Ronald Reagan & the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Ronald Reagan & the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Ronald Reagan’s version of conservatism was far more pro-government than was Barry Goldwater’s. Compassion, not liberty, was Reagan’s guide. This raises the question: To what extent is the success of modern political conservatism dependent upon the conservation of liberal, even progressive, reforms? The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue Collar Conservatism by Henry Olsen (345 pages, Harper Collins, 2017) Just what is…

Ronald Reagan & the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism

Ronald Reagan’s version of conservatism was far more pro-government than was Barry Goldwater’s. Compassion, not liberty, was Reagan’s guide. This raises the question: To what extent is the success of modern political conservatism dependent upon the conservation of liberal, even progressive, reforms? The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue Collar Conservatism by Henry Olsen (345 pages, Harper Collins, 2017) Just what is…