Russell Kirk once said conservatism was not a set of ideas as much as “a mood.” If so then conservatism is in a curious mood as gay marriage gains wider acceptance. There has always been a schism between fiscal conservatives and social conservatives but as homosexuality has become more normalized and less taboo, particularly to [...]

You may have noticed an interesting frame the plutocrats and their spokespeople are using in the debate over reducing social security and medicare benefits – pitting the young against the old.  The campaign is relentless, smearing the elderly as parasitic and stealing from the young. For example take National Review Editor Jonah Goldberg’s recent USA [...]

The Department of Defense recently announced a formal change in policy allowing women to serve in combat positions. The announcement was somewhat symbolic given the changing nature of warfare and the role women already play in current military operations. Women are serving and have been serving in uniform alongside their male counterparts in Afghanistan and [...]