentially, logical extensions of the very thing they [...]
// American conservatism is undergoing a transformation. What is it transforming into? Tough to say. But I do know that by the time of the next presidential election, it will likely have very different characteristics than during the last one. It will likely be much more concerned with economic policy than with social policy (unless [...]
// There is an interesting article recently in The New Republic discussing the American tradition of anti-statism, how it has been combated or defeated at various points in history, and why the left is not succeeding in that effort today. Liberals would be wise to look to history to see what has worked and what has [...]
