The Guiding Theme of American Conservatism

In Part IV of "Why I'm A Conservative, Not A Libertarian," Writer Ben Hart says he's a "William F. Buckely, Jr. conservative" and argues that conservatives aren’t driven by ideology the way libertarians are. Thus, if the free market isn’t working in certain areas, conservatives reserve the right to make adjustments, to patch it up, and to make rules that make the economy work better. Please tell us what you think by posting your comments or submitting your rebuttal to CHQeditor at gmail.com.

CHQ Exclusives

  • Cuccinelli, Virginia GOP Ticket Will Campaign As Conservatives
    By CHQ Staff | 5/20/13

    Ken Cuccinelli and the Virginia GOP ticket will draw a stark contrast between their limited government constitutional conservative approach to government and the government-knows-best secular liberalism and opportunism of the Democratic ticket.

  • IRS Targeting Tea Party Is The Logical Conclusion Of Big Government
    By CHQ Staff | 5/20/13

    This time the big government liberals have really outsmarted themselves and given the Tea Party movement a great recruiting tool in the process. By using the IRS to discriminate against the Tea Party, they’ve demonstrated to the average American what the logical conclusion of Obama-style big government is -- and most Americans want no part of it. Tea Party Patriots announce protests outside of IRS Offices nationwide this Tuesday -- that's tomorrow, May 21. For details go to: http://www.teapartypatriots.org/irs-protests/.

  • BEAT LAMAR to Lamar Alexander: If It's War You Want, It's War You'll Get
    By CHQ Staff | 5/20/13

    On June 15, the BEAT LAMAR project will have volunteers knocking on 5,000 doors in five key counties in the state of Tennessee, one each in the five major metro areas of the state: Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and the Tri-Cities area.Volunteers interested in joining can sign up at www.beatlamar.com

  • IRS Attack On Conservatives: Where’s The Senate?
    By CHQ Staff | 5/17/13

    Please sign our petition demanding compensation for IRS targeted conservatives, then call conservative and Tea Party Senators (Capitol switchboard is 1-866-220-0044) and urge them take the lead in drafting and swiftly enacting legislation that reimburses IRS-targeted conservative groups and individual donors for this government lawbreaking.

  • Tea Party And Others Must Receive Compensation For IRS Abuse
    By CHQ Staff | 5/17/13

    We think that Congress must pass legislation to compensate victims of the IRS's abuse of opponents of the Obama administration that, at a minimum, allows for the reimbursement of attorney’s fees, CPA and other tax preparer fees, as well as expressly allowing the victims to seek damages for the violation of their constitutional rights.

  • Make IRS Employees Pay – Big Time
    By CHQ Staff | 5/16/13

    Those who were abused by the IRS due to their policy differences with the Obama administration should be made whole by reimbursing them for their out-of-pocket costs and for other damages they suffered at the hands of the Obama IRS. Please sign our petition urging Republican and Tea Party Senators to swiftly introduce such legislation.

  • Marco Rubio's Coup d'Etat is America's Coup de Grace
    By Augustus Sinclair | 5/16/13

    The most extreme social engineering experiment in all of human history, one purposefully designed to fundamentally alter our country, is not being led and sold to the American people by a left-wing ideologue, it is being shoved down our throats by Republican Senator Marco Rubio.

  • The IRS And Washington’s Culture Of Liberal Privilege And Power
    By CHQ Staff | 5/15/13

    The federal government has become so large, so powerful and so disconnected from the people it allegedly serves that those who inhabit it may not need direction from above to act against those citizens who seek to limit its power and reduce it in size.

  • Stand With Us Today For Religious Freedom
    By CHQ Staff | 5/15/13

    Join the 5.2 million Americans who will call their Member of Congress today (Capitol switchboard: 800-828-0498) or Tweet between the hours of 10 am and noon Eastern Time today, May 15, 2013, using the hashtag #ReligiousFreedom to show support for religious freedom and conscience rights.

  • What a Conservative Social Safety Net Would Look Like
    By Ben Hart | 5/15/13

    In Part III of "Why I'm A Conservative, Not A Libertarian," Writer Ben Hart says he's a "William F. Buckely, Jr. conservative." Arguing that the libertarian credo is not a practical charter for government, Hart outlines what a conservative government-backed social safety net could look like. Please tell us what you think by posting your comments or submitting your rebuttal to CHQeditor at gmail.com.

