In the volatile world of post-Cold War American politics, few figures have stood out with as much clarity and controversy as Pat Buchanan. This book is a political biography, but it is also in part a history of modern American conservatism. Buchanan's career can be divided into two parts. First, there was his rapid rise through the ranks of the modern-day conservative movement. As a senior aide and speechwriter to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, and as a combative columnist and commentator, Buchanan was a valued and popular figure among leading conservatives all throughout the 1970s and '80s. His 1985 decision, for instance, to take a significant pay cut and join the Reagan administration as director of communications was greeted with near unanimous praise and adulation from Buchanan's fellow conservatives in the Washington-Manhattan constellation. Indeed, by the middle of President Reagan's second term, conservative activists were urging Buchanan to run for president, with many of them claiming he was now a political figure who could stake his claim as a successor to Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. With sections on Buchanan's growing up years, his service to both Nixon and Reagan, his rise in the conservative movement, his "America First" platform, and his presidential runs, this book tells the story of a man who raised issues during his time as both a pundit and a politician that are still significant today and, in fact, that the time of Pat Buchanan is far from being over.

"Paleoconservatism" as a concept came into circulation during the 1980s as a rejoinder to the rise of neoconservatism. It signifies a brand of conservatism that rose up in opposition to the New Deal, setting itself against the centralizing trends that define modern politics to champion the republican virtues of self-governance and celebrate the nation's varied and colorful regional cultures. This volume brings together key writings of the major representatives of "Old Right" thought, past and present. The essays included here define a coherent intellectual tradition linking New York libertarians to unreconstructed Southern traditionalists to Midwestern agrarians. Part I is devoted to the founding fathers of the modern conservative movement. Essays by Frank Chodorov, Murray Rothbard, and James Burnham attack economic aspects of the New Deal, big government in general, and high taxes. Russell Kirk introduces the cultural paleoconservatism, with its preference for social classes and distinctions of age and sex, while Richard Weaver explains why culture is more important to a civilization's survival than mere material conditions. The second part covers the contemporary resurgence of the Old Right. Chilton Williamson, Jr. sets out the argument against large-scale immigration on cultural and economic grounds. The divisive issue of trade is covered. William Hawkins outlines a mercantilist trade policy at odds with the free trade libertarianism of Chodorov and Rothbard. On education, Allan Carlson goes further than the Beltway Right in his advocacy of home schooling. M.E. Bradford shows how the doctrine of equality of opportunity inevitably leads to greater and more tyrannical state action. The contemporary culture wars are the focus of Thomas Fleming, Paul Gottfried, Clyde Wilson, and Samuel Francis, who search for the roots of American nationalism, the lessons to be drawn from the past, and how they may be applied in the future. Joseph A. Scotchie is the author of Barbarians in the Saddle: An Intellectual Biography of Richard Weaver and editor of The Vision of Richard Weaver both published by Transaction. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Asheville and the City College of New York.

This is the story of New York's feisty Conservative Party, a story that is really the saga of America's tumultuous political maturity from the time of Rockefeller up to Rudy Guiliani.

Since 1968, Republican presidents have occupied the White House far longer than Democratic presidents, and recently Republicans have controlled both houses of Congress as well. In spite of these electoral triumphs, leading spokespersons on the right continue to depict conservatives as an embattled minority. Lashing out at their liberal opponents, sharp-tongued partisan advocates like Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Sean Hannity never tire of issuing jeremiads against what they perceive as the inexorable tide of liberal abuses that threatens to overwhelm the Republic. But if Republicans have won the battle at the voting booths, why is the right so angry? As S. T. Joshi reveals in this incisive profile of twelve leading conservatives, the rage at the heart of the right is fueled by a gnawing sense that conservatives long ago lost the hearts and minds of the American people. Since the F.D.R. administration, conservatives have unsuccessfully opposed legislative and judicial reforms that today are considered so mainstream as to be, well, "conservative." In effect, yesterday's liberalism is today's conservatism, and this has been the direction of social and political change since the age of the Model T. Examining the writings of such conservative icons as Russell Kirk, William F. Buckley Jr, Phyllis Schlafly, and nine others, Joshi uncovers statements that most people today would consider not just radical but outrageous: In the 1950s, Russell Kirk opposed Social Security because he said it was "un-Christian." In the same decade, William F. Buckley Jr. argued against the desegregation of public schools on the grounds that it would be an infringement of states' rights (an argument also used a century earlier to defend slavery). In the 1970s, Phyllis Schlafly declared that women's liberation is a "disease" and a "homewrecker." Knowing that these positions are today indefensible, conservative spokespersons have little recourse but to engage in passionate invective that attempts to portray their opponents as extremists. Joshi characterizes the aggrieved lament of conservatives as the last gasp of those who know their ideas will be confined to the dustbin of history.

The book operates from the conservative agenda of American politics. The Tea Party conservative movement and not the establishment conservatism of the Republican Party are discussed. This country needs to change. The funny thing about change is that the change this country needs is a regression towards America's roots. The progressives have progressed America right out of what the Founding Fathers had in mind when writing the United States Constitution. This is a good book for anyone entering a college classroom for political science. If you read this book you will impress your fellow students and the professor with your knowledge and understanding of the current issues facing America today. The articles represent a lot of American history that helps to provide context and understanding for the issues being discussed. The book is great for people of all political stripes because the arguments in each article are interesting and thought provocative. This book represents the politics of America from 2012 to the present. The book is based on articles from many different subject matters including: economics, education, environmentalism, immigration, international foreign policy (Asia, Middle East, and Europe), Affordable Care Act, presidential, progressives, and religion. All of the subjects are written from a conservative perspective. The book represents a discussion that is based on the politics that where part of the twenty four hour news cycle from 2012 until the present. Every article written in this book was written in real time as the events unfolded and blossomed on the media scene. Every article in this book can be found on the internet and all the articles are printed by http: //www.nolanchart.com/. The Nolan Chart website is well known for its political discourse across the entire political spectrum from Liberals to Conservatives and everything in between.

Focusing on the lives and careers of five men -- Weekly Standard publisher Bill Kristol, Christian Coalition founder Ralph Reed, anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist, Congressman David McIntosh, and constitutional lawyer Clint Bolick -- Nina Easton offers a telling chronicle of the rise of modern conservatism. She describes the family and educational background of each man, the cultural forces that shaped them, and the issues that unite -- and divide -- them as they continue their war against the political establishment. An intriguing look at baby boomers who rebelled against the legacy of the 1960s, Gang of Five is a major contribution to contemporary history. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.