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Posts Tagged ‘Conservatism’

McDonnell’s Shell Game

By Joel McDonald • Jun 24th, 2010 • Category: Blog, Related News & Events

Bob McDonnell is playing a little shell game with money essentially borrowed from the Virginia Retirement System, calling it a surplus in order to make him and his administration look good.


The Clash of Conservatism and Theocracy

By Joel McDonald • Dec 21st, 2009 • Category: Blog, Related News & Events

Where exactly is the conservatism in this? If Republicans are supposed to stand for small government and individual liberty, why are they aligning themselves with zealots who push them to restrict the liberty of people based on who they are?