Conservatism Made Simple
The New Guards
Liberals and Libertarians Can Be Pro-Life Too
When people hear that I'm pro-life, they immediately assume that I'm a conservative. They happen to be right. I'm not embarrassed by my ideology, but I am sad that most people perceive the pro-life movement as limited to a single point on the ideological spectrum. I...
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The Problem with Pragmatism
I am an ideologue. More specifically, I'm a conservative. I adhere to an ideology that treasures individual freedom and voluntary social morality. While some might use the term “ideologue” to degrade a belief system as dogmatic or self-righteous, I'm proud of the...
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Maximizing Freedom: The Conservative Standard
The current political climate and the many political discussions I find myself in have me constantly going back to fundamental principles and examining what I believe and why I believe it. There are so many labels that get thrown around with so many different meanings...
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Has Trump Improved His Rhetoric? | Episode 51 of The New Guards Podcast
Richie addresses a fundamental misconception about our style of government. Next, is Trump on the right track to win Richie's vote in 2020? Finally, if you want to listen to awesome music by a band that won't back down from a conservative position, check out...
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Not a Democratic Republic
It goes without saying that the United States of America is not a direct democracy but a republic. More than that, as I showed with a new quote every day for literally months on Twitter, the Founders despised democracy. They called it, among other things, the “most...
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One Term, Three Justices? | Episode 50 of The New Guards Podcast
The 50th episode! Thank you to everyone who's supported The New Guards in the last year and a half. Richie discusses how to understand the source of disagreements and examines the history of presidents who've nominated three or more Supreme Court justices in their...
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The Lawsuit of Politics
No matter the claim, parties, jurisdiction, or legal issue, every legal proceeding in civil or criminal law has three basic components at its core: the law, the facts, and the application of the law to the facts. Everything revolves around these three pillars. One...
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Free Speech for Students | Episode 49 of The New Guards Podcast
Richie discusses birthright citizenship, students' right to protest, and whether Halloween is evil (it's not). Monologue: Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof Tinker...
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“Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof”
President Trump announced last week that he’s considering an executive order that would ban birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. Can he do it? I have some thoughts about what the law should be, but let’s not talk about that right now. What...
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