The Abnormal as the New Normal
Introducing “The new conservative dilemma: a symposium” available at The New Criterion
Conservatives
The Right Can’t Beat the Left at Its Own Game
If there is any hope of leaving this cesspool of mediocrity and disorder...it lies with politics willing to raise the bar.
Grifting Along: Neocons and the ‘Freedom Conservatism’ Movement
“Freedom Conservatives” are reaching leftward in search of new allies because their present enemy is the surging populist Right.
Republicans May Be Making the Wrong Bet with Gambling Expansion
For better or for worse, America is choosing to embrace gambling. State lawmakers may see this as a money tree, but it’s not the godsend they imagine for their budgets.
Confessions of a Recovering Neoconservative
The realignment of the political Right has prompted a public confessional of sorts, a raw acknowledgement that millions of us were led astray by Republiican […]
Nationalism Is Not Enough
President Trump’s furious admonition to four extreme leftist members of Congress to educate themselves in the miseries of their ancestral homelands was met with spiteful […]
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Get along? Apparently no—at least until after 2020. Two examples summarize why. “We don’t need any more brown faces that don’t want to be a […]
Of Tweets and Hysterics
Last weekend’s demented political theatrics have me enraged. I am livid this time not because leftists are calling for open borders or disarming law-abiding citizens. […]
What Mona Charen Will Never Know
A few years ago while living at the homeless shelter and working next door at Jimmy John’s, I got an email from this development VP […]
Jilted Again! The NeverTrump-Left Alliance Crumbles
The political misfits known as NeverTrumpers are begging for allies ahead of next year’s presidential election—and, as usual, they aren’t looking to the Right. This […]
(Almost) Everybody Loves a Parade
President Trump’s July 4 “Salute to America” sounded perfectly normal to many Americans. After all, the legacy American people have served in the military, respect […]
The Cowardice of the College Republicans
One would think that in the age of a massively successful Republican president like Donald Trump, most conservative college organizations would be rushing to hitch […]
A ‘Green Book’ for Conservatives?
Last year, an Oscar-winning movie made known to many of us what the “Green Book” was—a guidebook listing accommodations for the African American traveler during […]
They Don’t Hate Donald Trump—They Hate You
Fourth of July parades may be banned soon in America. Think I’m joking? Do you remember after the “confederate statues” debate flared up again, President […]
They Don’t Hate Donald Trump—They Hate You
Fourth of July parades may be banned soon in America. Think I’m joking? Do you remember after the “confederate statues” debate flared up again, President […]
Is Common Sense Making a Comeback?
Did you notice that common sense was almost entirely missing from the two nights of the Democrats’ radicalism pageant last week? In terms of common […]
Mike Lee Backs Big Tech Crony Capitalism
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) has long warned against the dangers of crony capitalism, which he defines as “an unholy union of big government, big […]
Give Tucker Carlson the Nobel Peace Prize
After months of escalating tensions, Iran shot down an unmanned American military drone last week. In response, a retaliatory American airstrike had been planned. At […]
Clarity About Nationalism
In order to make arguments for nationalism, we have to define it. The first definition in Merriam-Webster is “loyalty and devotion to a nation.” But […]
It’s the Immigration, Stupid
Perhaps it is a lot to ask, but Democrats could learn a great deal from the recent Danish elections. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), and the […]