Conservatism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Abraham Lincoln & the Last Best Hope
The beginning of the ninth century of the millennium now almost past was promising enough. The Congress of…
Which Conservatism?
A Case for Conservatism by john kekes cornell university press, 239 pages, $32.44 In his important 1997…
The New Populism
The Great Betrayal by patrick j. buchanan little, brown. 384 pp. $22.95 Readers of a certain age…
God, Man, and H. L. Mencken
Mencken: A Lifeby fred hobsonrandom house, 650 pages, $35 H. L. Mencken, My Life as Author and…
The Hipster and the Organization Man
From all appearances, it is now back in style to be critical of American individualism. Indeed, that…
Christian Conviction & Democratic Etiquette
According to a bit of street wisdom that has worked its way into the national vocabulary, “You…
Communal Foundations
The Idea of Civil Society by adam seligman free press, 220 pages, $24.95 Adam Seligman’s book, while…
Population Policy: Ideology as Science
In recent years the poorer regions of the earth have been swept by a “population revolution” which,…
Was Burke a Conservative?
The Great Melody: A Thematic Biography and Commented Anthology of Edmund Burke by conor cruise o’brien university…
Catholicism and the American Proposition
The year 1991 marked the centenary of modern Catholic social teaching—the issuing of the encyclical Rerum Novarum by Pope…
Editorial: The Year that Conservatism Turned Ugly
To judge simply by the responses we have received, a good many readers did not like the…
The Big Economic Lie
There they go again. The presidential election of 1992 is bringing out among politicians and the media…
Ediorial: Moral Credibility After the Evil Empire: The Witness of IRD
We are a month late in noting an anniversary that should not pass unnoted. 1981 witnessed the…
Reagan’s America, America’s Reagan
An American Life by Ronald Reagan Simon and Schuster, 748 pages, $24.95 President Reagan: The Role of…
The Neoconservatives
Watch on the Right: Conservative Intellectuals in the Reagan Era by j. david hoeveler, jr. university of…
