http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/faith-based-initiatives Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 20 May 2026 17:26:36 -0400 Wed, 20 May 2026 17:26:36 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/243/how-compassionate-was-george-w-bushs-conservatism By Nathan A. Hall - In this chapter, we will be observing the extent to which our 43rd President upheld his 2000 campaign promise to be a compassionate conservative. When observing George W. Bush’s “compassionate conservatism,” I will be constraining most of my focus on the compassionate aspect. In order to evaluate Bush’s performance in this campaign platform, a definition is needed. Compassionate conservatism: political theory that assumes solving social problems and supporting the needy can be done in a fiscally responsible way through privatization and other conservative practices. In... Wed, 05 May 2010 07:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/243/how-compassionate-was-george-w-bushs-conservatism