Justin's US Conservative Politics Blog March 2008 Archive

I had to do it. Barack Obama, the front-running Democrat in the race for his party's presidential nomination came to ultra-conservative Lancaster County today, and I had to see what all ... Read More

Hang on to your voter-registration card. What I'm about to say may come as a shock. A vote for John McCain is not a vote for the Bush Administration. Some of my ... Read More

The US Supreme Court failed to hear a significant appeal this week by a conservative group wanting to promote its film, "Hillary: The Movie." According to CNN.com, Citizens United, a Washington, ... Read More

These are indeed strange days for the final two Democrats running for president. And the longer the race plods on, the stranger the days seem to become for Hillary Clinton and ... Read More

I, for one, am very glad the issue of race has entered the national dialogue, and I believe that any American who advocates for racial harmony should see this crack ... Read More

While I have hoped to limit Guest Commentary to every other Tuesday, Barack Obama's speech on race in Philadelphia yesterday demanded a response, and today's Guest, philosophy professor Jack Kerwick, ... Read More

It's going to be a long spring. That was my first thought this morning when I saw this headline at Reuters.com. Hillary Clinton, taking shots at John McCain and Barack Obama over ... Read More

The economy took center stage Friday, as the symptoms of its collapse continued to run amok: the costly war in Iraq continued racking up debts, the sub-prime mortgage crisis had ... Read More

LET THE RICH DOGS EAT AAA and the National Oil Price Information Service are reporting new highs in the average price of regular unleaded gasoline across the country: $3.246 per gallon. ... Read More

In this second installment of our Guest Commentary, humanities professor and paleoconservative icon Paul E. Gottfried unveils the ways in which the Old Right can find political relevance once again. Expect ... Read More

One of the most important, yet forgotten movements in US conservative politics is paleoconservatism. Once known as the Old Right, paleconservatism has dried up on the table of conservative discourse, and ... Read More

Reuters.com is reporting that John McCain has won the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, far surpassing the target of 1,191 delegates. Mike Huckabee withdrew from the race, emphasizing his need to stick ... Read More

While the heated feud between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama dominated national politics last week, the public squabble hasn't kept them from launching the ocassional miscue at Arizona Sen. John ... Read More