https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2009/12/30/is-obama-destroying-liberalism/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:12:50 -0400<![CDATA[Only last September, Sam Tanenhaus &#8211; editor of The New York Times Book Review &#8211; published a book entitled The Death of Conservatism. I didn&#8217;t read it. Having heard the author briefly on talk radio, it sounded tendentious and, worse, boring. His thesis, I take it, is that today&#8217;s conservatives (Limbaugh, etc.) define themselves by what they are against, rather than &#8220;conserving&#8221; the best of society in the traditional sense as conservatives once did. The true value of &#8220;conserving&#8221; he ascribes to, wait for it, Barack Obama.]]>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:46:40 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2009/12/30/is-obama-destroying-liberalism-n217647