Conservatism, as the name implies, is about conserving: conserving life, conserving culture, and conserving one’s country.

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Introduced last Thursday, the main aim of the bill is to require the government to obtain a court order before seizing phone records.

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With a deadline approaching in the Illinois concealed carry debate, legislation was introduced in the State Senate late last week. However, each side in the gun debate continues to show signs of intransigence.

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After a week of testimony in Congress about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya last September, Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul suggested that the facility might have been an outpost for running guns to Syria.

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The gay marriage debate has provided a look into the uniqueness of the state’s politics.

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For now, he’s headed to Washington (and court), and to gloat at the rivals who assumed him dead.

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It’s just about 4:00 pm Central Time and there are about two hours before the polls close in the South Carolina special election between Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert Busch..

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Approximately one month separates Illinois from its deadline to enact some form of concealed carry legislation and the passions on both sides are heating up.

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