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The appeal of conservatism

The introduction to Hard Line: The Republican Party and U.S. Foreign Policy since World War II by Colin Dueck. The war socialism of the American right: Conservatives do not object to Keynesianism — as long as it involves the military. Frat House for Jesus: Peter J. Boyer on The Fellowship and C Street. A look at the top 10 right-wing conspiracy theories. They're with stupid: Anti-intellectualism rears its head. Not only will conservatives continue to lose as long as they persist in indulging creationist fools, they will deserve to do so, for they will be attacking the best of what they claim to conserve. How conservatives and the GOP destroyed the "|http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/147976/how_conservatives_and_the_gop_destroyed_the_"traditionalfamily"theyclaimtotreasure|traditional family|" they claim to treasure. When blue-collar pride became identity politics: Remembering how the white working class got left out of the New Left, and why we're all paying for it today. Contrary to stereotypes, there's good evidence that conservatives worldwide are more likely than liberals to have non-vanilla sex lives. The death of conservatism was greatly exaggerated: In 2008 liberals proclaimed the collapse of Reaganism — two years later the idea of limited government is back in vogue. An interview with EJ Dionne on the appeal of conservatism. Jonah Goldberg on his book Proud to Be Right: Voices of the Next Conservative Generation. A look at 10 young right-wingers being prepped to take over the conservative movement. Students can get a good idea of how much they missed in their education by reading 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Imposter_ by Benjamin Wiker.