RSSEntries Tagged as 'Conservatism'
A Victory for the Old School
Walter Jones not only survived his Republican Party primary challenge but won decisively.
Here is an short editorial by Christopher Check.
If we had lost Jones or Jimmy Duncan what hope could still be found in the Republican Party? Cheers the Old School.
William F. Buckley for Mayor: Vote Row D!
In 1965 the Conservative Party was looking for a candidate to run for Mayor of New York City. The Republican’s were running the ultra-liberal “Silk Stocking” district Congressman John Lindsey and the Democrats were rallying to the banner of Abraham Beame.
What a candidate they found! On June 24th William F. Buckley, Jr. [...]
William F. Buckley, Requiescate in Pace
No figure more exquistetly reflected the American Conservative movement both intellectually and within the popular imagination than William F. Buckley. Buckley woke this morning in the presence of His God.
The man who first emerged as a critic of establishment liberalism in God and Man at Yale went on to found the rights [...]
Caleb’s Review at ISI’s First Principles
Caleb’s review of Jason Peters, ed. Wendell Berry: Life and Work
If you have not done so already, you really need to bookmark First Principles. It is the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s new web journal.
ISI should really start a blog. Maybe they could get Caleb to be a regular. I would [...]
Our Agrarian Paradise
I am so glad to live in Walworth New York. Wayne County New York is an agrarian paradise. During the summer the road sides are dotted with small farm stands standing in front of handsome old farm houses. Pick up your fruits and veggies put your money in a little box and [...]
Meats of Woe
Industrial and farming are two words that should never be in the same sentence except by way of contrast. Kinda like the words industrial and ecclesiastical. Mega-churches with cheap salvation. Mega-meats with cheap chicken. Everyone once in a while a news story offers a warning about the dangers, even the sins, [...]
A Rochester Regionalist
One of the great blessings of life in Rochester is the presence of the Sage of Batavia… Bill Kauffman. Here on ISI’s new web journal First Principles is an excellent essay entitled The Regionalist: The Man Who Was Rochester.
My Kind of Conservative
While McCain marches on, Ron Paul picked up the endorsement of Arlo Guthrie. Guthrie said:
“Dr. Paul is the only candidate I know of who would have signed the Constitution of the United States had he been there, I’m with him, because he seems to be the only candidate who actually believes it has [...]
Rebuilding Camelot?
I am in Albany for Conservative Party’s Political Action Conference (CPPAC). Hope is last to die but folks know that 2008 looks dismal. It is interesting how many are sure that Hillary Clinton is THE Democrat candidate. I am hearing from thoughtful folks “in the know” that the Clintons set up Obama’s South [...]