In my latest post for David Horowitz’s NewsReal, I comment on David Frum’s announcement that he will change the name of his website from New Majority into Frum Forum. It was, I write, ‘illustrative of the conservative intellectual’s major problem: the conservatism he advocates lacks both the confidence and principles an ideology requires to form a new majority.’

But the problem with that was and is that Frum Conservatism doesn’t believe in itself. Its creator is convinced that conservatism can only be successful, if it compromises on its core beliefs. This idea, that uncompromising conservatism lacks the ability to appeal to a majority of the electorate, is related to Frum’s lack of confidence in his own ability to help shape a new majority. After all, if your ideology lacks confidence, so do you.| MORE ›

Jonah Goldberg wrote one heck of a post for National Review‘s the Corner called “Taxes &Tyranny.” I strongly urge you to read it in its entirety. Moneyquote:

According to that Reason video I posted below, Americans work an average of 103 days a year just to pay their taxes.| MORE ›

Chris Stirewalt:

Indeed, as the GOP looks to reinvent itself after appalling losses last year, some Republicans are flirting with the Tory conservatism of Cameron and his team.

The strong conservatism of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1990 hasn’t been the norm for British Tories since World War II.| MORE ›

Dan Riehl:

In what could conceivably be seen as an opening salvo in Election 2012, Texas Governor Rick Perry has opted to take a very visible stand on a sovereignty resolution (text) passed by the Texas legislature.| MORE ›

Wonderful:| MORE ›