Tuesday, April 21, 2009

A Compelling Argument for Conservatives & Livability

After the passing of Paul Weyrich, I was wondering if there would be anyone to take up the mantle of conservatives and livable communities. While I'm not sure anyone would have the power or influence on the movement that Paul did, there are certain a few folks filling the void. This commentary by a former researcher at the Center for Neighborhood Technology tries to get at livable communities and their association to social conservatism. I think it puts together a lot of the things many of us in the movement believe in, whether on the left right or in the center. David Alpert expands the argument, and rightfully so to bikes as well. Check it out.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

PW left behind some big shoes to fill. I consider my self to be conservative, though there is a lot of moral/economic corruption in the political right.

david vartanoff said...

I was always entertained that Weyrich who was from my POV wrong on almost every issue happened to like trains. Its that tiny dor of yin...

Matt Fisher said...

Somebody's gotta take this position a conservative would like to hold.

Anonymous said...

Though calling people like Glenn Beck or Rush Libough conservative is a misnomer. They behave so liberally, all that these guys are is right wing extremeists.