Conservatism FAQ's
This is the February 1, 2005 revision of a summary of questions and objections regarding conservatism. Additional questions and comments are welcome. The conservatism discussed is traditionalist American conservatism....http://goo.gl/iLVoY
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The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party
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FAITH AND POLITICS: The Rise of the Religious Right and Its Impact on American Domestic and Foreign Policy - Part 1
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Common Sense
"The Writings of Thomas Paine Volume I" (1894 - 1896).
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John Birch Society claims New Hampshire legislation
Asked about the John Birch Society, Bettencourt said, "It is not our policy to judge the value or merits of a piece of legislation based on the personal and sometimes private affiliations or associations of the sponsors, which are tolerantly protected by the United States Constitution."....http://goo.gl/5HqgS
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Second World War II campaigns -- isolationist America
There has always been a strong isolationist streak in American political life. Thomas Paine is generally credited with instilling the first non-interventionist ideas into the American body politic; his work Common Sense contains many arguments in favor of avoiding alliances. George Washington's farewell address is often cited as laying the foundation for a tradition of American non-interventionism. John Adams followed George Washington's ideas about non-interventionism by avoiding a very realistic possibility of war with France....http://goo.gl/fxezS
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Not the End Of History? Democracy vs Authoritarianism
A short introduction to the critical arguments
Ideological Endpoint - Ethics - Liberal Democracy - Human Rights - Power Corrupts
William Hooper, Feb 2008, Updated Dec 2010
http://goo.gl/3FGGe
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Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise - Wise Use
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Overcoming Ideology by Ron Arnold It was 1964, the year of the Wilderness Act. Historian Leo Marx began his classic, The Machine in the Garden, with the assertion that "The pastoral ideal has been used to define the meaning of America ever since the age of discovery, and it has not yet lost its hold upon the native imagination." see also: Wise Use Movement http://goo.gl/pIUyM
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Overview of the Extreme Right
http://goo.gl/u6d6I
nizkor.org — The Heritage Front Affair Report to the Solicitor General of Canada Security Intelligence Review Committee December 9, 1994 marches-to-modems: http://goo.gl/yy0gx
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Into the Mainstream
Groups such as the Heritage Front often try to gain credibility by running for political office or by aligning themselves with less extreme individuals and organizations. In the case of the Heritage Front, such connections have been noticed between the Heritage Front and Paul Fromm, and the Heritage Front and the Reform Party of Canada. Both of these associations require explanation.....http://goo.gl/kpHp7
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Autocracy on the march
Simon Tisdall: Control of election machinery, political violence, censorship and outright fraud: all can have a role in 'managing' democracy....http://goo.gl/Jaj4i
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History of political thinking (note: wiki site)
http://goo.gl/WHuf5
