THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Conservative & Free Market Analysis of Government, Politics & Public Policy, Covering
Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic, Cultural, Military, International, &
Geopolitical Issues
PUBLIC ISSUES & POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM:
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN & THE PROPAGANDA ABOUT "CHANGE": AMERICAN CONSERVATISM,
MODERN LIBERALISM, & THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF POLITICAL & SOCIAL CHANGE -- THE VERY STRONG
TENDENCY OF MODERN LIBERALS TO CONFUSE CHANGE WITH IMPROVEMENT -- FAILURE TO WEIGH THE COSTS & BENEFITS
OF CHANGE, CONSIDER ITS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, & ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF WHAT WE NEED TO CONSERVE &
HOW WE MIGHT GO ABOUT DOING THAT FAITHFULLY -- NEGLECT BY DEMOCRATS & REPUBLICANS OF THE ISSUE OF
LIMITED GOVERNMENT, OR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT -- THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN LIMITED GOVERNMENT &
SMALL OR WEAK GOVERNMENT --THE COMPATIBILITY OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT WITH ENERGETIC & COSTLY
GOVERNMENT -- CONSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS STATISM -- NATURAL, GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS VERSUS ENTITLEMENT RIGHTS
CREATED & FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT
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Volume X, Issue # 240, September 23, 2008
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
LIMITED GOVERNMENT: ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER?
By Dr. Charles R. Kessler
LIBERALISM, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, & JUDICIAL TYRANNY: THE SUPREME COURT'S CONTINUING USURPATION
OF THE LEGISLATIVE FUNCTIONS OF CONGRESS -- UNDERMINING CONSTITUTIONALISM, THE RULE OF LAW,
SEPARATION OF POWERS, CHECKS & BALANCES, & THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENTAL
ACCOUNTABILITY -- BREACHING THE CONSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO UNLIMITED GOVERNMENTAL POWER &
UNACCOUNTABLE GOVERNING PRACTICES -- WHITTLING AWAY CIVIL LIBERTIES GUARANTEES & THE RESERVED POWERS
OF THE STATES -- HOW THE SUPREME COURT CAN BE CHECKED & RESTRAINED -- WHAT CONGRESS CAN DO TO
SAFEGUARD AMERICA AGAINST JUDICIAL DICTATORSHIP
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Volume X, Issue # 162, July 3, 2008
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
MANIFOLD DANGERS OF A LIBERAL SUPREME COURT
By Christopher G. Adamo
FIGHTING TO DEFEND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC AGAINST THE FORCES OF TYRANNY: THE NEED
TO MAINTAIN & INTENSIFY OUR RESOLVE IN THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT & PRESERVE CONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT, THE RULE OF LAW, LIBERTY UNDER LAW, PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, THE OTHER BASIC RIGHTS OF THE
INDIVIDUAL, & THE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE CAPITALIST ECONOMIC SYSTEM -- WHY WE MUST NOT LET UP IN OUR EFFORTS
TO ACHIEVE TOTAL VICTORY OVER THE FORCES OF AUTHORITARIANISM, TOTALITARIANISM, COLLECTIVISM, STATISM,
MULTICULTURALISM, INTERNATIONALISM, & GLOBALISM
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Volume IX, Issue # 156, August 21, 2007
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM AGAINST TYRANNY:
NO TIME TO HANG OUR HEADS
By Tom DeWeese
THE "WE THE PEOPLE" ACT: PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO CURB JUDICIAL ACTIVISM &
PREVENT ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES FROM UNDERMINING & DESTROYING AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM,
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT, & LIBERTY UNDER LAW -- LEGISLATION TO PROTECT AMERICAN FEDERALISM, STATE
AUTONOMY, & LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT -- WHAT ACTION MUST WE TAKE TO ENSURE PASSAGE BY CONGRESS OF H.R.
5739?
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Volume VIII, Issue # 151, August 11, 2006
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
LEGISLATION AGAINST JUDICIAL ACTIVISM:
New Bill to Protect the Republic from
Activist Judges Needs Cosponsors
By Tom DeWeese
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM VERSUS LEFTWING LIBERALISM & JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: PROPOSED
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO PROTECT AMERICA'S CONSTIRUTIONAL FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
AGAINST LEFTIST LIBERAL ACTIVIST FEDERAL JUDGES WHO ABUSE THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY, SEEKING TO UNDERMINE
& DESTROY OUR GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM, CENTRALIZE POLITICAL POWER, & IMPOSE ON AMERICAN SOCIETY THEIR
OWN PUBLIC POLICY PREFERENCES OR THOSE OF RADICAL ACTIVIST SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
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Volume VIII, Issue # 96, June 7, 2006
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
PROTECTING THE REPUBLIC FROM FEDERAL JUDGES
By Tom DeWeese
THE FREEDOM21 SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & THE CALL TO BATTLE IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY: CALLING ON
CONSERVATIVE & LIBERTARIAN GROUPS TO UNITE IN ACTIVE PURSUIT OF AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO REVITALIZE THE
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL REPUBLIC & DEFEAT THE FORCES THAT ARE DETERMINED TO DESTROY
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE U.S.A. -- URGING CONSERVATIVES & LIBERTARIANS TO
DEMOCRATICALLY TAKE CONTROL OF AMERICA'S STATE & LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT & UTILIZE THEM IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST ELITISM, AUTHORITARIANISM, GLOBALISM, STATISM, SOCIALISM, & POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM
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Volume VII, Issue # 175, August 13, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE SILVER BULLET FOR LIBERTY
By Tom DeWeese
WHY CALLS TO ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE & ELECT THE U.S. PRESIDENT BY A NATIONWIDE DIRECT POPULAR VOTE ARE
HEARD MOST LOUDLY AMONG LIBERAL LEFTIST, PRO-COLLECTIVIST ELITES CONCENTRATED LARGELY ON THE WEST COAST &
IN THE NORTHEAST: THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF AMERICAN FEDERALISM & OUR SYSTEM OF
CHECKS & BALANCES -- THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AS AN OBSTACLE IN THE PATH OF IMPOSITION OF CENTRALIZED, UNLIMITED
RULE BY A LEFTIST-DOMINATED OLIGARCHY ON THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
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Volume VII, Issue # 72, April 5, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
HANDS OFF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
By Dr Ron Paul
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE & ITS FUNCTION IN THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL REPUBLIC: WHY THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION PROVIDES FOR ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT BY THE FIFTY STATES THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE, RATHER THAN BY A NATIONWIDE DIRECT POPULAR VOTE -- HOW THE U.S. CONSTITUTION PROVIDES
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST MAJORITARIAN DICTATORSHIP & POPULAR TYRANNY IN AMERICAN NATIONAL POLITICS
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Volume VII, Issue # 71, April 5, 2005
DISCUSSION TOPIC:
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VERSUS MOB RULE
By
Dr. Ron Paul
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