Matthew Johnson, Author at The Imaginative Conservative

About Matthew Johnson

Matthew Johnson is a public-school teacher, who has taught AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP European History. He earned a B.A. in Economics from Texas A&M University and is working towards an M.A. in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University.

The Cornerstone of Conservatism

By Matthew Johnson|2019-05-07T14:40:38-05:00August 19th, 2018|Categories: American Republic, Christianity, Conservatism, Constitution, Government, Liberalism, Liberty, Politics|

Conservatism is a formal understanding of man. By understanding, I mean a verifiable truth, and by formal, I refer to a distinguishable methodology which permeated the celebrated thoughts of classical antiquity and scholastic medievalism. Conversely, Liberalism is an ideology for man. This is not to say that Conservatism is without its own prescriptions, but only [...]