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Entry: Imagining a Future for Conservatism Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/imagining_a_future_for_conservatism#22991 Post contents: I'm glad you brought up Ropke because we can point any number of figures in literature, the arts, politics, economics and religion that have cronstructed or theoratized about "third ways" or paths in between between the God of the Market and the God of the State. I know that Clintons and Blairs are called "Third Way" politicians but all they do is clear a pathway that links both sides instead of going right between them. I studies such figures in my book <i>Beating the Powers that Be</i> like Robert LaFollette and William Langer. If we wish to stay in Germany, how about adding to Franz-Joseph Strauss to the pantheon of post-war German conservatives along with Adenhauer and Ropke? One can make an argument DeGaulle is this kind of leader. Petr Stoylpin of pre-revolutionary Russia should be on this list as well. Sent at: 2008 07 08