Articles related to "Conservatism"

Professor writes that race issues in post-WWII America helped forge the foundation of Modern Conservatism.

The goals of the Congress of Vienna included confronting constitutionalism, nationalism, & revolutionary ideology by creating a system designed to preserve conservatism.

It's been said that a conservative knows that he's right while a liberal knows that he could be wrong. One takes a dogmatic approach to life; the other applies reason.

Mark Levin reduces American politics to ideological absolutism by equating conservatism with liberty and non-conservatism with tyranny.

Once more the dynamic Joel and Ethan Coen take on compex subject matter in a tale of an uptight Jewish prof, played by Michael Stuhlbarg, who questions his very being.

When we think of a political candidate who is a social conservative, we may immediately focus on the issues of an anti-abortion position and an anti-gay rights position.

Mark Levin issues a manifesto for conservative apologists to challenge modern liberalism.

Republican Dede Scozzafava's challenges did not come from her Democratic opponent Bill Owens but from neocons within her own party supporting conservative Doug Hoffman.

Visionary conservative activist and founder of the prestigious Heritage Foundation dead at age 66.

By naming Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury Secretary, Obama signals a preference for can-do, hands-on approaches. This would be a marked change from the Bush ideologues.

Setbacks in foreign policy and an economic downturn helped propel the Republican candidacy of Ronald Reagan resulting in a victory for conservatism.

Despite his genuine concern for his subjects, often in times of natural disaster, there were three attempts on the life of Umberto I, the third resulted in his death.

John McCain is a lock for the Republican nomination, but conservatives aren't enthused. Right-wingers need to focus on advancing conservatism in congressional races.

Rupert Murdoch has shown himself to be a partisan, political media magnate who won't hesitate to use his papers to push his right-wing views; this is bad news for the WSJ

From Michael Jackson to Prince to Madonna, here are the top 10 songs that encapsulated the frivolous materialism and spectacle of the 1980s.

Canada's banking system, once considered backward by some, has emerged from the devastation of the global recession as the envy of the international financial community.

In a controversial statement on the senate floor, the senior senator from Nevada compared opposition to healthcare reform with resistance to the abolition of slavery.

The Liberal Party of Canada has historically been the most politically successful and has governed for the longest in the great white north.

A spooky, uneven speech by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal shows that Republicans have a hard road ahead of them if they want to regain the White House.

Provocateur Ann Coulter has a new book out. Entitled Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America.

Sir Christopher Meyer's book "D.C. Confidential" gives worthwhile and sympathetic insights into American politics and diplomacy.

As cities in the Middle East are rapidly urbanizing, the contrast between traditional and modern values is becoming more and more apparent.

New research finds fans of impressionism more conscientious and agreeable but less open to new experiences than those preferring abstract and cubist works.

These 12 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles help ensure that information in financial statements is relevant, reliable, consistent, and comparable.

Every year Australians across the country join in debate over the awarding of the nation's highest honour in the visual arts: the Archibald Prize for portraiture.

Dressing conservatively to attend an Islamic wedding service shows respect for the bridal couple and Islam's tenets of modesty.

Nigel Hawthorne's autobiography reveals a down-to-earth actor prepared to work diligently towards success.

As Americans become increasingly disenchanted with the "us vs. them" mentality of a two-party political system, many are exploring Libertarianism as an alternative.

Gifts associated with the astrological sign of Capricorn revolve around practical and useful things, solitary intellectual and fitness pursuits, and music.

The Bolsheviks war on the Orthodox Church was waged to remove a powerful threat. Churches closed and priests were shot. Secular holidays replaced religious ones.

While white middle class women represented a steady decline in birth rates, the new immigrants in urban centers exhibited dramatically higher birth rates.

Contemporary American playwrights, including George Abbott, Edward Albee, and Christopher Durang, are still inspiring their audiences to dream, think, and feel.

Did some key Republican election victories affect President Obama's political influence, or did they simply reveal a change in public ideals?

East is East (1998) is a channel 4 financed film and is an example of a film which can fit into cinema or TV schedules alike.

The American Civil War created relationships between government and business concerns that continued after the war and sparked Gilded Age industrialization.

A divided court had invalidated crucial New Deal legislation in 1935 and 1936. Determined to save future legislation, FDR embarked on a plan to increase court membership.

Basic black will always have a special place in the closets of clothes lovers, but there's a new neutral option in the wardrobes of the fashionable people: gray.

President Harry Truman's first year was an eventful one, and one which was to affect US policy for years. Domestically, he was to face economic and political challenges.

The View co-hosts discussed hot topics and interviewed Joe Scarborough, former Congressman, and Melissa Gilbert.

In an increasingly liberal fashion world it is becoming very common to see extremely intricate body art and piercings on men in professional settings.

Alarmed by possible communist subversives, conservatives used the politics of fear to maintain and preserve the principles of democracy and capitalism.

Seeing the northern part of the United States as too liberal for their tastes, southerners band together to campaign for dissolution of the Union.

Cohen's book clearly shows that the first one hundred days of the New Deal fueled a progressive shift in attitudes about American government.

In Australia, millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent on a phonics program to turn back the clock on Indigenous education.

Goldberg seeks to demonstrate that fascism is a socialist movement and therefore a misdirected term of abuse by the left-wing of right-leaning policies and politicians.

Ron Paul is energizing a revolutionary libertarian takeover of the Republican Party, but his supporters still need a presidential candidate. Bob Barr is their answer.

It takes ability, personality, support, and luck to become President. Some who had much to offer never made it over the electoral hurdles.

Using Timbits to lure unsuspecting Americans, Canadians set aboot saving the endangered species: AmLibs.

Richard Milhous Nixon, an impressive politician from California, left the Vice Presidency in 1960 in hopes of attaining the White House for himself.

England like most of Western Europe at the turn of the sixteenth century was predominately Roman Catholic. Only a few homegrown heretics known as Lollards persisted.