The Four Pillars of Conservatism: it is not as Incoherent as it seems
by Bruce Webb Family values/patriarchy; Property rights/inheritance; Public order/tradition; External defense/xenophobia. Taken individually and in combination I think they serve to explain the...
View ArticleIs this the return to older values?
Savvy consumer of the St. Louis Today on line edition points us in the direction Pete Peterson might be suggesting from this post: Debtors prisons might have gone the way of medical leeching and...
View ArticleWhat are Conservatives Conserving?
by Bruce Webb Over at Open Left they are revisiting the concept of Conservatism and whether it is a coherent philosophy. And after concluding that Conservatives by and large have failed to come up with...
View ArticleCan Someone Please Explain Germany’s Reputation for Fiscal Conservatism to Me?
Assume I believe in risk-adjusted return on capital. That is, I don’t buy a bond yielding 12% instead of one yielding 6% without first considering that the yield difference is affected by the...
View ArticleJust because we are where we are today. Conservatives without Conscience
Being that I have lots to say and have not had time to formulate it into posts I figured I would just start here. 2006. Do watch it. He tried to warn us. But hey…Now the news media is being...
View ArticleThe Four Pillars of Conservatism: it is not as Incoherent as it seems
by Bruce Webb Family values/patriarchy; Property rights/inheritance; Public order/tradition; External defense/xenophobia. Taken individually and in combination I think they serve to explain the...
View ArticleIs this the return to older values?
Savvy consumer of the St. Louis Today on line edition points us in the direction Pete Peterson might be suggesting from this post: Debtors prisons might have gone the way of medical leeching and...
View ArticleWhat are Conservatives Conserving?
by Bruce Webb Over at Open Left they are revisiting the concept of Conservatism and whether it is a coherent philosophy. And after concluding that Conservatives by and large have failed to come up with...
View ArticleCan Someone Please Explain Germany’s Reputation for Fiscal Conservatism to Me?
Assume I believe in risk-adjusted return on capital. That is, I don’t buy a bond yielding 12% instead of one yielding 6% without first considering that the yield difference is affected by the...
View ArticleJust because we are where we are today. Conservatives without Conscience
Being that I have lots to say and have not had time to formulate it into posts I figured I would just start here. 2006. Do watch it. He tried to warn us. But hey…Now the news media is being...
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