3. George Gilder, Wealth and Poverty (1981)
•Free Markets and Anti-Feminism
•"Work, Marry, Have Faith"
•Praise of Wealth
•Welfare Saps Initiative
•Role of the Male Head of Household
•Feminism is Bad for Men and Families
•"Essentialism"
•Free Markets Also Used to Justify Greed:
Milton Friedman on the Phil Donahue Show
George Gilder
4. Ronald Reagan, National Association of
Evangelicals (Mar. 1983)
•"Evil Empire" Speech
•Attack on "Secularism"
•Starts With "Abortion on Demand"
(See Also the Southern Baptist
Convention's Abortion Resolution,
1984)
•Religious Beliefs Form a Bridge to
Anti-Communism
•Soviet Union is the "Focus of Evil in
the Modern World"
•Beyond the Evil Empire Speech: In
This Environment, Hollywood Plays to
Americans' Invasion Fantasies -- Red
Dawn Trailer
National Association of Evangelicals
Red Dawn Movie
13. David Frum, Dead Right (1994)
•Read and analyze the
text.
David Frum
14. On Booknotes,"Mr. Frum talked about his recently published book, Dead
Right, which deals with the problems of the Republican conservatism
stemming from the intellectual and political malaise of the late 1980s and its
chances for revival against the current power of the Democratic party."
18. Tim LaHaye, Anti-Christ Philosophy Already
Controls America and Europe, 1999.
•Read the article
•Check out the next three slides for
oMovie Trailer from the Left Behind Movies
oChristian Coalition Recruiting Video
o700 Club Video on Anti-Gay Vigil
Tim LaHaye
Welcome to the Week 14 Blog for History 1302. I'm Professor Michael Dobe, your instructor for this course. This week's History Blog is on the topic of "The Rise of Conservatism in America, Clean Sweep, 1980-2000" This week you will read a selection from the second part of the primary document collection entitled The Rise of Conservatism in America. Depending on the selection you chose, you will be commenting on the significance of one of the following to defining the issues and ideals of the rising conservative movement. Possible selections include: George Gilder, Wealth and Poverty (1981) Ronald Reagan, National Association of Evangelicals (Mar. 1983) J. A. Dorn, Social Security: Continuing Crisis or Real Reform? 1983. Southern Baptist Convention, Resolution on Abortion, June 1984. The President's Commission on Privatization, March 18, 1988. Antonin Scalia, Opinion on the Juvenile Death Penalty, 1988. Jenny Westberg, Abortion Drawings, 1993. David Frum, Dead Right (1994) Southern Baptist Convention, Resolution on Homosexual Marriage, June 1996. Randy Tate, Middle Class Families Need a Flat Tax, 1999. Tim LaHaye, Anti-Christ Philosophy Already Controls America and Europe, 1999. George W. Bush's Nomination Acceptance Speech, 2000 After you have done the reading of your chosen primary source document, and reviewed the notes, web links and multimedia resources in the following slides, please explain how this document speaks to one of the following concerns (note: you will need to include the name of the author, title of the document and date of the document in the title of your posting): * Role of the Central Government * Religion and Conservatism * Pro-Life and Anti-Tax * Role of the South * Women, Minorities, and Conservatism * Race in the Conservative Movement * The Obstacles to Conservatism * Something Wrong With the System? * Gender and Conservatism * Making the Rich Richer? Once you have made your posting, please respond to at least one other posting made by one of your classmates on another document. Do you agree with them about the significance they have assigned to the source document they posted on? Why or why not?