Actual Existing Conservatism

                   
washingtonmonthly.com     May 22, 2008            

ACTUAL EXISTING CONSERVATISM....Jonah Goldberg responds to George Packer's New Yorker article, "The Fall of Conservatism":I agree with most folks quoted as saying that the GOP is in deep trouble and that conservatism is something of a mess these days as... [read full story]                

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Flynn's take: Conservatism, R.I.P.?

theamericanprowler.com     May 20, 2008          

Thanks, James. Indeed, Flynn's short article packs several good phrases:There is no conservative movement. It is one of the many casualties of the George W. Bush presidency. The arcane phrase reflects a world of YAFers, "Don't Immanentize the Eschaton" buttons, and debates over the Bricker...                

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Re: Conservatism R.I.P.

theamericanprowler.com     May 20, 2008          

Good points, Phil. The way Packer allows Brooks, unrebutted, to slam limited-government conservatism as both un-American and unpopular tells us more about what's wrong with conservatism than Packer intends.This recent descent of the GOP Establishment into confusion goes directly back to Brooks...                

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That Packer Piece

weeklystandard.com     May 22, 2008          

I finally got around to reading that George Packer piece in the New Yorker that heralds the fall of conservatism and that everyone is talking about. I would offer the old “read the whole thing,” but it’s awfully long, kind of rambling and not particularly insightful. So instead I’ll say have a...                

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Fallen

amconmag.com     May 22, 2008          

George Packer’s big “fall of conservatism” article surveys the state of both the movement and the GOP, and the early criticisms have been right to point out that political viability and intellectual vitality are not necessarily related and may have very different causes. What is striking about...                

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Re: Re-packing Packer

gregsopinion.com     May 23, 2008          

Drum reacts to Goldberg's take on Packer. We judge communism by how Mao and Stalin implemented it, we judge 60s-era liberalism by how LBJ and the Democratic Party implemented it, and we judge social democracy by how Western Europe has implemented it. Nonetheless, now that the Republican Party has...                

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Not Quite Dead - Conservatism still alive and kicking

freerepublic.com     May 23, 2008          

George Packer of The New Yorker has penned the latest in a long line (reaching back many decades) of obituaries for conservatism. Like so many in the genre, it consists of a description of a movement in the midst of intellectual turmoil, searching for ways to apply its basic insights about...                

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