Defining Conservatism Back to Reality

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  GK Chesterton, writing about English Progressives and Conservatives, wrote in 1924: The business of progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of conservatives is...

Trump and Sessions Must End the California Nullification Crisis Sooner Than Later (Updated)

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      (I should have waited a day, too hasty on the Nullification part, needed a rewrite.) (I originally titled this piece "Lincoln Fought a Civil War to...

The Jefferson-Hamilton Handshake, Can the GOP be Saved

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(Updated from 2010, when Obama-the-idea was still new.) The Hook The GOP establishment has always kept one foot in the water bucket during a thunderstorm; never...

Donald Trump and the People, a Reprise

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(A chapter from my Kindle book at Amazon..com, Donald Trump, the Common Man and the American Theology of Liberty, covering only his campaign through...

My Seventeen-Year Romance with George W Bush

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In 2000 I genuinely liked George W Bush. He was more than just "not Al Gore" or even "not the continuation of the Clinton...