Sentences with phrase «conservative ideas about»

This leads me to believe that most hold traditionalist conservative ideas about stewardship.

Sales suggest that people have a very conservative idea about Nintendo, that things don't really ever change enough for their consoles to be quite worth the money that they ask for them.

Not exact matches

«We really need conservatives to speak out about the commonsense idea that you do not have to interfere with gun ownership merely by doing gun safety.»

The killings in Florida have also revived the debate over whether teachers should be allowed to carry guns in schools — an idea DeVos, while careful not to outright endorse it, said in an interview last week with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt should «be part of the broader, more robust conversation about how can we avoid these things in the future.»

So at the end of the day, even as a follower of the teachings of Jesus Christ (the name Christian has been so stained, refuse to call myself one to distance myself from traitors to God like Bush and just about every Conservative American), I'd vote for an astheist with good ideas and was brave enough to push for the interests of people, not corporations, then I would vote for them.

I remember countless conversations in the dorm rooms of my conservative Christian college about how to defer to a guy as the «spiritual leader» in a relationship, an ideal that far too often resulted in women deliberately diminishing their own gifts, ideas, and dreams in an effort to better play second fiddle.

Through circuitous routes, the idea caught on among conservative Christians worried about the militant secularism promoted by the public schools, and mainly among evangelical Christians who, unlike Catholics, did not have a school system of their own.

It provides a good warning to conservatives against falling into the trap of defending the idea of «judicial supremacy» in their critique of the president's statement about a «group» of unelected people striking down a congressional law.

It provides a good warning to conservatives against falling into the trap of defending the idea of «judicial supremacy» in their critique of the president's statement about a «group» of unelected people striking down....

Millions of Americans only hear about conservatives when they (putatively) misbehave and about conservative ideas in ugly and distorted forms.

The New York Times, despite everything conservatives find reprehensible about it, still showcases interesting and arguable ideas, especially on Sundays.

Bravest: Matt Appling with «Honk if You Hate Social Justice» Conservative Christians: The way some of you talk about social justice makes you all look like a bunch of cynical, selfish jerks... It sounds like you find the idea of social justice more abhorrant than poverty itself.

I could launch into a bit concerning the relation between self - reliance and manliness, and another bit about the sort of conservative democratic individualism that's paradoxically low on the «individuality» you get out of liberal democratic individualism (I'd work in a meditation on the word «generic»)... but I'd rather hear your ideas.

At the same conference, the Conservative shadow chief secretary, Philip Hammond, floated ideas about matching benefit rates to the needs of local labour markets.

On the Left, one hears more and more about the idea of a «good society» supposed to revitalize the «conservative» roots of Labour — a focus on local communities and identities, on a common national identity, family and work, and neighbourhood.

Chris Ruddy, CEO of the conservative Newsmax outlet, admitted he did not speak with President Trump about the idea of firing special counselor Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, after implying yesterday that Trump is «considering» that move.

Miliband's failure lay in his inability to communicate these ideas and to combat Conservative arguments about economic management.

It's about upholding the ideas and optimism of the Cameron leadership era, and ensuring they can help inspire a majority Conservative government.

Meanwhile, on the Conservative benches there is (shall we say) a diversity of opinion about the idea of governing in coalition after next May.

«Henry Dimbleby, who proposed the idea... said that Michael Gove, the Tory Education Secretary, is «passionate» about the plan... Some Conservatives have already sought to take ownership of the policy.

Lord Ashdown has called on progressives from across political parties to begin «a conversation about ideas» in order to stop the Conservative party from dominating British politics for years to come.

In fact, it was Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos» reservations about state GOP Chairman Ed Cox's effort to establish his own third party line that tanked the idea (much to the pleasure of state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long).

The conservatives and moderates have different ideas about what should be part of an immigration bill but both share the goal of wanting the House to finally act the issue.

