David Neiwert at Media Transparency: Conservatives Without Conscience

Current conditions in US seem to align with Robert O. Paxton's nine "mobilizing passions" of fascism

Review of Conservatives Without Conscience
By John W. Dean
Viking, New York, 2006

The title of John Dean's exegesis on the conservative movement in America is obviously meant to ring a few bells of recognition, being as it is an obvious play on Barry Goldwater's touchstone book, The Conscience of a Conservative. It's clear that Dean hopes to reclaim the good name of conservatism, and in exploring as he does the stark contrasts between modern movement conservatives and the ideals of movement founders like Goldwater, he does so admirably.