In Search of A Father For American Conservatism? Behold, Leo XIII
Mandeville, LA - Bruce Frohnnen posits that the American Conservative, quoting Bugs Bunny, has "gone Left at Albuquerque" and is no longer conservative in the "tradition...of Russell Kirk...and the father of modern conservatism, Edmund Burke." I reply: Was there ever any debate over Burke being tagged as the "father of conservatism"? "Conserving" the secular system that has produced the horrific, sin-drenched civilization we occupy is at best a rear guard […]
