Liberals and Conservatives
Liberalism and conservatism have been the dominant ideologies in the United States. But what exactly do these terms mean? Are there different types of liberals and different types of conservatives? What are important differences between the two ideologies?
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Being a liberal. (Panel Discussion) Michael Ignatieef, Charles Taylor, Michel Enright. Queen's Quarterly Summer 2003 v110 i2 p257(10) (2537 words)
Getting the blues: the administration appears to be bent on teaching liberal states a lesson. Peter Schrag. The Nation August 4, 2003 v277 i4 p22 (2913 words)
Liberalizing the law. (Comment). (American Constitution Society) Alexander Wohl. The Nation June 16, 2003 v276 i23 p6 (801 words)
DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN. (Obituary) Nicholas Lemann. The New Yorker April 7, 2003 v79 i7 p098
Commitment, scholarship, and classical liberalism. (Reflections). Jeremy Shearmur. Independent Review Spring 2003 v7 i4 p575(11)
The Liberal Power. The New Republic March 3, 2003 p7(1)
Notebook. (writings on liberalism through the past century) The New Republic March 3, 2003 p8
The repressive openness of political correctness. Aidan Rankin. Contemporary Review Jan 2003 v282 i1644 p33(4)
The case for liberalism: a defense of the future against the past. (Essay). George McGovern. Harper's Magazine Dec 2002 v305 i1831 p37(6) Mag.Coll.: 112M0794.
Getting to the bottom of this 'neo' nonsense: Before you talk about conservatives, know what you're doing. Ramesh Ponnuru. National Review June 16, 2003 v55 i11 pNA
Homeland Politics: From the Cold War to 9/11, conservatism had been portrayed as resting on two pillars: economic conservatism and social conservatism. Don't forget the third. John Fonte. National Review June 2, 2003 v55 i10 pNA
Anger mismanagement. (Sen. Rick Santorum and gay rights)(Column) John Leo. U.S. News & World Report May 5, 2003 p36
Women under threat: with public attention elsewhere, women's rights are under threat by the Bush administration. (Commentary). Carmen L. Golay. off our backs May-June 2003 p11(2)
Right young things; Lexington. (Young conservatives on the march) The Economist (US) July 26, 2003 v368 i8334 p34US (934 words)
Laura Ingraham: a rising talk radio phenomenon compares radio to TV, dissects culture and politics, contrasts elites vs. middle America, and explains why Hillary Clinton is a throwback. ("Live" with TAE). (Interview) The American Enterprise July-August 2003 v14 i5 p18(4) (3097 words)
Neocons on the Line: Welcome to the real world. Michael Hirsh. Newsweek June 23, 2003 p28 (2678 words)
Getting to the bottom of this 'neo' nonsense: Before you talk about conservatives, know what you're doing. Ramesh Ponnuru. National Review June 16, 2003 v55 i11 pNA (2415 words) The American consensus and the American conservative. Irving Louis Horowitz. Partisan Review Spring 2003 v70 i2 p298(7)
Originalist Sin: Conservatives, the Constitution, and affirmative action. RAMESH PONNURU. National Review March 10, 2003 v55 i4 pNA
The right-wing assault: what's at stake, what's already happened and what could yet occur. (Court Packing). Cass R. Sunstein. The American Prospect March 2003 v14 i3 pA2(3)
A hostile takeover: how the Federalist Society is capturing the federal courts. (Court Packing). Martin Garbus. The American Prospect March 2003 v14 i3 pA16(3)
Why I became a conservative. Roger Scruton. New Criterion Feb 2003 v21 i6 p4(10)
The absent professors. (college professors mostly Democrats)(Brief Article) John Leo. U.S. News & World Report Sept 23, 2002 p14 Mag.Coll.: 112B0425. Bus.Coll.: 141U0898.
Flunking statistics: the right's disinformation about faculty bias. (Gazette). Martin Plissner. The American Prospect Dec 30, 2002 v13 i23 p15(3)
We Don't Talk This Way: Conservatives were quick to jump on Lott, and properly so: his comments taint the movement. The view from the right. David Brooks. Newsweek Dec 23, 2002 p31
On modernity and train wrecks. (The public square: a continuing survey of religion and public life). (Jody Bottum on Francis Fukuyama's Our Posthuman Future) Richard John Neuhaus. First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life Dec 2002 p74(2)
Wanted: a few good girls: right-wing foundation seeks eligible young women for meaningful, long-term relationship. (Articles). (Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute) Karen Houppert. The Nation Nov 25, 2002 v275 i18 p11 Mag.Coll.: 112B0204.
