Establishment Republicans are always mystified when they embrace Democratic Party policies and get hammered for it, particularly, as is frequently the case, when those programs don’t work particularly well. “It was everyday moms who shamed…
Topic: conservatism
Right Turn in Academe?
A writer from The New Yorker actually noticed a political bias in academe: She claims it tilts right. Actually, Jane Mayer’s article, “How a Handful of Wealthy Reactionaries Tugged Academe to the Right,” which appeared…
Hillsdale Student Makes a Case for a Statue of Conservative Thinker William Buckley, Jr.
It’s a good case for Hillsdale: Hillsdale College student Thomas Novelly wants to return the favor to National Review’sfounder, William F. Buckley Jr., for his generous donation to the school of “thousands of the columns,…
Colorado-Boulder Extends Conservative Thought Program
It’s a win for intellectual diversity and it’s impressive that it’s happening in Boulder, Colorado: “We had always hoped to be able to extend the program indefinitely, and it has been such a success that…
AIA Author’s Night with Dr. William B. Allen, Former U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner
Check out our last Author’s Night for 2015 with Dr. William B. Allen.
Libertarianism and Conservatism Not Incompatible
Supposed sages in academe and beyond have been trying to create a schism between Libertarianism and conservatism that need not exist. “Freedom and virtue have declined together and must rise together,” author M. Stanton Evans…
UNC Accused of Bias Against Conservatives
This is nothing new, on-campus bias against conservatives, conservative groups and their messages by the liberal academia. No conservative was invited to an all-inclusive diversity dinner with the university’s chancellor this past January.
Gay Marriage Conservatives?
Speaking on Fox News Channel’s The Five, pundit Greg Gutfeld said that “gay marriage, in my opinion, is a conservative idea.” He noted that the left “generally hates traditions” and is all about “breaking with…
Academic Freedom, Conservatively Speaking
Believe it or not, it is possible to make a conservative case for academic freedom without mixing opposites. In fact, one of the conservative movement’s sages, Russell Kirk, made the case quite eloquently more than…
Remembering Stan — By Diana West
Today, at the Heritage Foundation, 14 people from various walks of M. Stanton Evans’ life gathered to honor him. To say there was more laughter than tears is only to note the hilarity of so…