As the global economic recession persists, many Europeans are talking about the end of capitalism. They forget that capitalism in Europe had already once given way - often violently - to statism and corporatism in the 1930s, to be revived in only a handful of countries in the 1980s. ...more

January 25, 2009

Compassionate conservatism began with some questions: Is it possible to apply conservative and free-market ideas - school vouchers, the promotion of community and faith-based institutions, the encouragement of wealth-building and social mobility - to the task of helping marginalized Americans? In the wake of liberal failures, do conservatives offer any hope to addicts and the homeless, to disadvantaged children in need of mentors and adequate education, to citizens living among the broken glass of durable poverty? ...more

June 7, 2008