Conserv Yourself

Today's conservative principle is that we will read a wide variety of news sources so that we can stay in the know of what is happening in the world we are a part of.

The left loves to call conservatives anti-science when a differing opinion is presented. Today's conservative principle is that we allow all voices to be heard in the realm of scientific exploration and we allow people to make their own decisions based on the evidence that they see.

There are so many conservative personalities out there.  Today's conservative principle is that we seek out intellectuals and consume information with the goals of understanding, analyzing, and coming to our own conclusions with what we hear or see.

We head back to the principles of traditionalist conservatism, and today's conservative principle is that we value the countryside and believe the values of rural life are highly prized (sometimes even being romanticized as in pastoral poetry).

Today's conservative principle is that we believe that there is a natural law over us as humans and as a society that speaks to our morality and our rights.

Russell Kirk (1918 - 1994) is regarded as a leading conservative thinker of the 20th century.  Today we review his article Ten Conservative Principles as found on the Russell Kirk Center's website at https://kirkcenter.org/conservatism/ten-conservative-principles

With the hardships of 2020, is there reason to be thankful?  We look back at the origins of the Thanksgiving tradition and realize that this holiday we celebrate every year was born out of hardship.

The U.S. General Services Administration chief, Emily Murphy, has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the agency has formally ascertained him as the apparent winner of the 2020 presidential election and would move ahead with transition proceedings.  Joe Biden, in a November 7 speech, has called on unity, stop the rhetoric, lower the temperature, and call for the healing of the divide of the country.  We look at the last 4 years and review just how the Democrats and progressive leftists have been the instigator of much of this rhetoric. 

We look back over the conservative principles we discussed from episodes 10 through 19.

Identity politics has become an important aspect of today's political sphere.  How should we as conservatives understand this dynamic and respond?