Conservatism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
What I Saw At The Debate Between Dissent and American Affairs
Down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass, young writers and editors dressed in black crowd into the offices…
Bearing Witness from Prison in Indonesia
He is called Ahok, and until a few weeks ago he was one of Indonesia’s most powerful…
Living Communally in God’s Good Creation
I may be somewhat out of step with my fellow Reformed Christians in acknowledging a certain affinity…
Moral Minority
The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation by Rod Dreher Sentinel, 272 pages,…
Going Benedict, Orthodox Jewish Style
In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, characters “go Galt” by disappearing into a valley, Galt’s Gulch, when society…
The Benedict Option and the Way of Exchange
Surely there has never been a richer and more deeply faithful model of Christian faith and practice…
In Praise of the “New Alarmism”
Let’s start with two simple facts. All of us have limited time. Most of us have limited…
Yale’s Accidental Tribute to John C. Calhoun
Late last week, Yale announced that it would remove the name of John C. Calhoun from one…
Love With No Future
The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelungby roger scrutonallen lane, 368 pages,…
First Things, the Live Option
Christian undergraduates at elite universities often feel forced into a troubling dichotomy: They may go “all-in” for…
Recalibrating the Culture War in 2016
We thought that the culture war was behind us and that we were entering a Brave New…
Losing Control of History
If there is one concept that’s taken a massive hit from Donald Trump’s election, it is the…
Where I Was Wrong Part II: Iraq
Donald Trump didn’t emerge solely from the passions of his enthusiasts. He emerged also from the wreckage…
Disraeli’s Romanticism, Trump’s Nationalism
The rise of Donald Trump has led me to think again about Benjamin Disraeli, one of the…
The Conservative Lawyers versus the Never Trumpers
Just a month ago, in a harbinger of things to come, the conservative side lost in the…
