Stating outright the conservative view on environmental issues

Should we, as conservatives, state outright and in unison what we should already know but many of us cannot remember -- that the conservative view on the environment is that law concerning it should be shaped by the same considerations that shape any just, reasonable body of law?

Whether the need to be served by the Twelve Points is already satisfied

Are existing statements of conservative principle (as valuable as many of them are, for their own reasons) not inadequate to provide clear guidance on the very issues where the conservative community, as of late, has demonstrated confusion?

We can make this happen

Decisive conservative support for the Twelve Points would establish that genuine conservatism is still the dominant philosophy of this movement.

It would further demonstrate that this conservative support is for well-defined ideas, which we expect our representatives to understand, implement, and keep. This conservative support, we will establish, is not just for a list of slogans, keywords, vague themes.

We will remind our representatives -- and ourselves -- that exciting slogans are no substitute for genuine, robust, substantive conservatism.

We can make this happen.

Do you like the Twelve Points?  If you like the Twelve Points, then spread the word.

Conservatives' clarity with respect to the pro-life position

Would the conservative movement not benefit from a summary of the conservative philosophy, which could be easily placed in front of and read by every American conservative, which expresses and explains the pro-life position in such a way that it should be persuasive even to many of those who reject the religious arguments or scorn “traditional values”?

Conservatives' clarity with respect to constitutional interpretation

Would the conservative movement not benefit from a summary of the conservative philosophy which presents new conservatives with an accurate introduction to the conservative view on constitutional interpretation?

Conservatives' clarity with respect to economics and property rights

Would the conservative movement not benefit from a summary of the conservative philosophy that re-emphasizes conservative support for various categories of free-market policies (including some that self-described conservatives have ignored, when convenient) while encouraging the average conservative to pursue and master the study of Economics? Would the conservative movement not also benefit from a summary of the conservative philosophy which efficiently teaches new conservatives about the source, operation, and importance of property rights?

Conservatives' clarity with respect to liberty and justice

Would the conservative movement not benefit from a summary of the conservative philosophy which presents new conservatives with a coherent explanation of the conservative understanding of justice, of which individual liberty is a central element?