b'Guest: Edward H. Miller is associate teaching professor at Northeastern University.\\xa0 He is the author of Nut Country: Right-Wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy (2015), and his latest,\\xa0 A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American Conservatism (2022).\\n\\xa0\\nThe post The Roots of American Conservatism: Robert Welch & the John Birch Society appeared first on KPFA.'