Conservative Politics

Liberals have it wrong on almost every issue. Conservative ideology is the only one with viable options.

Don’t get me wrong: embracing conservative political philosophy does not entail toting rifles, moving to the country, regularly eating at McDonald’s and becoming an Evangelical Baptist, as many Harvard Professors and New York Times writers would have you believe. It doesn’t mean that you join the Republican Party, either. It means something entirely different.

I’ll be the first to admit that the Republicans in the United States have certainly made their fair share of blunders in the last decade, including their enlarging of the federal government and debt-financed spending sprees. These gaffes, however, can be attributed to diverting from conservative principles, not from adhering to them.

Lest I digress into meaningless generalizations, one thing must be made clear: all ideas from “the Right” were not created equal. Some of the policies, issues and tendencies on the conservative side can be hurtful and detrimental to societal progress. There is great debate within the ideologues and leadership of conservative politics about differences of policy and practice.

The sad thing is that the Left isn’t contributing much useful discussion to the political debates. Consider the following issues:

1. The Economy: Creating Wealth and Eliminating Poverty
2. Social Issues: Abortion, Gay Marriage, and Crime
3. Foreign Policy: Keeping America Safe and International Trade
4. Education
5. Healthcare
6. Civil Liberties and Rights

Over the next few blog posts, we’ll discuss why the policies of conservative politics are the only policies for a prosperous and free society.