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Lee Edwards
Lee Edwards, Ph.D., is the Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought in the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org). His many books include biographies of Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, and William F. Buckley, Jr.
by | Oct 22, 2023

Why should conservatives look to Fusionism as they debate, often with raised voices, the future of conservatism? Because Fusionism offers a philosophy of prudence not rashness; tradition not the impulse of the moment; a transcendent order not a fatal conceit;…

by | Mar 26, 2023

The most powerful “weapon” of the Cold War wasn’t a weapon but an initiative dismissed by skeptics as “Star Wars,” that is, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). And it was 40 years ago this month, on March 23, 1983, that…

by | Jun 1, 2021

Grand theft auto is a persistent crime in America, a felony in most states with jail sentences up to 10 years and a fine of $10,000, depending upon the value of the car and any valuables left inside. Car theft…

by | Aug 26, 2020

Before there was Ronald Reagan, there was Barry Goldwater, and before there was Barry Goldwater, there was Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. From 1938 until his unexpected death in 1953, Taft led the Republican resistance to liberal Democrats and…

by | Nov 30, 2018

Is a specter of socialism haunting America, especially among our millennials? There is disquieting evidence of many young Americans’ sympathy for socialism. Exhibit A: 2.052 million people under the age of 30 voted for democratic socialist Bernie Sanders in the…

by | Nov 14, 2013

THE ODDS IN September were in Bill Kristol’s favor. Bashar al-Assad’s army had been caught using sarin gas, the president was beating the war drums, and Kristol, the editor of the Weekly Standard and an accomplished foreign policy percussionist himself,…

by | Oct 30, 2013

I HAVE A disease. That may sound strange given that I’m a seemingly healthy 26 year old with a rigorous five-hours-a-day hot yoga routine. But in today’s victimization culture, I’m convinced not only that I can be classified as sick,…

by | Oct 29, 2013

Truth be told, I’d much rather be writing about the Red Sox than the current unctuous occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But politics has to intrude on the Spectacle blog at some point. Fred Barnes writes today: Unpleasant shocks loom for…

by | Oct 11, 2013

Liberals have thought themselves awfully clever this past week following a segment on Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show in which he asked people what they thought of both “Obamacare” and the “Affordable Care Act.” Turns out respondents hated Obamacare but were…

by | Oct 1, 2013

By now, you’ve probably heard about the horrors that have swept America as a consequence of the government shutdown. Small towns are collapsing into the ground as government employees wander the streets searching for a subsidy or at least something…

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