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TAC, Embracing Old and Conservative Principles

March 15, 2021 By Richard C. Young

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Since 1978 Young Research & Publishing Inc. has offered strategies for diversified investors across the country. Our clients’ and our company’s focus is on “Main Street” conservatism that embraces old and proven principles.

Like us, The American Conservative focuses on a “Main Street” conservatism that opposes unchecked power in government and business; promotes the flourishing of families and communities through vibrant markets and free people; and embraces realism and restraint in foreign affairs based on America’s vital national interests.

The American Conservative also adheres to old and proven principles that are often discarded or paid lip service in the pursuit of power.

  • A constitutional government, fiscal prudence, sound monetary policy, clearly delineated borders, protection of civil liberties, authentically free markets, and restraint in foreign policy mixed with diplomatic acuity.
  • An America that remains the world’s most powerful nation but husbands its power for protecting its own interests and promoting balance-of-power stability at crucial strategic points upon the globe.
  • Urban and rural places that are well stewarded and whose physical fabric promotes human flourishing.
  • A federal government that restrains itself from intrusive forays into the lives and businesses of Americans.

Finally, TAC keeps faith with the best of what the generations before us learned and taught us.  Read below some recent TAC writing by Emile Doak.

Warm regards,

Richard C. Young, Chairman

Writing at The American Conservative, Emile Doak explains that even though America is a young nation, with an underdeveloped culture, those cultural practices Americans do have should be cherished as pieces of the “American idea.” He writes (abridged):

Doak writes that his past weekend, there was a wedding some 4,000 miles away that nonetheless captivated the American psyche. Across the country, bars opened early, women donned ornate hats, and talk shows gossiped about every detail of a quintessentially British tradition. Yes, the bride was American. Yes, the ceremony indulged more modern accommodations than any of its regal predecessors. Yet despite these moves way from tradition, the spectacle remained unmistakably British. It reflected the culture, tradition, and mores of a specific national identity.

But what are these cultural elements? In his 2009 hit “It’s America,” country singer Rodney Atkins, not exactly an expert in the finer points of the “American idea,” nonetheless provides a clearer understanding of American identity than many constitutional scholars do. Throughout the song, Atkins sketches a view of America based on a list of cultural practices:

Driving down the street today I saw a sign for lemonade
They were the cutest kids I’d ever seen in this front yard
As they handed me my glass, smiling thinking to myself
Man, what a picture-perfect postcard this would make of America

It’s a high school prom, it’s a Springsteen song, it’s a ride in a Chevrolet
It’s a man on the moon and fireflies in June and kids selling lemonade
It’s cities and farms, it’s open arms, one nation under God
It’s America

The Norman Rockwell-esque picture painted by Rodney Atkins shouldn’t be taken as prescriptive for America’s cultural ills. After all, lemonade and Chevrolets don’t exactly constitute the thickest of culture. But perhaps that’s the point. Ours is a young nation whose very genesis was a repudiation of established tradition, so it’s wholly unsurprising that the United States would have a thin culture. Yet if we care about our home, if we want this to remain “the land we love above all others,” we must preserve these seemingly trivial, uniquely American practices. They are, after all, what make us American.

Originally posted May 29, 2018.

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