The Home Front
The Home Front
Leila and Phil Lawler
The roots of conservatism; the magnanimity of Dolly Parton; and more!
59 minutes Posted Aug 28, 2026 at 10:02 pm.
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Show Notes:

How One Man Invented the Conservative Moment ~ Lee Edwards on Buckley’s “Fusionism”

The Neoconservatives: An Endangered Species ~ Russell Kirk

George Nash, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 (affiliate link)

The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics (Wall Street Journal)

The U.S. Government Now Owns Stakes In 30 Companies. Intel Is Just The Beginning (Forbes)

Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (free ebook)

Thomas Sowell, Knowledge and Decisions (affiliate link)

Dolly Parton, RIP

Dolly Parton’s philanthropy was based on ‘her belief in the goodness of people’

Magnanimity ~ St. Thomas Aquinas

Ida Friederike Görres, Bread Grows in Winter

Phil Lawler’s Substack

Leila’s other Substack: The School for Housewives

Leila’s blog: Like Mother, Like Daughter

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