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"Are there even any real conservatives left in America?" recently asked the one eager for knowledge. "There are," responded the wise man, "but they are often called paleoconservatives." What are paleoconservatives? Well, as Russell Kirk once said, they are the only real conservatives left in America. The whole "conservative movement" has moved so far to the Left, or rather has been "neoconned," that many so-called conservatives are "conservative" in name only. What do paleoconservatives believe? Like mainstream conservatives, paleos are often religious, or at least reverent of religion. They are opposed to secularism, opposed to "gay marriage," opposed to the...

The New GOP Betrays America Diane Alden Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005 The biblical truth "Hope deferred makes the heart sick" described my state of mind on July 27, 2005. That was when the House Republican leadership stopped the clock on the CAFTA vote because they didn't like the way it was going. It gets more and more difficult to write about politics. The hope some of us placed in Republicans was misplaced. We had hope they might make a small attempt to lead this nation back to constitutional government: limited government. Hoping Republicans will be conservative, constitutional or less venal...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. As data gathered in the real world of international rivalry continues to show an expanding U.S. trade deficit that will likely hit $700 billion this year (up from $617 billion last year), a great wailing is heard from the Defenders of Free Trade. Their libertarian economic faith is immune to facts, either from present observation or historical experience. That's what makes it a secular religion. Nothing better reveals its reliance on superstition and ignorance than how readily its adherents resort to falsehoods to defend its dogma. Consider two recent columns that...

In politics, goes the proverb, a man must learn to rise above principle. Republicans certainly are doing a good job resembling that maxim -- and with bad results assured. President Bush's political savant Karl Rove was the cock-of-the-walk this month bragging that conservatism has become "the dominant political creed in America." Surely it must be one of those off-brands because what's been passing for conservatism these days is quite troubling. Let's start with Rick Santorum. Pennsylvania's junior U.S. senator this week is planning to introduce a bill that would raise the minimum wage.

ABC Online AM - Wall Street Journal declares Bush's agenda end to realpolitick [This is the print version of story http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2005/s1286805.htm] AM - Saturday, 22 January , 2005 08:18:20 Reporter: John Shovelan ELIZABETH JACKSON: To politics overseas now, and after US President George W Bush's soaring rhetoric in his Inauguration address, pledging to export liberty and freedom to even the darkest corners of the globe, the question now being asked is how. Today's Wall Street Journal said the President's "liberty agenda" clearly marked an end to "realpolitick", the diplomatic philosophy that puts national interest ahead of idealism. And while that...

Bush strays far from Republican tradition Friday, January 21, 2005 It wasn't a particularly lyrical speech that George W. Bush delivered yesterday at his second inauguration. It wasn't even a very Republican speech, for that matter. But it went a long way toward illuminating how far Bush has taken the Grand Old Party from its traditional conservative roots. It was the most interventionist foreign policy speech heard in Washington in decades -- since John Kennedy's 1961 promise to "bear any burden" in defense of liberty around the globe. Bush's speech mechanics may indeed have been inspired in part by the...