small-c

"Even our so-called small-c politicians like former Liberal premier Gordon Campbell was a leader in terms of environmental protection, bringing in the first carbon tax," he said.

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So the small-c state constitution may be a local affectation?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Muzzy v. Wilkins 2010

Though few have bothered to look at his plan's details, the CBO analysis Ryan requested shows that the Roadmap does not balance the budget for more than fifty years and incurs, by my small-c conservative estimate, at least $62 trillion in debt between now and then.

Krauthammer falls for the Paul Ryan ruse 2011

Of course my point was that Conservative Movementarians have long since stopped being reliably conservative in the small-c sense, so I could see them going for it – and maybe progressives should support that idea.

Matthew Yglesias » Temasek 2010

Rather, I think that the exceptionalism of the American political system comes from its structure, which is conservative with a small-c.

Are we a center-right nation? Ezra Klein 2010

He learned from Paul Simon how to present liberal notions, and himself, in a way lots of small-c conservative people find non-threatening.

Matthew Yglesias » Luce & Machiavelli on Leadership 2010

I think actually that most people do have a sense of expecting “small-c change” happening “incrementally”, and I just hope that in the time that that takes to reveal or not reveal itself, that we have kept their eyes open for what is actually happening.

Has anyone heard a peep out of Barack Obama the past few days? | clusterflock 2009

This is what I have sometimes referred to as big-C Communication, as opposed to the kind of small-c communication that is characterised by the six criteria above.

August « 2010 « An A-Z of ELT 2010

The American people seem fairly small-c conservative and maybe our system of government should be too.

Matthew Yglesias » Filibuster Chart 2010

Nothing symbolised this political bankruptcy better yesterday than the abject sight of Labour's Margaret Beckett and Keith Vaz joining a quartet of large and small-c conservatives – William Hague, Malcolm Rifkind, Douglas Hurd and Geoffrey Howe in a mendaciously misleading attack on AV.

AV referendum: Building bridges | Editorial 2011