“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into”

Jonathan Swift
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"The Democrats have moved to the right, and the right has moved into a mental hospital." - Bill Maher
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"The city is crowded my friends are away and I'm on my own
It's too hot to handle so I gotta get up and go

It's a cruel ... cruel summer"

Saturday, August 20, 2005

What Is Conservatism?

I was cleaning up my bookmarks this morning and I happened across this link:
What Is Conservatism And What Is Wrong With It?

I remember reading this essay around election time last year. IMHO it is probably the clearest description of conservatism I've read. I may have posted it before, I don't recall.