[newheart]

One other point. For you Kindle/iPad users, Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France is available for a mere $0.99 here:
http://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Revolution-France-Edmund-Burke/dp/1619491974/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1370203743&sr=8-3&keywords=edmund+burke

[KC Burke]

Burke in Reflections.. and in his other writings and speaches is the touchstone of conservative thought.

The word did not exist as applied to political thought until it was coined to discuss his positions and describe his thought and that of those allied with him.

[sauropod]

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