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Failing Conservatives Flail About

  Today is the Failure of Conservatism Conference , hosted by Campaign for America’s Future and The American Prospect , which will seek to make the case that “the failures of the Bush administration—from Katrina to Iraq—are more than...

Memories of Maria Leavey

Over at the Take Back America 2007 blog, I shared my experience being helped by the extraordinary Maria Leavey, as nominations are being accepted through May 6 for the new Maria Leavey Tribute Award. Hopefully it will inspire you to nominate someone you know doing...

The Conservatives' Secular Problem: Global Warming

Getting responsible about global warming is another way to speak to the concerns of secular voters (not to mention the religious voters who make up the Creation Care movement). And some conservatives are trying to shake their irresponsible, anti-green reputation (with...

The Conservatives' Secular Problem: Lovin' Low Wages

The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol (part of Thursday's Big Con Face-Off, RSVP now!) today published online this from Irwin Stelzer, warning fellow conservatives of horrible developments ahead: ...part of the Democratic party's tilt in favor of "the little guy," [is]...

The Conservatives' Secular Problem: Rudy's Got It

Theoretically, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the sort of candidate that can help conservatives address their secular problem. With his record supporting reproductive freedom and equality for gays, he'd be hard to peg as trying to impose his religious...

The Conservatives' Secular Problem: How're They Doin'?

With our Failure of Conservatism Conference coming up on Thursday, it's a good time to check in on the conservatives' "Secular Problem." You may recall that during this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, I set out to determine if conservatives understood...

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