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While I was undercover among the capital-C Conservatives, I learned that they find themselves in a very unique position: they’re against the war in Iraq.
Without waxing at length, the position seems to be that:
the desire of liberty is not a human trait. It is a cultural oddity of the American only.
exporting culture by force cannot [...]
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I spent last week with the real conservatives at ISI. They’re much, much smarter than I am.
But I heard a few very disturbing things while I was there, not the least of which was a chemical dislike of the Interstate Highway System. They berate it for its alleged homogenization of American local culture. Never mind [...]
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I watched the whole debate. A couple of things stick out for me:
Buckley clearly wins.
Chomsky cherry-picks his history.
It’s a disinterested act if: “my attempt to help or your attempt to help a particular nation is in order to spare you a great ordeal in the future which will harm you, your family, etc.”
“There is [...]
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Check out the article here. Jack Cafferty asks the question of the hour.
And check out The American this month for an ariticle about happiness and capitalism.
Many of the commenters mentioned that economic success makes you happy, but Arthur C. Brooks notes that people report being no happier now on average than they did in 1973, [...]
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If you’re just searching around, fighting vainly the old ennui, take a look at the best conservative blogs on the planet. They’ve been no end of help in getting me started here. Kindred spirits all.
Naturally, we’re changing the world here.
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I once took a class taught by a philosopher. It was entitled “Early Western History,” which was a damn dirty bit of untruth in advertising. Early Western History is hardly the exclusive story of philosophers.
But my main gripe with the philosopher is that he tore down everything I find holy and good in the world. [...]
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I’ve been getting a lot of flak recently for a post in which I argue for conservatism using tradition. People just hate that I apply to such a despicable thing as tradition in arguing for my values. Honestly, can’t you come up with anything better?
Differences between hardcore liberals and hardcore conservatives boil down to individual [...]
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I got into a knock-down, drag-out with an atheist liberal over his accusation that conservatives tend to believe in God because they do not think critically for themselves.
But he’s got the direction of causality all wrong. Believers are conservatives because of their belief, ceteris paribus. Not the other way around. It’s because a particularity of [...]
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In which I define liberalism for a liberal:
Ben:
We are not discussing things like driving on the right side of the road. We are discussing political issues and values.
Also, you seem to be mistaking liberalism for anarchy.
Throughout the years, conservatism has endorsed things like slavery, segregation, homophobia, and prayer in school. It’s an aggressive, oppressive version [...]
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