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Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
Newt Gingrich
American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is a political practice defined by the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s, heavily associated with the Second Red Scare, also known as the McCarthy era. After the mid-1950s, U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy, who had spearheaded the campaign, gradually lost his public popularity and credibility after several of his accusations were found to be false. The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Just
anarcho-capitalism
thumb|alt=A two-colored flag, split diagonally, with yellow at the top and black at the bottom|The black and gold flag, a symbol of anarchism (black) and capitalism (gold) which, according to Murray Rothbard, was first flown in 1963 in [[Colorado and is also used by the Swedish Anarkokapitalistisk Front.|261x261px]]
neoconservatism
Neoconservatism (colloquially neocon) is a political movement that combines features of traditional political and social conservatism with individualism and a qualified endorsement of free markets along with the assertive promotion of democracy and national interest, including through military means.
Barry Goldwater
American politician and military officer (1909–1998)
New York Post
daily tabloid newspaper (1801-)
George Wallace
45th Governor of Alabama (1919–1998)
Phyllis Schlafly
American conservative activist (1924-2016)
Pat Boone
American singer (born 1934)
Reaganomics
thumb|thumbtime=16:09|Reagan gives a televised address from the Oval Office, outlining his plan for tax reductions in July 1981. Reaganomics (; a portmanteau of Reagan and economics attributed to Paul Harvey), or Reaganism, were the neoliberal economic policies promoted by Ronald Reagan, president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. These policies focused mainly on supply-side economics. Opponents (including some Republicans) characterized them as "trickle-down economics" or Voodoo Economics, while Reagan and his advocates preferred to call it free-market economics.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
American actor (1918–2014)
William Rehnquist
chief justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005 (1924–2005)
John Connally
United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1971 to 1972, Governor of Texas 1963 to 1969
William F. Buckley Jr.
American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator (1925–2008)
Jerry Falwell
American evangelical pastor, televangelist, and conservative political commentator
Curtis LeMay
American general and politician (1906–1990)
The Heritage Foundation
American conservative think tank founded in 1973
Mike Enzi
American politician (1944–2021)
Buddy Ebsen
American actor and dancer (1908-2003)
Jesse Helms
American politician (1921–2008)
Sam Brownback
American politician and 46th Governor of Kansas (born 1956)
Henry Luce
American magazine publisher (1898–1967)
Coleen Gray
American actress (1922–2015)
New Right
form of right-wing politics that emerged in the 1960s
George Murphy
American actor and politician (1902–1992)
Everett Dirksen
American politician (1896–1969)
Chill Wills
American actor (1902–1978)
American Independent Party
far-right political party in the United States
James Burnham
American philosopher (1905–1987)
Tim LaHaye
evangelical Christian minister and author from the United States
Phil Gramm
American economist and politician
Victor Davis Hanson
American classicist and military historian
John Tower
American senator from Texas and chairman of the Tower Commission (1925-1991)
Larry McDonald
American politician (1935-1983)
James L. Buckley
United States politician and federal judge (1923-2023)
Judith Reisman
American cultural conservative writer (1935-2021)
William Lundigan
actor (1914-1975)
Hudson Institute
American think tank
Mack Mattingly
American politician
William E. Miller
American politician (1914–1983)
Southern strategy
electoral strategy to increase political support in the Southern United States
Bo Callaway
American politician and businessman (1927–2014)
J. William Middendorf II
American diplomat
Jim Broyhill
American politician (1927–2023)
Moral Majority
Christian right-wing political organization
William Reynolds Archer
American politician
alt-lite
The alt-lite, also known as the alt-light and the new right, is a loosely defined right-wing political movement whose members regard themselves as separate from both mainstream conservatism and the far-right, white nationalist alt-right. The concept is primarily associated with the United States, where it emerged in 2017. The term remained in vogue during the first Trump administration.
Claude R. Kirk
36th Governor of Florida (1926–2011)
John Bell Williams
American politician (1918-1983)
Bonner Fellers
United States Army general (1896–1973)
Phil Crane
American politician (1930-2014)
John Porter East
American politician (1931-1986)
Tim M. Babcock
American politician (1919-2015)
John G. Schmitz
American politician (1930-2001)
Richard M. Weaver
American scholar (1910–1963)
Bob Dornan
American politician
Howard Phillips
American politician (1941-2013)
William Henry Harrison III
American politician (1896–1990)
Bruce Alger
American politician (1918-2015)