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Has The American Conservative Gone Liberal?

Dan Phillips — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:26:24 +0000

The general gestalt sense in paleo and even mainstream circles has been that TAC is trying hard to appeal to establishment critics of conservatism, left, right and center. It is no longer discernibly paleoconservative and employs non-conservatives. Recently, The American Conservative (TAC) brought Noah Millman on board as a blogger. By Millman’s own admission, he [...]

Is Intellectual Conservative Editor Rachel Alexander Being Persecuted by the Arizona Bar for Her Politics?

Dan Phillips — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:42:02 +0000

The State Bar of Arizona is targeting the editor of this website for being an outspoken conservative.

Intellectual Conservative has published several of my articles in the past, so I noted this story with much interest. The story is complicated but it seems that at base we have dueling allegation of politicization of the legal process. Alexander is [...]

Herman Cain Does Not Get the Federal Reserve Issue

Dan Phillips — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:51:52 +0000

Is the Ron Paul campaign on an orchestrated campaign to challenge Herman Cain about the Federal Reserve?

Rising Presidential candidate Herman Cain reportedly complains in his new book, This is Herman Cain, that Ron Paul’s campaign is orchestrating an effort to “nail” him on the Federal Reserve. Cain is a former chair of [...]

Jeffrey Lord Gets Conservatism Wrong Again

Dan Phillips — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:15:33 +0000

Some of our writers have problems with neoconservatism at the American Spectator.

Jeffrey Lord is at it again at American Spectator. Apparently the man is a glutton for intellectual punishment. After his last anti-Ron Paul screed generated so many comments they had to be shut down, and after having his sloppy history demolished [...]

David Lindsay is “The Reason”

Dan Phillips — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:28:37 +0000

David Lindsay does not get American conservatism, and until he does he will remain "The Reason."

When I was an undergraduate in college, a fellow student of my acquaintance had the nickname "The Reason." (I am being as vague as possible to protect the innocent.) This young man was a really nice guy, but was not, [...]

A Memo to the Conservative Action Project

Dan Phillips — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:31:11 +0000

It is not the responsibility of America to police the world or provide for the security of any nation other than our own.

Recently, a group known as the Conservative Action Project has been issuing "Memos to the Movement," meaning the conservative movement. All the Memos are signed by several significant conservative movement activists. The [...]

Putting the Right in the RightOnline Conference

Dan Phillips — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:23:36 +0000

If any convention of rightists should incorporate Ron Paulites, libertarians, paleolibertarians, Constitutionalists, anti-war conservatives, and paleoconservatives, it should be a convention of bloggers and internet activists.

Recently I received an e-mail from Erik Telford of Americans for Prosperity (AFP) informing me that Michelle Malkin had agreed to speak at the upcoming RightOnline Conference. Of course, he [...]

War Hawks Need to Define “Victory”

Dan Phillips — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:00:08 +0000

It is incumbent upon the hawks to very specifically define the war aims as they see them.

I have been a paleoconservative non-interventionist since well before the start of the Iraq War, and I have been trying to support and spread that view among my interventionist conservative brethren for many years. The non-interventionist side [...]

Why Rightists Should be Chanting “Run Ralph Run!”

Dan Phillips — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:03:53 +0000

American politics, despite frequent allegations of extremism on both sides, is actually totally dominated and paralyzed by the center.

According to NewsMax, consumer activist Ralph Nader is leaving open the possibility of running for President again in 2008. He will decide whether to run later this year. He is reportedly unhappy with Senator Hillary [...]

Anti-war Conservatives vs. Foreign Policy Realists

Dan Phillips — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:05:18 +0000

Clearly, the left-wing media does not understand distinctions on the Right. Unfortunately, many conservatives don’t understand distinctions on the Right either.

Reports indicate that George W. Bush will advocate an increase in troop strength in Iraq when he publicly announces his new policy for Iraq. This policy has been dubbed “surging” and is also supported [...]