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Parent topics
- American conservatism [r]: A diverse mix of political ideologies that share support for market economics, some view of American exceptionalism and, generally, decentralization of government; differing views of individual liberties versus enforcement of morality; in opposition to liberalism, socialism and communism; factions include libertarianism, social conservatism, nativism (politics) and neoconservatism [e]
- Fiscal conservatism [r]: A political position (primarily in the United States) that calls for lower levels of public spending, lower taxes and lower government debt. [e]
- National security conservatism [r]: A political belief that the defense of the nation, from attacks from nation-states and non-national actors, is the primary responsibility of government [e]
- Social conservatism [r]: A political ideology that holds to a belief in following cultural tradition and traditional, often religious morality. [e]
- Paleoconservatism [r]: A branch of American conservatism that stresses tradition, civil society, classical federalism and the heritage of traditional Christian civilization, and opposed socialism, the Eisenhower "New Deal" and neoconservatism; Patrick Buchanan is prominent [e]
- Neoconservatism [r]: A political philosophy and ideology which combines many traditional conservative opinions with an emphasis on the importance of foreign policy and using American power to push democracy forward. [e]
- Libertarianism [r]: A political ideology that regards individual freedom as having the highest value in society. [e]
- U.S. Republican Party [r]: One of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; center-right; the elephant is its symbol. [e]
- Tea Party Movement [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Republican In Name Only [r]: (RINO) A term, derogatory in nature, directed at Republicans perceived to have insufficiently conservative ideology, or be, in the opinion of the person applying the label, too willing to engage in bipartisanship [e]
Subtopics
Theorists and activists
- Patrick Buchanan [r]: U.S. paleoconservative journalist and political candidate; early assistant to Richard Nixon and speechwriter for Ronald Reagan [e]
- Peter Gemma [r]: Treasurer and Board Member, American Conservative Defense Alliance; columnist with Middle American News; commentator for USA Today and for such publications as the Washington Examiner, Military History, Human Events, www.newiranpolicy.org, and The Social Contract Quarterly; guest, Political Cesspool; ally of Pat Buchanan; has written for Occidental Quarterly, with the same publisher as the Occidental Observer [e]
- David Frum [r]: An American conservative author and commentator, who advocates renewal of the conservative movement and U.S. Republican Party, and has written in favor of an aggressive policy against terror, including preventive war; fired in March 2010 as Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute [e]
- The NextRight [r]: A website intended for forward-looking analysis to rebuild the U.S. political right, from what it considers the dysfunctional Republican and conservative movements [e]
- Ross Douthat [r]: (1979-) U.S. political author, concerned with restructuring of the U.S. political right; former senior editor of The Atlantic, film critic for National Review, and weekly columnist for the New York Times. [e]
- Mickey Edwards [r]: Director, Constitution Project and faculty at George Washington University; wrote Reclaiming Conservatism and focuses on restructuring of the U.S. political right; previously faculty at Harvard University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; U.S. House of Representatives (R-Oklahoma), 1977-1993; Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, 1989-1993; Former National Chairman, American Conservative Union; Founder, Heritage Foundation [e]
- Francis Fukuyama [r]: Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, author and government adviser on global development and foreign policy; in and out of neoconservatism; adjunct fellow, Hudson Institute; director, National Endowment for Democracy, New America Foundation [e]
- America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy [r]: A 2006 book by Francis Fukuyama, examining the role of neoconservatism in American foreign policy, its execution by the George W. Bush Administration, and a proposed evolved political philosophy to replace it [e]
- Dick Cheney [r]: (1941–) U.S. Vice President in the George W. Bush Administration and advocate of neoconservatism and unitary Presidential authority; currently a political commentator; U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George H. W. Bush Administration; spouse of Lynne Cheney; father of Liz Cheney [e]
- Sarah Palin [r]: (1964–) Governor of Alaska (2006–2009) and Republican Party vice presidential nominee (2008). [e]
- Michele Bachmann [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Minnesota), House Financial Services Committee; Republican Study Committee; 100% American Conservative Union rating, 2008; active in Tea Party Movement [e]
- Karl Rove [r]: Political consultant to U.S. Republicans; primary political adviser to George W. Bush [e]
- Newt Gingrich [r]: Former Republican Speaker of the House; cofounder of the Conservative Opportunity Society and led the Contract with America platform statement; historian; board of advisers, American Foreign Policy Council; Guiding Coalition, Project for National Security Reform [e]
- David Horowitz [r]: (1939—) American conservative activist who underwent a conversion from the New Left of the 1960s and 1970s, to become an intense critic of liberalism, and later Islamist thought, in popular culture; founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center and various watchdog organizations; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union. [e]
Think tanks
- American Enterprise Institute [r]: A major U.S. political, economic and international relations "think tank", which has always been associated with a free enterprise view, and has, in recent decades, become more associated with neoconservatism and an interventionist foreign policy; many of its fellows went into policy positions in Republican administrations, and returned at the end of their tenure [e]
- Cato Institute [r]: Libertarian think tank [e]
- Heritage Foundation [r]: A Washington DC based conservative political think tank; Affiliate, Alliance Defense Fund [e]
- Hudson Institute [r]: A US think tank emphasizing futures studies, nonpartisan but conservative-leaning [e]
- Nixon Center [r]: Add brief definition or description
Issue factions
- Neoconservatism [r]: A political philosophy and ideology which combines many traditional conservative opinions with an emphasis on the importance of foreign policy and using American power to push democracy forward. [e]
- Social conservatism [r]: A political ideology that holds to a belief in following cultural tradition and traditional, often religious morality. [e]
