a man by the name of richard weaver who wrote a book called "ideas have consequences." it's about 150-160 page, and his basic theory, thesis is that man started to drift morally, if you will flirting with the idea of something called nominalism, there's no such thing as universal truths. as conservatives, we base our philosophy on the idea of natural law and rights. when we flirt with the idea of everything is relative, there's no black and white and just shades of gray. this is where we get in trouble. it's a great book. the second book is called "the conservative mind." it was written by russell kirk. he provided heritage of conservatism in america. you can link it all the way back from ed burke, the original god father of the conservative movement to ts elliot, but talks about john adams being a modern day conservative in many republics and other americans who plays a big part in the conservative movement and links it. it's hard to get through and long, but he provides a link. third is 5 book not often talked about, but it's my favorites. it's "the quest for communit

man named richard weaver wrote a book in 1948 called ideas have consequences. it is 150-160 pages and his basic thesis is man started to drift morally when we started flirting with something called nominal is a. the idea there's no such thing as universal truths. as conservative as we base our philosophy on the idea of natural law and natural rights. when we started flirting with that idea where everything is relative there's no such thing as black and white and shades of gray this is where we started getting in trouble. it is a great book that kicks off. the conservative mind by russell kirk. basically provided the intellectual heritage of conservatism in america. you can link it all the way back from edmund burke, the original godfather of the conservative movement to t.s. eliot. talks a lot about john adams being a modern day conservative and other americans who played a big part in the conservative movement. a little hard to get through. he provides an intellect will link. deford is a book that is not often talked about but one of my favorites. roger nesbit

a man of the name by richard weaver writing a book called "ideas have consequences."s, and the thesis is man started to drift morally, if you will, when we flirted with the idea of something called nominalism, the idea that there's no such thing as universal truths. we try to base the philosophy on natural law and natural rights and everything is relative, there's no such thing as shades of gray. it's a great book that kicks it off. the second book is by the conservative mind. it was written by russell kirk. he provided the intellectual heritage of america. you can link it all the way back from ed jmin burke to ts elliot, but talks about john adams being a modern day conservatives and others who plays a big part. it's hard to get through and long, but there's an intellectual link. the third is not talked about, but it's my favorite. it's called "the quest for community and io -- identity. ifs they talk about the ideas of getting away from universal truths. those are for the social conservative wing. the anticommunist defense wing, two books you have to read or parts o