The following article was originally published by Illinois Review.
When I read the obituary of the mainstream media, I won’t shed a tear. If you ask me, it’s high time. Even on life-support, huddled in its self-spun shroud of objectivity, the mainstream media is wheezing out lies about those it hates. Those counting on its institutionalized libel are panicking, but I’m excited.They may embalm the mainstream media, Lenin-style, but we conservatives won’t be visiting the casket. We’ve already celebrated the christening of the New Media.
Illinois Review is on this action, and I’m excited to be interning with IR this summer!
Conservatism grounded on Judeo-Christianity stands as a pillar among the intellectual ruins of its alternatives. It offers a framework to build upon, instead of scorched earth to sift through. It also liberates. Instead of teaching us to accept or even celebrate skyrocketing debt, the erosion of the family, and flammable Chevy Volts, conservatism proves that these are cruel parodies of the way things ought to be.
While I’ve been a Republican since I was in utero, it wasn’t until I read Goldwater’s book “The Conscience of a Conservative” that I realized I was a conservative. He put what I knew to be true into words, and started me on a journey to trace the roots of conservatism. Bill Buckley, Jr., Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and the Founders have been invaluable friends along the way.
This all took place while I was in graduate school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I joined the Illini Conservative Union, and was incredibly blessed to find other students intent on upholding the Constitution and standing up for the rights and responsibilities of every person. Through campus activism, we met Leftism head to head, and had fun doing it.
Through this internship with Illinois Review, I’m ready to continue the proud tradition of taking conservative ideas to the streets.