Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy

Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy http://www.intellectualconservative.com Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Mon, 12 May 2008 18:15:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Duly Noted http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/duly-noted-13/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/duly-noted-13/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 11:43:35 +0000 George de Poor Handlery http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/duly-noted-13/ George Handlery on the week that was.

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/duly-noted-13/feed/ Living on the Edge of Destruction: Israel’s 60th Anniversary http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/living-on-the-edge-of-destruction-israel%e2%80%99s-60th-anniversary/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/living-on-the-edge-of-destruction-israel%e2%80%99s-60th-anniversary/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 11:31:13 +0000 Alan Caruba http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/living-on-the-edge-of-destruction-israel%e2%80%99s-60th-anniversary/ Throughout their long history, the Jews remained steadfast to their ancient faith under circumstances that would have destroyed a people less committed.

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/living-on-the-edge-of-destruction-israel%e2%80%99s-60th-anniversary/feed/ Yom Ha'Atzmaout Marked by Protests http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/yom-haatzmaout-marked-by-protests/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/yom-haatzmaout-marked-by-protests/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 11:27:37 +0000 Fern Sidman http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/yom-haatzmaout-marked-by-protests/

A report from the Israeli Independence Day celebration at Radio City Music Hall.

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/yom-haatzmaout-marked-by-protests/feed/ Slaves to the Welfare State http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/slaves-to-the-welfare-state/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/slaves-to-the-welfare-state/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 11:24:53 +0000 Thomas E. Brewton http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/slaves-to-the-welfare-state/ New Orleanians born and bred in the welfare-state seem to honestly believe that they are not required to do anything to help themselves.

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/12/slaves-to-the-welfare-state/feed/ An Average Joe for President http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/10/an-average-joe-for-president/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/10/an-average-joe-for-president/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 11:00:53 +0000 Justin Soutar http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/10/an-average-joe-for-president/ Meet "Average Joe" Schriner, concerned Midwestern parent, and candidate for President. "We share the bath water and then use the water to wash clothes. Not rhetoric, but our way of living."

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/10/an-average-joe-for-president/feed/ Memorable Speech: An Interview with David Yezzi http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/09/memorable-speech-an-interview-with-david-yezzi/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/09/memorable-speech-an-interview-with-david-yezzi/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 12:36:51 +0000 Bernard Chapin http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/09/memorable-speech-an-interview-with-david-yezzi/

David Yezzi on poetry and his latest collection, Azores.

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/09/memorable-speech-an-interview-with-david-yezzi/feed/ A Response to Dr. Kerwick’s “Neo-conservatism v. Classical Conservatism” – Part 1 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/09/a-response-to-dr-kerwick%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cneo-conservatism-v-classical-conservatism%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-part-1/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/09/a-response-to-dr-kerwick%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cneo-conservatism-v-classical-conservatism%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-part-1/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:45 +0000 Joseph BH McMillan http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/09/a-response-to-dr-kerwick%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cneo-conservatism-v-classical-conservatism%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-part-1/ Jack Kerwick denigrates neo-conservatism as a form of Enlightenment liberal rationalism; but Kerwick's embrace of Classical Conservatism, heavily dependent on tradition, offers little improvement.

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/09/a-response-to-dr-kerwick%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cneo-conservatism-v-classical-conservatism%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-part-1/feed/ Tracing Economic Blight: The Case of the Black Castle http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/tracing-economic-blight-the-case-of-the-black-castle/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/tracing-economic-blight-the-case-of-the-black-castle/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 12:09:20 +0000 George de Poor Handlery http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/tracing-economic-blight-the-case-of-the-black-castle/ The collectivism practiced by the goverments of Eastern Europe following World War II is best described as an effort to bring about "the greatest damage to the greatest number."

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/tracing-economic-blight-the-case-of-the-black-castle/feed/ It’s Either Too Hot or Too Cold http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/it%e2%80%99s-either-too-hot-or-too-cold/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/it%e2%80%99s-either-too-hot-or-too-cold/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 10:55:26 +0000 Lisa Fabrizio http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/it%e2%80%99s-either-too-hot-or-too-cold/ Whatever the temperature may be, it’s still all our fault.

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/it%e2%80%99s-either-too-hot-or-too-cold/feed/ Executive or Imperial Branch? http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/executive-or-imperial-branch/ http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/executive-or-imperial-branch/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 10:50:24 +0000 Ivan Eland http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/05/08/executive-or-imperial-branch/

John Yoo's assertion that Congress has no right to pass laws that impinge on the president's claim to a broad interpretation of his role as commander-in-chief violates the core of the constitutional system of checks and balances.

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