Posts Tagged conservatives

Fear Factor?

In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare has Cassius deliver the immortal line  ”The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars..” But what if our faults are ”in our stars”? What if the age-old debate about how much of who we are is determined by nature, and how much by nurture, is gradually being decided, and the answer is [...]

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Gender Matters

Back in 1980, when Republicans were members of a political party and not a religion, I was the Republican candidate for Congress from Indiana’s (then) eleventh district. In 1980, it was still comparatively unusual for either party to run a woman, and I had plenty of opportunity to grit my teeth over the tendency of [...]

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Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan is a genuine conservative of the “old school”–i.e., the sort of thoughtful conservative who drew so many of us to the GOP back when the party was a responsible participant in policy deliberations. He’s had enough.

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