Writing Worth Reading
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Writing Worth Reading
Some of America's leading right-of-centre thinkers tell us about the books that have shaped their views and explain what it means to be conservative today. Click here to see which books our panel of experts voted the most influential of all time
Norquist argues that skeptics within the Republican Party have always been worried about radical newcomers regarding them as "not quite our sort". Says they should relax. Each influx has only strengthened the party
Author delves into the surreal new world Palin now inhabits—a place of fear, anger, and illusion, which has swallowed up the engaging, small-town hockey mom and her family, and the sadness she has left in her wake......
Tea party has focused public anger at Obama's reforms and forced the political establishment to take serious note post the midterm elections. Article asks whether it is just a knee-jerk response to a Democrat president?
Tea Party appeals to previously politically inactive Americans. People having profound private transformations. Washington seen as a threat, a place where crisis is manipulated for power
Succinctly puts forward the case that Republicans need to also take responsibility for their role in America's current situation. It’s not always true that what’s good for Goldman Sachs is good for the economy.....
You think Rush Limbaugh or Keith Olbermann talks harshly? Conservative commentator argues that the American right should take inspiration from their 19th Century forebearers
Most effective voices of the American Right coming from outside the world of professional politicians. 'Shock jocks' and Tea Party activists often more a liability than asset. Intellectual Robert George saves the day
Explores how the Obama presidency has inadvertently transformed the American right. Not since the 1950's has it been so radicalised
Explores how Glenn Beck, former radio jockey, recovering alcoholic, and Mormon convert, has emerged as both a unifying figure and an intellectual guide for this 'fractious' movement. Slightly worrying
In reviewing five books on the American Conservatism, author says 'new strain of populism is metastasizing before our eyes...estranged, aimless, and as juvenile as our new century....appeals to petulant individuals.'
The Washington Post columnist and senior fellow at Brookings questions what has happened to the intellectual humility that led to the growth of American Conservatism
Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to George W Bush chooses five books that he believes help define the essence of American Conservatism today
