Category Archives: Neoconservatives

Populism, Neoconservatism & Lessons in the Application of Power

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Luke Ford

I’m a simple man who likes simple things like truth. Here is one truth as I see it — populism is usually popular but rarely gets anything done, while neoconservatism is unpopular but gets much accomplished (such as the disastrous … Continue reading →

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NYT: Talk of a Trump Dictatorship Charges the American Political Debate

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Luke Ford

If America was in danger of slipping into a dictatorship, trillions of dollars would move out of America (because in a dictatorship, you no longer have the rule of law and wealth can be arbitrarily confiscated), and the U.S. dollar … Continue reading →

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‘Yes, We Should Call Them Imperialists’

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Luke Ford

Paul Gottfried wrote July 19, 2018: Neoconservatives like Max Boot are fooling themselves if they think imposing ‘values’ on the rest of the world isn’t a matter of empire. Recently while reading a book by an Israeli scholar named Yoram … Continue reading →

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Jews and the Conservative Rift

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Luke Ford

Historian Edward Shapiro, Marc B. Shapiro’s father, writes in 1999: American conservatism was enveloped in a mood of doubt and angst during the 1980s and 1990s precisely at the time when its message had seemingly never resonated more strongly. These … Continue reading →

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Bye, Bye Neo-Cons

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Luke Ford

David Goldman writes: Israeli leaders of all major parties warn of two existential threats to Israel: a U.N. resolution forcing Israel back to the 1967 armistice line, and a nuclear-armed Iran. With Donald Trump’s election both threats have receded into … Continue reading →

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