Web Sites

• Christian Coalition
  The homepage for one of the best known Christian organizations at the forefront of the religious conservative movement, it provides links to pro-family publications.

• Conservative News Service
  A new news service, debuting on the web in June, 1998, CNS aims to counter the "liberal bias" found in the established news media. This site divides today's news into eight general categories and also maintains a collection of links to other issue-specific conservative websites.

• The Family Values Movement
  While a relatively young force in contemporary American government, the Family Values Movement is politically powerful, well organized and quite vocal. Many organizations describe themselves as connected to this movement; some of those groups and their publications are listed here.

• Free Citizen On-line

• Goshen Religion News Today
  This site includes daily news reports, a directory to Christian newspapers and other features. The Goshen web site is produced by the National Association of Evangelicals.

• The Heritage Foundation
  The Heritage Foundation is a well established research center or "think tank" that examines national issues such as crime, public and private schooling, the environment and many other topics, and provides a conservative perspective. The Foundation publishes Policy Review, a bi-monthy journal dedicated to "the study of private-sector and local-government alternatives to the bureaucratic, centralized welfare state." The journal seeks to "revive the spirit of American citizenship by recovering the core political principles of our Founding Fathers and by articulating and advancing the conservative vision of civil society."

• The John Birch Society
  Describing itself as "America's most effective grass roots-based constitutionalist organization," the John Birch Society page provides information which "hail free market economies, uphold traditional morality and valiantly defend the Constitution of the United States as envisioned by our Founders."

• Media Research Center
  This site seeks to "bring political balance to the nation's news and entertainment media," and describes itself as a conservative media watchdog organization. Media Research Center evaluates daily news coverage and "confronts liberals in the press directly with evidence of their slanted reporting."

• Town Hall
  This site promises to introduce its readers to "the Net Conservative World." It contains links to a long list of conservative websites and publications on the web. Its goal is to "bring together individuals and public policy organizations under the broad umbrella of 'conservative' thoughts, ideas and actions." The participants do not necessarily agree on every issue but hope to use this site as a place to openly debate the controversies of the day.

• Rush Online!

• Thinking Right
  The editorial page from the Atlanta Constitution, "for more than 110 years, offering realistic conservative thinking to Georgians."

• The Washington Times
  Describing itself as "America's Newspaper," the website presents the weekly weekend edition of this Washington DC paper. Founded in 1982 by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church, the paper provides an alternative to the Washington Post, and ha s become a rallying point for conservatives. Website archival files are under development.

• The World & I
  Published by the Washington Times, this handsomely illustrated and produced monthly periodical covers political, cultural and social issues in depth.

Materials in the UW Libraries

• American Enterprise
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  D839 A383
  Published monthly by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research---a leading conservative think tank---the journal covers major issues of the day and will often publish a variety of articles on a single broad topic, such as media.

• American Spectator
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  AP2 A31059
  Publishing for 25 years, the American Spectator is a well regarded conservative voice. Now emphasizing more investigative journalism, this monthly deals with current political, social and cultural issues.

• Headway: the Magazine for Today's Political Leaders
  Microform & Newspaper Collections
  Ethnic NewsWatch CD-ROM
  Formerly titled National Minority Politics, this monthly publishes conservative viewpoints of a variety of primarily black political activists, office holders and commentators. It is available in fulltext on Ethnic NewsWatch, a keyword searchable cd-rom r esource featuring the publications of many ethnic and minority communities in the United States.

• Human Events; the National Conservative Weekly
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  D445 H8
  Straight news reporting is done as objectively as possible, while editorials and opinion pieces are staunchly conservative. Published in Washington DC, this journal focuses much of its attention on the Congress and its relationship with the Executive Bran ch.

• Insight on the News
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  AP2 I624
  This weekly news journal is published by the Washington Times Corporation (Unification Church) and claims to provide "the kind of coverage found in Time and Newsweek but written without the liberal bias."

• The National Interest
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  JX1 N37
  no. 2- (Winter 1985/86-)
  Promoting what it calls "classical realism," the journal supports a "safe" world order (as opposed to a "just" world order), achieved through a balance of powers in which American values and security---both material and military---are safeguarded.

• National Review
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  051 NAR
  Perhaps among the most respected of the popular conservative journals, the National Review has published stinging attacks on liberals for over 40 years. It covers current events and culture on a bi-weekly basis. The magazine also maintains NR Online which is updated daily.

• New American
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  AP2 N48
  One of the most conservative news publications, the New American covers all the current political issues on a biweekly basis. An additional resource is the The New American website.

• Policy Review
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  H1 P694
  no. 1- (summer 1977-)
  (holdings at Bothell and Tacoma Branch Campus libraries)

• The Public Interest
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  JC507 P82
  no. 1- (1965-)
  The journal publishes opinion pieces (no scholarly apparatus) primarily from well known conservative authors.

• The Spectator
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  051 SP
  This journal is the conservative counterpart to the New Statesman. It expresses the views of the British Conservative Party in well written brief articles. It also covers American politics.

• Weekly Standard
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  AP2 W44
  The new kid on the block, the Weekly Standard, at only 1 year of age, is making a real mark as a fresh, bold conservative journal reporting on current political issues.

• The World & I
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  CB428 W67
  Published by the Washington Times, this handsomely illustrated monthly periodical covers political, cultural and social issues in depth. Also available The World & I website.