Month: April 2014

Social Conservatism and the Public Square

  By Glenn Fairman   If you believe that America can successfully sever social from fiscal conservatism and call the resulting abomination some species of prudent constitutionalism, then you, my friends, are gravely mistaken. By attempting to do so, we prove that we have profoundly misunderstood the moral-political implications of our Founding, which emanated by way of the “god of nature or nature’s god” and were aimed towards the enlightened ends of life, liberty, and happiness. As we speak, the Right is being cunningly tempted by the lure of their well-intentioned brethren who propose an individualist’s ethical fiction and generalize...

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CLA Radio 04/25/14: Guitarists

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday, 04/25) will concern itself with guitarists and guitar music. This is not a best-of list, but simply stuff I like. Hope you can stop by, listen to the show, and join us in chat! Spoiler Set List: Robert Fripp: Water Music I Robert Fripp: Here Comes The Flood Audio Clip: Spinal Tap Mahavishnu Orchestra: Dance of Maya Audio Clip: Spinal Tap Wes Montgomery: ‘Round Midnight Audio Clip: Spinal Tap King Crimson: Frame By Frame Duane Eddy: Peter Gunn Theme Audio Clip: Steve Vai Talks About Zappa Audition Frank Zappa: Shut Up ‘n Play Yer Guitar Django Reinhardt: Djangology Les Paul: Steel Guitar Rag Cream: Badge Audio Clip: Spinal Tap...

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Bumper-Sticker Beatdown

So I’m driving along, minding my own business, when suddenly a lib pulls in front of me, and assaults my senses with senseless bumper-stickers. Of course, one isn’t enough – they have to lecture me on a half-dozen points to prove how self-righteously intellectual they are, how their secular state-ism is better than my Judeo-Christian constitutional federalism. Progressive infringers! Snarky little twerps. Conservatives don’t have many bumper stickers; mostly flags, NRA stickers, or insignias of military service. I wonder why. Maybe it’s because conservatives actually practice more than preach. It must be nice for liberals to have a catchy...

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Why Do We Celebrate Easter?

Today is Easter Sunday, the most important day on the Christian calendar because it’s the most important day in history.   Why, you ask? Because it’s the day Jesus Christ arose from the grave. It’s the day He conquered sin and the grave. And it’s the day that proved to the world that Jesus is the Son of God. If you didn’t believe that He is the Messiah after all of the miracles, how about the fact that He was killed in the most humiliating way possible, on a cross, naked for all to see, only to rise again...

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CLA Radio 04/18/14: One-Named Artists

The next ConservativeLA Radio show (on Duane FM in the Hughniverse, Friday, 04/18) will concern itself with artists who, when you hear their first name, you’re fairly likely to know who it is without being told their last name. And, no, there will be no Cher. Sheesh. Hope you can stop by, listen to the show, and join us in chat! Spoiler Set List: Mystery Mash-Up Ray: Unchain My Heart Merle: Wishing All These Old Things Were New Otis: Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) Tammy: You’re Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad Emmylou: Red Dirt Girl Jimi: Spanish Castle Magic Louis: Blues For Yesterday Elvis: Can’t Help Falling In Love Gillian: Revelator Janis: Piece of My Heart Mahalia: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen Emmylou: Hard...

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