Tag: “Progressive Conservatism”

F.H. Buckley: ‘Progressive Conservatism’ Is GOP’s Golden Ticket

Progressive conservatism: these two words seem to contradict each other. But according to George Mason University law professor F.H. Buckley, “progressive conservatism” is the original way of the Republican Party, beginning with President Abraham Lincoln. The presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Donald Trump also fit Buckley’s model of conservatism that doesn’t shy away…


Book Review: ‘Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America’s Natural Governing Party’

It seems that F. H. Buckley thinks a bit differently than most Republicans and Democrats. In his book, “Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America’s Natural Governing Party,” he makes it quite clear why that is the case. He belongs to a genre of politics that is rare: a combination of the two (or three,…