I Need Me Some Good Conservative Content

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I spend 1-4 hours a day consuming videos and chatter here and at sites linked to from here, all of which leans towards the liberal. It occurred to me (again) today that absorbing so many opinions and talking points that conform to my own isn't really being intellectually honest. So I figured I should find some to balance things out. I'm not thinking of watching half and half, but maybe for every hour I spend on stuff I like, I could spend 10 minutes on something that challenges me a bit more.

So I'm looking for some sites that will satisfy me.

I know many of you will just get a good laugh out of this, and that's fine, but I'm looking for -- wait for it -- some intelligent, fact-based, rationally argued and conservative media, like a conservative equivalent to "The Point". They can be libertarians, fiscal conservatives, whatever. They cannot be blowhards who spew crap that's verifiably bullshit, who argue from tautological (especially religion-based) PoVs, or who just spout their talking points and win by yelling louder.

OK, stop laughing, I'm serious. If you know of any sites that would fit the bill, please drop them in the comments. It doesn't have to be videos, but it must be open to public comments and have at least a semi-intelligent atmosphere.

Or if you think I'm dreaming, you can have a laugh at my expense too.

Thanks!

8 Comments

dotdude

says...

http://getliberty.org/

http://netrightdaily.com/

http://www.heritage.org/

http://cfif.org/v/

http://spectator.org/

http://www.weeklystandard.com/

dag

says...

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

this is where I go when I'm trying to figure out how wing nuts think:
http://www.redstate.com/

NetRunner

says...

I think you can find intelligent pretty easily. Rational and fact based is pretty much impossible to find.

Generally speaking I find libertarian arguments more internally consistent and rational, the real problem is that their philosophy is essentially built on begging the question (in the original sense). Their adherence to facts can be pretty iffy. The best will just cherry pick, the worst (Ron Paul, I'm looking at you) say things that are not just demonstrably false, but are the exact opposite of the the truth.

The closest I've seen any site come to what you're looking for is The American Conservative. Ultimately a lot of what they say is still based on assuming their premises, but at least it isn't a site built entirely around polemics intended to smear Obama, Democrats, or the general idea of government.