Conservatism

Patriotic Visionaries

It is time for Americans of good conscience, left or right, to hoist the flag higher.

Defending Conservatism—From the Right

Opportunists and pyromaniacs are rejecting the ideals we once took as givens.

Eccentricity Isn’t a Political Agenda

On Patrick Deneen and the New Right's lack of intellectual seriousness.

Turning Villains Into Victims

Tucker Carlson pandered to Donald Trump’s most deplorable supporters.

The Ties That Blind

With no other frame of reference, young conservatives are starting to think it’s normal to be jerks.

Apocalypse Now

Is catastrophism harder on liberal teens than conservative ones?

Ron DeSantis, Federalist?

Plus: How the Florida governor’s would-be opponents in the GOP presidential race are attacking him thus far.

The One-Legged Stool

A final farewell to traditional conservatism in 2024.

‘I Got Mine’

Principle and post-liberalism.

Statesmanship and the Ship of State

Why you can’t run the government like a business.

Lifting Up the Rock on the Gutter Right

Lie after lie after lie.

Slouching Towards the Old World

The ‘new’ conservatism isn’t new, it’s just not very American.

Utopian Nostalgia and the Radical Right

Yearning for a time that never really existed.

The Morning Dispatch: Partisanship Over Policy at Heritage

Current and former employees allege that scholarship has taken a back seat to partisanship at the major conservative think tank.

When You Find the Bad Guy in the Mirror

It’s not necessarily all that brave to call out the other team.

Bonfire of the Asininities

The last thing America needs is a “new politics.”