Paul Weyrich

Paul M. Weyrich (1942 – 2008) was an American religious conservative political activist and commentator, most notable as a figurehead of the New Right. He co-founded the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, the Free Congress Foundation, another conservative think tank, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). He switched from the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church to that of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and was ordained protodeacon.

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Documentation: A Conservative Manifesto for the 1990s

Editor’s note: This essay is excerpted from a recent talk given by Paul Weyrich, president of the Free Congress Foundation in Washington, D.C. Conservatism today has to pay the price of its own success. Modern American conservatism arose after World War II as a movement of protest, a dissent against the reigning liberalism. Over the … Read more

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