In the 1950s, Russell Kirk almost single-handedly rescued conservative thought from oblivion and made it a force to be reckoned with again by writing The Conservative Mind.  Since his intended audience was academia, much of his tome is a rather dense and difficult read.  But that's what we're here for--to make highbrow conservative thought easily accessible and applicable for you.  Kirk later summarized his basic arguments in the book into a list of Ten Conservative Principles.  In today's podcast we'll be exploring the first five of those principles.

It turns out the meaning of "conservatism" isn't just up for grabs.  Here we'll learn what conservatism actually means by exploring the writings of old, dead, white guys like Burke, Kirk, Goldwater, and Buckley.  And we'll discuss the three worldviews (economic, foreign policy, and social) that merged to form modern conservatism.