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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Crown Forum; 1St Edition edition (March 10, 2015)
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5.0 out of 5 starsBringing libertarian principles to conservative thinking
By Paul Mastin TOP 1000 REVIEWER on March 10, 2015
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Conservative icon President Ronald Reagan famously said, "The very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." Charles C.W. Cooke buys that view and develops the idea of conservatism and libertarianism blending together in The Conservatarian Manifesto: Libertarians, Conservatives, and the Fight for the Right's Future. Using common sense and providing examples from a number of different policy areas, Cooke provides a framework for reviving conservative electoral hopes and popular appeal by drawing from libertarian thinking.

As a writer for National Review, Cooke's conservative credentials are solid. As a Brit living in the U.S., he has a healthy outsider/insider perspective on American history and politics. To him, a guiding principle of conservatarian thinking is decentralization. "If there is a conservatarian ideology, its primary tenet should be to render the American framework of government as free as possible and to decentralize power, returning the important fights to where they belong; which the people who are affect by their conclusions and who are therefore best equipped to resolve them."

In "valuing the local over the national," conservatives and libertarians share common ground, echoing a federalist view. Other than those few government functions that call for broad application, such as national defense, government at the local level is best suited to make decisions. Should someone in Washington, D.C. make final decisions about the curriculum content of a classroom in El Paso? About the type of fertilizer a farmer in Omaha uses? About the price of gasoline in California?

In other area, such as civil rights, education, and government services, conservatives and libertarians can and should find common ground.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsCooke Wants Federalism, Not So Much Liberty: a Libertarian Review of the Conservatarian Manifesto
By Kevin Currie-Knight VINE VOICE on March 11, 2015
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I have to imagine that I am part of the primary audience for this book: I am a libertarian who at one point thought i might be a conservative, but have long since given up on the idea that I could find a home in the Republican Party. (The other audience seems to be conservatives who think they might be a bit libertarian.) While I laud Charles Cooke's efforts to articulate some sort of 'conservatarian' fusion, I left the book unconvinced. Ever since

First, the good. I applaud Cooke's chapters on gun rights and the drug war, and namely, his pointing out that the typical republican position - yes to the former AND the latter - is somewhat contradictory. When guns come up, Republicans quite often extol the virtues of individual liberty and warn against the dangers of governmental infringement of those rights. But when it comes to the drug war, way too many Republicans go the opposite direction: we know what is morally right (not doing drugs) and we will gladly allow government to bloat if it means enforcing that. Cooke argues that it is time for Republicans to see just how much the war on drugs had contributed to the big government they say they don't want.

The chapters on "social issues" is decent. Here, Cooke writes about the issues of abortion, gay (marriage) rights, and drugs. We've already covered this last one. On the first of these, Cooke argues that a pro-life approach needs to stress (as if it hasn't) that a right to life is the issue, not whether women's choice is to be taken away. Cooke's point is that too often, "the left" dictates the discussion and makes it about whether a woman should be free to choose. "The right" he says, needs to keep adamant that the real issue needs to be whether one should have the right to choose to end a life.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 stars“The very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism”
By H. P. on March 11, 2015
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The Conservatarian Manifesto is a book that I should have really, really liked. Cooke may be my number one must-read journalist right now. I could fairly be described as a conservatarian (a neologism that flows off the tongue a bit better than conservative-libertarian). I’m also adamant that conservatism and libertarianism are reconcilable and that the modern American Right is evidence of that. The message couldn’t be more timely after fourteen years of suffering through a big government Republican and an EVEN BIGGER government Democrat in the White House. He uses an oxford comma in the sub-title. But, sitting down to write this review a few weeks after reading the book (I received an advanced copy through NetGalley), I remember precious little about it.

I don’t know that I can do The Conservatarian Manifesto justice. Cooke speaks to the backlash against George W. Bush’s embrace of big government. He discusses the marked trend toward a libertarian position in a couple areas (gay marriage and drug legalization). He would seem to seek to reconcile conservatism and libertarianism, although he doesn’t really dwell on the topic. He mentions Reform Conservatism, but I’m not sure how it fits into his message. He walks through a number of topics and includes a rousing defense of the American constitutional system. There is a lot of good stuff that somehow winds up less than the sum of its parts.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsCooke adequately merges many of the views on the right into a...

Every time I think that I am a classic liberal or libertarian-leaning, Mr. Cooke adequately merges many of the views on the right into a line-of-sight necessity that works better... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsA great read for anyone to the right

A great read for anyone to the right, but finds flaws in both the modern conservative and libertarian brands. Read more

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A great and detailed review of conservatism.

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Thinly veiled neocon drivel... a refund plus interest is in order.

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