On the Aftermath of Hobby Lobby
Just a few days out from their SCOTUS victory, movement conservatives have already found a way to turn their potential triumph into a political train wreck. Tod Kelly explains.
Tagged: Movement Conservatism
The Right Path, Part I: “To look more hard working”
The second in a four part series that argues that the left is headed down the same path toward the wilderness that the right began two decades ago. Before we look at the left, however, we must first examine the actual path blazed by movement conservatives.
The Right Path, Prologue: The MRM, Manboobz, and the Possible Futures of the American Left
The left isn’t where the right is today, but more and more they appear to be starting down the same path the right unwisely chose twenty years ago. Tod Kelly sets the table for an upcoming short series. BSDI knee-jerkers, start your engines!
The 10 Biggest Lies Being Told About the Government Shutdown
If you’ve been listening to cable news, talk radio or your local Republican Congressman talk about our current government shutdown, chances are that much or all of what you’ve heard is a lie. Here is a list of the ten biggest whoppers being floated today.
More Salt for Mark Thompson’s Wounds
Hey, remember how CPAC snubbed Chris Christie, based on the logic that having someone who had asked for disaster relief might send a message that post-election movement conservatism was a joke?
Sailing Away to Irrelevance, Part II
“But there is another kind of light; a light that fills even the darkest places. For if this meat-light did not exist, how could darkness be seen? And so it is with the truth....
A few data points for Jonah Goldberg
Media criticism is often the last refuge of lazy bloggers, so I’ve tried manfully to avoid chiming in on the debate over “epistemic closure” and the conservative movement. But I can resist no longer;...
“The First Draft, Not the Compromised Second Draft”
Like Allahpundit – and, surprisingly to me, for the same reasons – I have no idea whatsoever what the newly-released Mount Vernon Statement is supposed to accomplish. It amounts to a statement that the old Three-Legged...
On duplicity, fairweather conservatism, and the art of war
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate. Confront them with annihilation, and they...
But What Are You For? The Death of Modern Movement Conservatism
I had the good fortune yesterday afternoon to attend a panel discussion on the future of conservatism featuring Ross Douthat, David Frum, Daniel Larison, and Virginia Postrel. It was a rather enlightening discussion, but...
hawks and owls
So, lately I’ve been trying to branch out a bit more – to see what the movement conservatives have to say and pay it a little more heed (rather than focusing only on the...
personae non gratae
Shorter me: Above all else, movement conservatives want to retain custody of what it means to be a conservative. They claim to hold the keys to the city, and they guard them jealously –...
Adaptation
Lots of blame to go around in the current decimation of the conservative movement. I wanted to just break down my own thoughts on some of the competing interests here. So far we have...
The Problem with the Tea Parties
Okay, I’m still trying to figure out why these Tea Parties bother me so much. There’s a number of things that just feel wrong, on a sort of intangible level. I’m constantly reminded of...
Correctly Political: Tea and Sympathy for the Devil You Know
“Children’s Tea Party,” Morton H. B. Bly, 1919 by jfxgillis R.S.V.P. Wednesday, April 15th, Tax Day (reminder to self: file tax return or else), is also the day designated by grass-roots conservatives as a...
Regarding Rush
I suppose the reason I haven’t commented much on the resurgence of Rush Limbaugh into the national spotlight, is I have never, ever taken the Great Bloviator seriously. He’s always been just another talk-radio...
Phony in-house Conservative Battles
My former political editor at the late-great Culture11, James Poulos makes an excellent contribution to a roundtable discussing Sam Tanenhaus’ piece declaring the death of movement conservativism. Tanenhaus’ original article is here. The roundtable...
