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How Do We Define
Conservatism?Session 1 | What are conservatives, inherently, trying to conserve? American University professor Christopher Malagisi explains the conservative movement's origins and key principles.
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How Do We Define
Libertarianism?Session 2 | When does government intervention hurt more than it helps? Wall Street Journal columnist Stephen Moore makes the case for less government and for Libertarian ideals.
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What Is Traditionalism
& 'Ordered Liberty'?Session 3 | How can we have both liberty and order? Why is tradition important? Join University of Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen as he answers these important questions.
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Why Did We Fight
the Cold War?Session 4 | What threat did Communism pose to America and the world during the Cold War, and why is this fight still essential today? Grove City College professor Paul Kengor explains.
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Why the Constitution
is Important?Session 5 | Should courts interpret the Constitution as written, or should the courts alter the Constitution as they deem necessary? Author and radio host Mark Levin provides perspective.
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Why Are Buckley & Fusion
Conservatism Important?Session 6 | Becky Norton Dunlop of the Heritage Foundation explores how William F. Buckley, Jr. and Frank Meyer "fused" disparate factions of conservatism to form the modern conservative movement.
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How Do We Define
Progressivism?Session 7 | Matt Spalding of the Heritage Foundation discusses the roots of the conservatism's rival, the progressive movement, and how it led to a need for the modern conservative movement.
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Who Were Robert Taft
and Barry Goldwater?Session 8 | After WWII, conservatism saw new leaders arise in Barry Goldwater and Robert Taft. Dr. Lee Edwards of the Heritage Foundation looks at these men and their ideas.
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What Is a Conservative National
Security and Foreign Policy?Session 9 | Conservative foreign policy opinion was united through the 1980s. Clifford May of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies explores how conservatives can secure America's future.
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How Do We Define
Social Conservatism?Session 10 | Why do conservatives care about "fighting for traditional values" and "preserving the civil society"? Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, makes the case.
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What Was the
Reagan Revolution?Session 11 | Conservatism reached a zenith under the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Dr. George H. Nash of the Russell Kirk Center looks at what fueled this revolution and how it came to prominence.
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What Was the 1994
Republican Revolution?Session 12 | What was the "Contract with America" and how did a struggling party sweep the 1994 elections? Insider Kerry Knott of the C.S. Lewis Institute explains this moment in US history.
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What Is the Future of the
Conservative Movement?Session 13 | Can the Conservative movement lead America forward? One of its most visible leaders, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), casts a vision for the future, tying together previous Conservatism 101 lectures...
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What Is the Real Nature of
Conservative Politics?Session 14 | Morton C. Blackwell of the Leadership Institute discusses how conservatives have changed in their understanding of the political process and the consequences of that new understanding.
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