Saturday, May 19, 2007

Russell Kirk: Conservatism's Ten Principles by Bonnie Alba

"You claim to be a conservative. I, too, claim to be a conservative. But what is a conservative? Americans pick up labels easily yet most of us lack a classical history education which would determine if we are true conservatives. We also have a difficult time determining the conservative thinking of our leaders or political candidates and are often misled.

We could blame the liberal, dumbed-down public education system. If you attempt to find undistorted history or conservative writers, you will not readily find them in our public schools and universities. "

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