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The dark sides of conservatism

Conservatives should be willing to look at their own intellectual history, the good and especially the bad.

Conservatism, like progressivism, is complicated. It is perhaps inevitable that the champions of a political viewpoint are more likely to gaze upon its heights with wonder than stare into its hell pits with revulsion, writes Matt McManus. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY MATT MCMANUS

November 11, 2019

MEXICO CITY—There is a great deal that is interesting and informative in Brian Lee Crowley’s recent piece for the National Post “Right Now: Why Conservatives Are Grateful For The Society We Have.” Crowley claims that the key feature distinguishing conservatism is that it is not a ra...

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