The Main Purpose of Our Politics Right Now
To Democrats, we’re “deplorable.” To some on our own side, we’re “hacks.” Or, as a Twitter post said of some colleagues this morning: we are […]
American Conservatism
The Case Against “the Conservative Case. . .”
Whenever you find an article that begins with the title, “The Conservative Case” for or against something, lock your door, check your wallet, and grab your […]
After this Election Conservatism Won’t be the Same
American Greatness Contributing editor, Seth Leibsohn, hosted Claremont Review of Books editor (as well as a signer of theScholars and Writers for Trumpstatement), Charles Kesler, […]
What Trump Might Do That Hillary Will Not
Do you ever get the impression that the contemporary conservative movement is just a giant false flag operation? A living example of Conquest’s Third Law? […]
Prudence: For Trump
Reposted with permission from the Claremont Review of Books. William Voegeli has written thoughtfully about the reasons underlying Trump’s appeal, defended Trump’s supporters, and attacked some […]
Millennials Should Reject “Paint-By-Numbers” Conservatism
Millennials have come of age with a conservatism that was as much a subculture as it was a political movement. It has been defined by […]
Sanctimony as a Conservative Principle
Reposted with permission from the Claremont Review of Books. I admit to a bit of disappointment at the reaction to my two prior articles. I […]
Not ‘Reactionary’ But Right: Decius Responds to Damon Linker
If I were to try to correct every misinterpretation of what I’ve written, I’d never do anything else. But some are worth addressing because they […]
An Interview with Decius
The pseudonymous Publius Decius Mus has angered and mystified his critics with his bracing assessment of our political moment in his essay, “The Flight 93 […]
Defenestration & The Crisis of 2016
So it has come to this: Goldman Sachs has instructed its partners not to contribute to the Donald Trump presidential campaign or associated PACs. […]
Decius Responds to Critics of “The Flight 93 Election”
Reposted with permission from The Claremont Review of Books. Well, that was unexpected. Everything I said in “The Flight 93 Election” was derivative of things […]
#IAmDecius
Who is Decius? Who is the author of The Flight 93 Election that has Conservatism, Inc. frowning in consternation? This is the question of looming […]
Nationalism, American Style
Is America a place and a people or is it an abstraction? Or is it both? Ideologues from both parties like to say that America […]
The Flight 93 Election
Reposted with permission from the Claremont Review of Books. 2016 is the Flight 93 election: charge the cockpit or you die. You may die anyway. […]
It’s Not Us, It’s You: How Elites Rationalize This Year’s Voter Rebellion
It’s not us, it’s you. That’s the line being floated by Conservatism, Inc. to explain this year’s voter rebellion. And it’s not just voters that […]
Moderation in Pursuit of Trump
Re-posted with permission of The Claremont Review of Books August 26, 2016 In response to an essay of mine in the Spring CRB, my friend […]
Trending: Bill Bennett Trumps The #NeverTrumps
The conservative movement and varied wings of the Republican party have always had their troubles with the trending and ultimate nominee—usually right up until the […]
Defending the Sovereignty of the People from Left & Right with Julie Ponzi (PODCAST)
The people’s ability to make decisions for themselves when acting in their constitutional majority has eroded over the past century or so as a result […]
Donald Trump and the American Crisis
Re-posted with permission from The Claremont Review of Books Charles Kesler’s essay, “Trump and the Conservative Cause,” (Spring Issue of the CRB – also reposted here) […]
The Neoconservative Way: A Primer
Last night this publication was the subject of a drive-by tweeting at the hands of Eliot A. Cohen. Cohen is currently a professor at Johns […]