Infallible justice. (Antonin Scalia)(Brief Article) Patricia J. Williams. The Nation Oct 7, 2002 v275 i11 p9 Mag.Coll.: 111L0130.
The right's moral trouble: thanks to corporate scandals, conservatives are finally on the defensive. (United States) Fred Block. The Nation Sept 30, 2002 v275 i10 p20 Mag.Coll.: 111L0101.
Tilting at Windmills. CHARLES PETERS. Washington Monthly July 2001 p5 Mag.Coll.: 107G2562.
Who's a liberal? WILLIAM A. GALSTON. The Public Interest Summer 2001 p100
Why the Left Is Fragmented (and a Modest Proposal to Counter It). Jack Rothman. The Humanist Sept 2000 v60 i5 p40 Mag.Coll.: 104B2853.
The Truly Progressive. (Brief Article) The Wilson Quarterly Spring 2000 v24 i2 p100
Is There a "Third Way"? (liberalism versus conservatism) Elliott Abrams. Commentary April 1999 v107 i4 p17(1) Mag.Coll.: 98B1830.
A liberal country, after all. Jeremy Rabkin. The Public Interest Wntr 1999 i134 p68(1)
The moral basis of a free society. (Cover Story) Steve Forbes. Policy Review Nov-Dec 1997 n86 p20(11)
Toward a progressive majority. (First Principles - A New Series) The Nation April 14, 1997 v264 n14 p11(1) Mag.Coll.: 88E0114.
A progressive compact. (First Principles - A New Series)(Cover Story) Jeff Faux. The Nation April 14, 1997 v264 n14 p12(4) Mag.Coll.: 88E0115.
Liberalism defined: the perils of complacency. The Economist (US) Dec 21, 1996 v341 n7997 p17(3)
Liberalism: what's missing? Ronald Beiner. Society July-August 1995 v32 n5 p18(5) Mag.Coll.: 80A4213.
How liberalism produces democratic peace. John M. Owen. International Security Fall 1994 v19 n2 p87(39)
Explaining the strange death of American liberalism. (The public square: a continuing survey of religion and public life). Richard John Neuhaus. First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life Feb 2002 p83(4)
Why conservatism is a tribute to liberalism.--The Revolution That Never Was. (includes related bibliography) Alan Wolfe. The New Republic June 7, 1999 p42(1) Mag.Coll.: 100E0459.
How the West was lost: Melanie Phillips on how Pim Fortuyn and others hijacked liberal values and provoked a Muslim backlash against liberalism itself. Melanie Phillips. Spectator May 11, 2002 v288 i9066 p14(2)
The mighty Wurlitzer: David Brock's lessons for liberals. (Gazette). Robert L. Borosage. The American Prospect May 6, 2002 v13 i8 p13(2)
Liberalism, Individuality, and Identity. Kwame Anthony Appiah. Critical Inquiry Wntr 2001 v27 i2 p305
The Stakes: What happens if Gore wins? Ramesh Ponnuru. National Review Oct 9, 2000 v52 i19 pNA
The twilight of liberal welfare reform. LAWRENCE M. MEAD. The Public Interest, Spring 2000 p22
Liberalism and Its Discontents. (Review) Richard J. Ellis. Society, July-August 1999 v36 i5 p97(4)
REAGAN AND THE TORIES. (former US President Ronald Reagan) Irwin Stelzer. Spectator June 30, 2001 v286 i9021 p26
That shocking conservative; The conservatism of George Bush. (George Bush is turning out to be no liberal. Truly)(Leaders)(Brief Article) The Economist (US) April 28, 2001 p1
Robert Nisbet on Conservative Dogmatics. Brad Lowell Stone. Society March 2000 v37 i3 p68 Mag.Coll.: 102J3147.
Politics of Paleoconservatism. Edward Ashbee. Society March 2000 v37 i3 p75 Mag.Coll.: 102J3154.
State of the Conservatives : We are all Clintonites now. Ramesh Ponnuru. National Review Nov 22, 1999 v51 i22 p36 Mag.Coll.: 100K0421.
