Pence Launches $20M Effort To Defend Conservative Principles

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“The Constitution and this great American experiment must not be swayed by movements or personalities, but must hold fast to the time-honored principles that have made America strong and prosperous and free” -

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Is the New Right Just the Old Left?

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“A collection of essays by New Right thinkers has a lot to say about what is wrong with the ‘establishment Right’….their solutions ironically reflect a neglect of constitutional order that got us in our current state to begin with.” - Acton

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Can We Unlearn Race?

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“the numbers still tell an overwhelmingly one-sided story: white Protestants consistently dwarf every other racial and religious demographic in the GOP electorate…. conservatives and racial issues are oil and water—unmixable and with a highly flammable element.” - Acton

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The Puzzle of Political Virtue

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“George Carey’s 1984 collection Freedom and Virtue: The Conservative/Libertarian Debate still speaks to our moment. Re-reading those essays now impresses on the reader the overlap between the libertarian and conservative positions.” - L&L

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The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Faith-Based Poverty Work

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“Bruce Pilbeam said the phrase ‘compassionate conservatism’ was mostly dead ‘thanks to its association with an administration that lost popularity in its second term even among conservatives.’ He concluded, though, that the concept at local levels will have an ‘enduring legacy.’ I agree.” - Acton

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Is the New Right Fascist?

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“Starting with the emergence of the ‘Alt-Right’ during the 2010s, a different group of political right-wing ideologues have surfaced to defend very different principles from those of traditional American conservatism.” - Acton

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