Conservatism
The Origins of the Modern American Conservative Movement by Lee Edwards, Ph.D. The central idea of The Conservative Mind, upon which American conservatism is essentially based, is ordered liberty. It is a blending of the sometimes contending requirements of the community and the individual, of individual freedom and individual responsibility, of limited government and unlimited markets.
Conservatism in the United States From Wikipedia. Contemporary political conservatism — the actual politics of people and parties professing to be conservative — in most western democratic countries is an amalgam of social and institutional conservatism, generally combined with fiscal conservatism, and usually containing elements of broader economic conservatism as well. As with liberalism, it is a pragmatic and protean politics, opportunistic at times, rooted more in a tradition than in any formal set of principles.
Conservatism 101: A Checklist by William Rusher. In the last couple of decades, the conservative movement has grown so large, and subdivided into so many factions, that even discriminating observers can be forgiven for confusing one with another.
Senate Standouts:Best and Worst Rated by voting records by the American Conservative Union.
House Standouts:Best and Worst Rated by voting records by the American Conservative Union.
Read the chapter on "The Birth of the Conservative Movement" from America’s Right Turn by Richard A. Viguerie and David Franke.
We've Been Neo-Conned by Rep. Ron Paul, MD. The modern-day, limited-government movement has been co-opted. The conservatives have failed in their effort to shrink the size of government. There has not been, nor will there soon be, a conservative revolution in Washington.
Washington Wackiness
U.S. debt: $30,000 per American The national debt — the total accumulation of annual budget deficits — is up from $5.7 trillion when President Bush took office in January 2001 and it will top $10 trillion sometime right before or right after he leaves in January 2009.
