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Following Mitt Romney’s twenty-three-point loss to President Obama among the youth vote, the Republican Party has rightfully focused its attention on increasing its support among this important demographic.
Unfortunately, the outcome of this effort has been a call for the…

Contemporary American liberalism suffers from a serious self-delusion that hampers it both as a governing philosophy and a political movement. Liberals tend to present themselves as pragmatic problem solvers, identifying and correcting social ills by the pure light of reason.…

There is an unfortunate tendency to view the Catholic Church as divided into “liberal” and “conservative” wings. This vision results from the modern age’s foolish tendency to view every issue through a binary political prism.
This vision is fundamentally flawed.…

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A friend of mine was telling me about the latest political doings of her father. Her father is in his 70s, lives in Western Pennsylvania, a lifelong union man, Catholic, and Democrat. He is also conservative and…

The Question of More or Less Government

by Mark W. Hendrickson June 22, 2012

Theoretically, the elemental political choice in a democratic system is between more government or less—more government control over our lives and livelihood, or less; more government spending and programs than the year before, or less; more government power, or less.
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You Know It’s An Election Year When…

by Denyse O'Leary May 21, 2012

You know it’s an election year when psychologists try to explain why people vote as they do. Most of the time, it’s harmless, but recently, a new, nastier tone can be detected. It’s something to keep an eye on because,…

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Why Conservatives and Libertarians Need Each Other

by Robert Yates April 19, 2012

Editor’s Note: If you are interested in the ongoing discussion between Conservative and Libertarian thinkers, we urge you to tune in to the live webcast debate, “The Challenge 2012: The Divided Conservative Mind.” This exciting debate will air TONIGHT ONLY,…

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The Problem with Compassionate Conservatism

by Dr. Samuel Gregg January 20, 2012

The rise — at least temporarily — of Rick Santorum has given rise to speculation of late, most notably by David Brooks, that it might facilitate a rethinking on the right about how America addresses some of the hard-to-deny social…

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