Conservatism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
What Comes After Trump?
National conservatism’s ascent is a story often mistold: Once upon a time, there was Donald Trump, and…
Witch Hunt
In the musical Wicked, the familiar story of The Wizard of Oz is retold from the perspective…
Gen Zeal
Everyone assures us that we enjoy the blessings of progress: Capitalism has produced great material wealth, modern…
Our Crisis is Metaphysical | 2026 D.C. Lecture
In this episode, First Things brings you the recording of the 2026 D.C. Lecture presented by Mary Harrington.…
Mainlining Nostalgia
Ryan Burge is unignorable. A political scientist known for his “graphs about religion,” Burge is required reading…
The Oscars’ Unlikely Tribute to Motherhood
On Sunday night, while accepting her Academy Award for Best Actress, Hollywood star Jessie Buckley spoke lovingly…
Goodbye to the Postwar Consensus
The debates of the past year or two surrounding the Second World War have exposed fault lines…
Will Trump’s Coalition Last? (ft. Joseph Prud’homme)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Joseph Prud’homme joins…
War Without Limits?
Does the U.S.-Israel assault on Iran fill the criteria of Christian just war theory? A number of…
The New Anti-Semitism
The rise of a new right-coded anti-Semitism might have been dismissed as an ephemeral murmur of the…
A Declaration of American Dignity
The State of the Union message to Congress is mandated in the Constitution. But it does not…
Dimes Square: An Oral History (ft. Nick Allen)
In this episode, Sovereign House and Reign founder Nick Allen joins Virginia and Germán to discuss Dimes…
The Roots of the Trans Violence Epidemic
Jesse Van Rootselaar and Robert Dorgan, two men pretending to be women, killed ten people in separate…
What Virgil Teaches America (ft. Spencer Klavan)
In this episode, Spencer A. Klavan joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about…
A Critique of the New Right Misses Its Target
American conservatism has produced a bewildering number of factions over the years, and especially over the last…