- National security conservatism [r]: A political belief that the defense of the nation, from attacks from nation-states and non-national actors, is the primary responsibility of government [e]
- Libertarianism [r]: A political ideology that regards individual freedom as having the highest value in society. [e]
- Liberalism [r]: Economic and political doctrine advocating free enterprise, free competition and free will. [e]
- Paleoconservatism [r]: A branch of American conservatism that stresses tradition, civil society, classical federalism and the heritage of traditional Christian civilization, and opposed socialism, the Eisenhower "New Deal" and neoconservatism; Patrick Buchanan is prominent [e]
- Christian Right [r]: A number of contemporary right-wing political movements that are specifically Christian, which advocate socially conservative values in politics and the popular culture [e]
- The NextRight [r]: A website intended for forward-looking analysis to rebuild the U.S. political right, from what it considers the dysfunctional Republican and conservative movements [e]
Media
- Political opinion broadcasting [r]: Electronic publishing of political material, presented with a strong and not necessarily identified component of opinion or even sensationalism [e]
- Fox News [r]: U.S. television news network, generally perceived as more conservative than its competitors, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation; its founder and president is Roger Ailes [e]
- Roger Ailes [r]: President of Fox News and chairman of Fox Broadcasting Company; previously media and political consultant, first for Richard Nixon especially for Ronald Reagan; executive producer for CNBC [e]
- Glenn Beck [r]: U.S. conservative political opinion broadcaster and author, with a show on Fox News and a political action effort, the 9-12 Project [e]
- Sean Hannity [r]: An American television and radio commentator, self-identified as a Ronald Reagan conservative [e]
- Bill O'Reilly [r]: U.S. political opinion broadcaster, author, radio host and political commentator. Host of The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News. [e]
- Fox News [r]: U.S. television news network, generally perceived as more conservative than its competitors, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation; its founder and president is Roger Ailes [e]
- WorldNetDaily [r]: A web-based investigative and opinion journalism site, whose editorial policy is generally associated with American conservatism [e]
- Joseph Farah [r]: Co-founder, Editor and Chief Executive Officer, WorldNetDaily; contributing expert, Ariel Center for Policy Research; expert list, Middle East Forum; weekly columnist for the International Edition of the Jerusalem Post; former editor-in-chief of the Sacramento Union [e]
- Andrea Shea King [r]: Conservative talk radio host in Central Florida and columnist for WorldNetDaily; she has blogged on Google, which removed her blog without explanation, but is using an alternate [e]
- Ann Coulter [r]: Confrontational American conservative author and media personality represented by Creators Syndicate; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union; columnist, WorldNetDaily [e]
- Laura Ingraham [r]: American conservative radio-TV host; attorney; board of advisors, Family Security Matters [e]
- Rush Limbaugh [r]: (1951–2021) American radio host and right-wing political commentator; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union. [e]
- Joe Scarborough [r]: A "conservative of libertarian tilt", currently a political show host on MSNBC, who served as a Republican Congressman from [{Florida]] between 1994 and 2001 [e]
- Dede Scozzafava [r]: A Republican candidate for Congress in a special election in New York State, who threw her support to the Democratic and candidate and withdrew rather than support the candidate of the New York Conservative Party and local Tea Party activists [e]
- Abortion [r]: The deliberate expulsion of an embryo or foetus from the womb for the purpose of ending a pregnancy. [e]
- Separation of church and state [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Culture wars [r]: Add brief definition or description
- War against Christmas [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Southern heritage [r]: Add brief definition or description
- White nationalism [r]: Political movement aiming for a separate nation that exists solely for people of a white, European ethnic origin. [e]
- Same-sex marriage [r]: Marriage between two men, or two women [e]
- Balanced budget amendment [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bill of Federalism [r]: An American conservative initiative, proposed by Randy Barnett, for amendment(s) to the U.S. Constitution to "to restore the balance between state and federal power as well as the original meaning of the Constitution" [e]
- American exceptionalism [r]: An assumption that the United States, as opposed to the majority of nations, was created based on shared ideology rather than shared history, described by G.K. Chesterton as "set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in the Declaration of Independence", and described by Seymour Martin Lipset as based on liberty,egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissez-faire [e]
- George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. [e]
- Ronald Reagan [r]: (1911–2004) 40th President of the United States, Republican. [e]
- Fiscal policy [r]: Policy concerning public expenditure, taxation and borrowing and the provision of public goods and services, and their effects upon social conduct, the distribution of wealth and the level of economic activity. [e]
- Unitary executive theory [r]: A U.S. concept of constitutional law and politics, which believes that the President of the United States has a right, and indeed an obligation, to take certain actions without Congressional or Judicial checks and balances [e]
- Liberalism [r]: Economic and political doctrine advocating free enterprise, free competition and free will. [e]
- U.S. Democratic Party [r]: One of the two major political parties in the United States; usually described as center-left. [e]
- Iraq War [r]: Invasion of Iraq by a coalition of countries, led by the United States, in 2003, and subsequent occupation [e]
- Afghanistan War (2001-) [r]: Beginning on October 7, 2001, in response to the 9-11 attacks, military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces [e]
- Counterterrorism [r]: A range of activities that prevent attempted terrorism well before an actual act is close to being executed, including killing or capturing terrorists; complements and can include anti-terrorism, or measures taken to minimize the impact of an attempted or completed act; counterterrorism proper is "enemy centric" rather than counterinsurgency, which is "people-centric" [e]
- Radical Islamism [r]: From the perspective of Western liberal democracy, the use of both political and violent methods to establish Islamist theocratic rule, either in existing democracies or in emerging states [e]
- U.S. policy towards Iran [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. policy towards Israel [r]: Add brief definition or description
