Conservatism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Against Optimism
The two party conventions ended with a Trump speech labeled “dark” and a Clinton speech labeled “optimistic.”…
Rotting-Flesh Reaganism
Ted Cruz failed to endorse Donald Trump for president. Snore. The real story from Cruz’s convention fiasco…
Bernie Sanders and the Atomized Republic
Yuval Levin argues that American politics is being distorted by the toxic nostalgia of Baby Boomers who…
Final Advice for the Untenured Conservative Humanist
This is the third and final installment of an advice column for religious and social conservatives preparing…
To Save Religious Liberty, Focus on Media Ecology
David French is right to argue that evangelical Christians (and all supporters of religious liberty) will have…
An Inquisition Is Not a Witch-Hunt
It’s Dangerous to Believe: Religious Freedom and Its Enemiesby mary eberstadtharper, 158 pages, $25.99 Members of traditional…
More Advice For the Untenured Conservative Humanist
This is the second installment of an advice column for religious and social conservatives preparing for the…
Some AdviceFor the Untenured Conservative Humanist
On paper, tenure recommendations for humanities professors have three parts: research, teaching, service. That’s what the faculty…
We Have A Country
It was never about small government. That is the bitter lesson many conservatives have learned, as they…
Is Liberalism a Heresy?
The only viable vehicle of conservatism in modernity is a market-oriented liberalism that regards freedom within law…
The Losers’ Elegist
Russell Kirk: American Conservativeby bradley j. birzerkentucky, 608 pages, $34.95 Drive up Route 131 from Grand Rapids,…
Modern Weddings Have Lost Interest in the Marriage Bed
I became engaged at Easter, and, as I’ve started planning our wedding with my fiancé, I’ve noticed…
Redeeming Lincoln
Redeeming the Great Empancipator by allen c. guelzoharvard university press, 208 pages, $22.95 In recent decades, Abraham…
Where Have All the Bad Republicans Gone?
Nearly a decade ago, the redoubtable Douglas Farrow published a book whose subtitle announced the “end of…
The Passé Passes Again
The Republicans are reliving the Democratic Party’s nightmares. The cancelled Donald Trump event of Friday March 11…