  • Obama, Clinton and The Democrats’ Love Affair With The IRS
    By CHQ Staff | 5/14/13

    Only persistent Congressional investigators revealed that the Clinton White House staff had been in direct contact with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue about fired White House travel office employee Billy Dale, who was then audited by the IRS.

  • Tom Ridge And Dr. Kermit Gosnell’s Other Co-Conspirators
    By CHQ Staff | 5/13/13

    Kirsten Powers, Fox News analyst and columnist for The Daily Beast, deserves a special mention in our prayers of thanks for keeping the Gosnell abortion murder trial story alive and exposing the official indifference that allowed Gosnell to murder at least three children over the course of a decade.

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CHQ Front Page

  • Big Government=Permanent Scandals
    W. James Antle III, Daily Caller

    A federal govt that far exceeds its constitutional bounds just cannot stop itself from abusing us.

  • GOP Senate Majority Within Reach
    Nathan L. Gonzales, Rothenberg Report

    All the party has to do is win Democrat-held seats in seven states that Romney won handily in 2012.

  • Obama Versus the Free Press
    Rick Santorum, WND

    Obama’s attack on 1st Amendment rights has united folks from all over the ideological spectrum.

  • Three Signs There’s a Cover-up
    John Fund, National Review Online

    “Mistakes were made….I don’t recall” and other clues – in the end, little accountability, either.

  • Rubio Makes His Move for 2016
    Beth Reinhard, National Journal

    The Florida senator is trying to show that he’s more than just the front man for the Gang of Eight.

  • Was Reagan a Hawk or a Dove?
    Daniel Larison, American Conservative

    Conservatives cannot continue relying on the crutch of imitating and invoking Reagan’s policies.

  • Bringing the Right Back Together
    C. Edmund Wright, American Thinker

    We must recognize the connection of property rights & limited government with all of our issues.

  • Obama’s New BFF? John McCain
    Manu Raju, Politico

    McCain’s latest principle-free move to secure love from the media is to cozy up to Obama’s agenda.

  • Conservatives vs. the GOP
    Craig Shirley, Reuters

    As the establishment tries to revive the Bushes’ reputation, we’re fighting battles all over again.

  • VA Governor Race Harbinger of 2014
    Rick Moran, American Thinker

    Both parties will see November’s result as a straw in the wind for how things might unfold in 2014.

  • Immigration Fight Moves to House
    Byron York, Washington Examiner

    The wishy-washy get-along attitude of the Gang of 8 in the Senate may not be repeated in the House.

  • Good News About Race and Voting
    Andrew Kohut, Wall Street Journal

    Election polling data show that few Americans of any race report any problems casting a ballot.

  • Scandals Cast Chill on Free Speech
    Michael Barone, Washington Examiner

    The government’s targeting of conservative groups and Obama opponents is downright frightening.

  • GOP Weigh Benghazi Select Cmte
    Guy Taylor, Washington Times

    Boehner says the long-term political risks of a high-profile probe could nix any short-term benefit.

  • My Generation’s Disease
    Benjamin Brophy, American Spectator

    Millennial Brophy say his contemporaries are going out of their way to deserve their sad fate.

  • Progress on TV is Getting Cancelled
    L. Brent Bozell III, CNS News

    Americans are turning off “gay” programs, leaving pushers of “progress” searching for the reason.

  • Migration and How a State Votes
    Geoffrey Skelley, Center for Politics

    Who stays and who goes within a state can make a significant difference on the way a state votes.

  • Paul: Benghazi Next Black Hawk Down
    Jeff Poor, The Daily Caller

    Rand calls out H. Clinton for the same dereliction of duty that forced her hubby’s SOS to resign.

  • IRS Scandal: Ripe for Tax Reform?
    John Hayward, Red State

    A Flat Tax system would greatly reduce the power of the IRS and tax exemptions would be abolished.

  • VA R’s Pick Staunch Conservatives
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post

    The VA ticket is quite right: Ken Cuccinelli for gov., EW Jackson for LG, and Mark Obenshain for AG.

  • Cuccinelli Accepts Gubernatorial Nod
    Jonathan Martin, Politico

    It’s official: Ken Cuccinelli is the Virginia GOP’s candidate for governor, a defender of liberty.
    E.W. Jackson Chosen for Lt. Gov. – AP

  • U.S. Hits the Debt Ceiling – Again
    Peter Schroeder, The Hill

    It likely didn’t wake you this morning, but our gov’s borrowing capacity is exhausted again.

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