Isn't "modern conservatism" a contradiction in terms? That's one of the questions I received after teaching a seminar at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy entitled "Modern Conservatism and Policy."
Published: Sunday, March 18th, 2018 @ 11:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm a conservative without a conversion story. Plenty of others have such a tale - they read a certain book, had a certain teacher, or somehow became disenchanted with their previous, left-leaning views
Published: Saturday, November 25th, 2017 @ 3:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During a recent book tour across North Carolina, I had occasion to visit with thousands of politically active people, most of them conservatives
Published: Saturday, April 30th, 2016 @ 10:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"What do you people want?" I can't tell you the number of times I've been asked that by lawmakers, activists, or reporters who don't share my political views. The term "you people" refers to the modern conservative movement in North Carolina, a phenomenon that still seems to puzzle older politicos a
Published: Friday, February 13th, 2015 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Frank Meyer is a name that should be familiar to every serious student of American politics and political philosophy. Alas, I fear it is not. One of the original writing talents at William F. Buckley's National Review, Frank Meyer (1909-1972) edited the "back of the book" - reviews, arts, and...
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 6:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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“Fascists,” “bums,” and “killing machines.” That’s how conservatives and Republicans were described at the initial meeting of a new organization of faculty members in North Carolina. The group, named “Scholars for a Progressive North Carolina,” was formed in response to...
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2013 @ 5:07 am
By: John William Pope Center
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I noted a couple of days ago that North Carolina native Richard Weaver helped spark the modern conservative movement with his 1948 book Ideas Have Consequences.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 12:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1948, the University of Chicago Press published one of the foundational texts of the modern conservative movement: Ideas Have Consequences.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 6:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember the video of Robin Hayes's temper tantrum at the RNC? There was an older gentleman in the video who was invited as a guest speaker to explain his concerns with the rules changes.
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2012 @ 6:25 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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