Conservativism - Matthew Rozsa

How the Conservative Way Of Thinking Got America Into a Really Big Mess

Oct 16, 2013 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, Libertarianism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans

Published: mic (October 16, 2013)

The Senate has presented its bipartisan bill to end the government shutdown and avert a debt default. With the fate of America’s financial future now resting in the hands of right-wing firebrands, it is perhaps appropriate to remember the words of Edmund Burke, the 18th century British statesman widely regarded as one of the great paladins of conservative thought:

“It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.”... Read Original Article

The Government Shutdown Has Created a New Word: Snollygosters

Oct 10, 2013 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, History, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans

Published: mic (October 10, 2013)

Before you ask, I present the definition of “snollygoster,” courtesy of TheFreeDictionary.com:

One, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles.

While not born of this crisis, snollygoster is an antique in the American political lexicon, tracing as far back as the 1840s and allegedly inspired by the Pennsylvania Dutch folk monster, the snallygaster.... Read Original Article

Memo to Ron Paul and Glenn Beck: America’s Founders Were Not Anti-Government

Oct 2, 2013 | Conservativism, Democrats, Economic Policy, History, Liberalism, Libertarianism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans

Originally Published: PolicyMic (March 8, 2012)
Republished on PolicyMic (October 2, 2013) as “Government Shutdown Question: Would the Founding Fathers Fight Liberalism?”

Editor’s Note:Although this article was originally published on March 8, 2012, we felt it would be valuable to offer the perspective of a PhD student in history on the ideological debate accompanying the current government shutdown.

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Government Shutdown: What Would Lincoln Say?

Oct 1, 2013 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, History, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans

Published: mic (October 1, 2013)

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Ted Cruz’s 21-Hour Senate Speech Was Full Of a Lot Of Hot Air

Sep 25, 2013 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans

Published: mic (September 25, 2013)

After 21 hours of orating, Senator Ted Cruz’s one-man jeremiad against Obamacare has officially come to an end.

What in the world are we to make of it?

Certainly the punditocracy has not come up short on feedback. Top Republicans are livid at Cruz for what they perceive to be his grandstanding, even going so far as to send research to Fox News correspondent Chris Wallace to be used against him.

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The Chris Christie vs. Rand Paul Civil War is the Best Thing the GOP Could Ask For

Aug 12, 2013 | Conservativism, Foreign Policy, Liberalism, mic, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans

Published: mic (August 12, 2013)

While Sarah Palin rarely provokes anything more than justified contempt among the left, her recent announcement that she is on “Team Rand” is as good a cause as any for liberals to remind themselves of why the ongoing feud between the libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

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