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A truth in conservatism

G. A. Cohen (Oxford): A Truth in Conservatism: Rescuing Conservatism from the Conservatives. The real heroism, restraint: Conservatism's task is to distinguish between what government can and cannot do, and between what it can do but should not. A review of Michael Gerson's Heroic Conservatism: Why Conservatives Should Embrace America's Ideals—and Why They Deserve To Fail If They Don't. If conservatism is the ideology of freedom: Ain't conservative freedom great? Lib-er-tar-ian: A freewheeling rebel who hates wiretaps, loves Ron Paul and is redirecting politics. The centre-ground’s shift to the left: Michael Lind on the new political centre.