Accordingly, «the principle that all decisions about Scotland should be taken in Scotland» was the most powerful overarching reason for a Yes vote, ahead of the idea that «Scotland's future looked brighter as an independent country» or that «independence would mean no more Conservative governments».

It will both be about this government's record and about who has the ideas for Britain's future to tackle a cost of living crisis that the Conservatives say does not exist, but which almost everyone else is living through day by day.

There has been a fair bit of discussion about whether it's a good idea to reduce the HoC to 600, and whether the new boundaries constitute gerrymandering in favour of the Conservatives.

Education Secretary Michael Gove, asked what he thought about a councillor's call for a new Conservative leader, said the idea was «barmy» and «bonkeroony».

While the Conservatives try to steal their green clothes, Gordon Brown is attempting to nick their ideas on constitutional reform and just about everything else.

«Right to Buy is one of the greatest Conservative ideas of the last century — because it's about pure, undiluted aspiration.

To understand why there is a trend amongst conservative white males, the Gallup data was cross-examined with research about the «white male effect» — the idea that white males were either more accepting of risk or less risk averse than the rest of the public.

In fact, it's better to be conservative and ensure you're not offending anyone or giving the wrong idea about yourself.

I mean, what about the independents who share both liberal and conservative ideas that you'll miss meeting?

It should come as no surprise that the idea of shifting costs from taxpayers to students would appeal to conservative lawmakers concerned about public expenditures.

A row has broken out between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats about whose idea it is to launch an initiative to reduce teacher workload.

After all, most of the public intellectuals among movement conservatives are focused more on the expansive role of the federal government in civil society and the marketplace, while more populist conservative types are concerned about preserving what they consider to be traditional values such as the idea that the government that is best is the one at the local level that is, in theory, closes to the people (even if the virtual and real bankruptcies of cities such as Detroit and Vallejo, Calif., call that thinking into question).

Conservatives were initially unenthusiastic about Shanker's idea of diverse, teacher - led schools that would engage in broad experimentation.

I also asked Denise Montagu, a Thompson board member who carefully watched elections that brought a conservative majority to power, about what is fueling the idea there is a hidden agenda in Loveland.

At the annual conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting this year, Dr. Steve Perry — a liberal charter school leader and passionate educational choice advocate — spoke about the poor state of K — 12 education for families of color and those in poverty and inspired the audience with his ideas on how to bridge the political divide to advance universal educational choice.

went with $ 25 each for the notes and invested about $ 2500; will wait to see how they perform; my idea was to go conservative and at least hope to get a little more interest than parking it in a checking account.

But with the collapse of critical consensus supporting avant - garde modernism above more conservative styles coinciding with the end of modernism itself, there has been a greater curiosity about artists who forged careers based on ideas contrary to modernism.

However, many young artists, influenced by modern European developments, felt that the Academy's instruction was too conservative and unsympathetic to their new ideas about art.

«Conservatives who are religious have this mind - set about being good stewards of the earth, to protect God's creation, and that is very compatible with green energy and conservation and other ideas that are usually classified as liberal,» Nail says.»

(Jaques et al, 2008) As we shall see, these think tanks developed the ideas, communications and media strategies, literature and press releases that have been widely deployed in rhetorical strategies to defend conservative interests by creating doubt about mainstream climate change scientific claims.

John Carter wrote: > For libertarian conservatives, there is a chance to learn and grow about the issue, but only if they don't use as their source blogs like this (and many others that are far worse) that continue to post clever philosophical musings to chip away at the basic idea of climate change...

For libertarian conservatives, there is a chance to learn and grow about the issue, but only if they don't use as their source blogs like this (and many others that are far worse) that continue to post clever philosophical musings to chip away at the basic idea of climate change, rather assess what those actual facts of the issue are, and more importantly, why they are relevant.

A 2012 study led by Yale's Dan Kahan seemed to support this idea, finding that conservatives who are more scientifically literate are less worried about global warming.

There are ideas about marriage as the foundation of society and child procreation and it's not just conservatives who feel this way.