Conservatism Wrap-up

“Not limited government, but compassionate government is [Senator Sam] Brownback’s chief preoccupation,” writes Terry Eastland in a recent Weekly Standard cover story.

Alternatively, another GOP presidential aspirant, Senator George Allen (R-VA), recently told the Weekly Standard, “Unless you’re harming someone else, you [i.e., government] [should] leave people free.”

ACU executive vice president Bill Lauderback answers questions on what it means to be a conservative today.

Republicans take note: to curb losses in the upcoming midterms, stop pandering.

Even the most conservative of media outlets have ignored President Bush’s recent accomplishments.

Conservative camps keep students aware and informed of their Reagan revolution roots.

Bill Buckley questions the conservatism of the president.

Three new books challenge the Big Government ways of today’s GOP:

1. Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause, by Richard A. Viguerie.

2. Buck Wild: How Republicans Blew the Bank and Became the Party of Big Government, by Stephen Slivinski.

3. The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party, by Ryan Sager.