Milton & Rose Friedman. The American Enterprise Jan 1999 v10 i1 p18(1)
The origin of conservatism. John O. McGinnis. National Review Dec 22, 1997 v49 n24 p31(5)
What good is government? William J. Bennett, John J. DiIulio Jr.. Commentary Nov 1997 v104 n5 p25(7) Mag.Coll.: 91C0160.
Watch on the right: Pat Robertson's contract on America. John M. Swomley. The Humanist July-August 1995 v55 n4 p35(2) Mag.Coll.: 80A2854.
Challenging Global Warming as a Social Problem: An Analysis of the Conservative Movement's Counter-Claims. AARON M. McCRIGHT, RILEY E. DUNLAP. Social Problems Nov 2000 v47 i4 p499
The Rise of Right-wing Environmentalism. Jonathan Olsen. Earth Island Journal Summer 2000 v15 i2 p32
Hypocritics: the right's newfound feminism. (feminists and Bill Clinton; conservatives and sexual harassment law) Peter Beinart. The New Republic March 30, 1998 v218 n13 p9(2) Mag.Coll.: 93A0010.
Right Turn - What conservatives should learn from 9/11. Andrew Sullivan. The New Republic Dec 17, 2001 p22 Mag.Coll.: 109K0367.
The wisdom of Ann Coulter. (conservative commentator)(Brief Article) Washington Monthly Nov 2001 v33 i11 p18(2) Mag.Coll.: 108L4213.
The new face of gay conservatives: Republicans control the White House, the House of Representatives, and a majority of governorships. Now a new wave of openly gay conservatives wants to put gay rights on the agenda in George Bush's America. (Cover Story). Chris Bull. The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) April 16, 2002 p42(4)
The fundamental John Ashcroft: until September 11, John Ashcroft seemed content to lie low as the Bush administration's ambassador to the right. But now the attorney general has been reborn--and rooting out terrorists is just the beginning. David Corn. Mother Jones March-April 2002 v27 i2 p38(8)
Conservatism's Triumph - A historian argues that Ronald Reagan exposed twentieth-century liberalism's weaknesses and championed the rise of modern conservatism. (book review) LEE EDWARDS. World and I Feb 2002 v17 i2 p20
A Pro-Life Foreign Policy: While playing the moderate at home, Bush is using U.S. aid to win points with religious conservatives. (ABORTION)(National Affairs) Debra Rosenberg. Newsweek Sept 3, 2001 p24
CLASS WAR IN AMERICA: HOW ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONSERVATIVES ARE EXPLOITING LOW-AND MIDDLE-INCOME AMERICANS. (Review) MARC-ANDRE PIGEON. Journal of Economic Issues Sept 2001 v35 i3 p765
Bush's Compassionless Conservatism. (Brief Article) Karen Ann Gajewski. The Humanist July 2001 v61 i4 p3
'Corruption, Plunder, and Waste': The ethical case against big government. Michael Knox Beran. National Review Oct 9, 2000 v52 i19 pNA
Address To The Republican National Convention: COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM. George W. Bush. Vital Speeches August 15, 2000 v66 i21 p642
THE MAKING OF A CONSERVATIVE: PART ONE. Esmond Wright. Contemporary Review August 2000 v277 i1615 p89
Dilemmas of conservatism. JERRY Z. MULLER. The Public Interest, Spring 2000 p50
Politics of Paleoconservatism. Edward Ashbee. Society, March 2000 v37 i3 p75
State of the Conservatives : We are all Clintonites now. Ramesh Ponnuru. National Review, November 22, 1999 v51 i22 p36
Types of Right: How the conservatives break down. (beliefs of United States conservative parties) John O'Sullivan. National Review, October 11, 1999 v51 i19 p20
What the Republicans Have Forgotten. (conservative political party) Daniel Casse. Commentary, October 1999 v108 i3 p21
`It's Over' The Demise of Conservatism. Richard Kelly. History Review, September 1999 p34
Strange Nestfellows. (liberals and conservatives have different reasons for supporting US involvement in Kosovo) Elliott Abrams. National Review, May 31, 1999 v51 i10 p52(1)
Triangulating the Constitution. (how liberals and conservatives use the US Supreme Court to achieve their political objectives) Gary Rosen. Commentary, July 1999 v108 i1 p59 |
