Illinois Review

13 year old addresses CPAC last weekend

Jonathan Krohn is a 13 year old homeschooler who has written a book called Define Conservatism

Get 'em while they're young

by Eric Kohn

From the Borders at State & Randolph in Chicago:

I'm sure every parent is looking for a way to put their kids to sleep quickly.  And boy, if An Inconvenient Truth can't make that happen, then I just don't know what will.

Cross-posted at EricKohn.com

Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again

by Shawn Healy

Former Bush advisor and speech writer David Frum offers a plethora of provocative ideas for the future of the Republican Party in his 2008 book titled Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again.  Writing prior to the debacle that was Election Day, Frum proves prophetic as the organization once known as the party of ideas lost its way and became the bloated, power-hungry, corrupt operation its adherents had long rallied against, namely a mirror-image of the Democrats.

Moreover, Republicans' tendency to look in the rear-view mirror and attempt to reinvent the Reagan magic is an exercise in futility, he argues, for the issues that Reagan tackled in the revolution he led 28 years ago are largely resolved.  In the process, the GOP has slowly drifted toward racial, regional, and class-based isolation, catering to the interests of the wealthy, southerners and rural residents, and whites, a demographic that shrinks proportionally with each passing day.