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Friday, July 10, 2009

A Seven-Minute Introduction to Conservatism

I was stumbling 'round YouTube and came across Rush interviewing Mark Levin about his latest book, Liberty and Tyranny.

To my delight, it proves to be about as good an introduction to conservatism as one could get in seven minutes. I'd recommend it to anyone. That is not to say that it's perfect, but for seven minutes? It's very good.

I did hear Mr. Levin utter a mild vulgarity in the middle of it. If that bothers you, consider yourself warned.
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  1. AnonymousJuly 11, 2009 at 9:47 AM

    This is an excellent audio clip--as you say, a great seven minute explanation of conservatism. I woudl only add that at around 5:20, he also explains the other view, statism, rather well in just a few sentences.

    :-)

    Russ

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