Call-Out Conservatives Join the Left’s Lynch Mob
When I first started writing for National Review in 2015, Nick Frankovich was my editor. He always was kind and professional, offering advice on how […]
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MAGA Men Unashamed
The Left fears men. Which is exactly why the corporate-media-activist ideological conglomerate is currently losing its collective mind over a viral video of young, white, […]
McCarthy Pulls a Boehner, Fumbles Leadership
If there was any hope that Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) would emerge as the “Speaker We Need” in the Republican minority, it was dashed this […]
Beto O’Rourke Is Our Postmodern Nostradamus
It was a light snow, a slick snow, out by the road our driveway, needing shoveling, got me thinking Beto… Far too many on the […]
MAGA and the Pro-Life Movement Need Each Other
Many MAGA adherents may think pro-lifers are whiny or too focused only on abortion. But without the right to life, the reinvigoration of a recognition […]
Populism, Elitism, and the Principle of Human Equality
We can’t seem to get away from populism in today’s political discussions. People disagree about what the term means, but R.R. Reno put it concisely: […]
The Causes of Steve King’s Moral Relativism
In the course of their public responsibilities and acting on concrete political problems, Congressmen should know better than to ask abstract questions—particularly when in the […]
Rick Scott Chased the Hispanic Vote and Got It
Nine years ago Rick Scott, then a Florida businessman, sat down with a group of self-described jaded Republican strategists to discuss what it would take […]
Boy George: NeverTrump Columnist Becomes an Obama Groupie
No European nation,” writes George Will in a recent column, “was as enchanted as Germany was by Barack Obama’s studied elegance and none is more […]
Ryan Redux: Romney Assumes the Missionary Position
In Washington, winners write history, losers write résumés, unless, like Mitt Romney, they happen to follow the path of least resistance into a waiting Senate […]
Normal President Trump
In a speech at the National Press Club in October 2016, Peter Thiel revised Donald Trump’s campaign slogan from “Make America Great Again” to “Make […]
Conservatism, Inc. Conserves Only Itself
In the wake of the Weekly Standard’s unceremonious demise, William Kristol and a few of his NeverTrump comrades have transformed a formerly news-aggregating site, The […]
What’s Good for General Bullmoose?
The current split in the “conservative movement”—I use scare quotes because it is only in the minds of those who consider themselves spokesmen for the […]
Trump Can Build the Wall—and Should!
Perhaps because of his long-standing NeverTrump bias, David French’s latest essay in National Review (“No, Trump Can’t Use an Emergency Declaration To Build a Wall”) […]
Tucker Carlson’s Witness
Tucker Carlson’s now ubiquitous 15-minute monologue from his January 2 show is causing some conservatives a bit of consternation. Not because what he said was […]
From Tea Party Insurgent to Last Man Standing
There is an irony in the fact that Ron Johnson is the guy who will carry the mantle forward for the Republican Party in Wisconsin. […]
Carlson’s Invisible Political Hand Riles Conservative Critics
In spite of policy differences on social issues—from gay rights to gun control to abortion—the steadying core of modern-day conservatism always has been the defense […]
The Conservative Coward Caucus
It’s a truism that whenever Republicans are in the minority in Congress, they act like it but whenever the GOP has the majority, they still […]
Up the Populist!
I listened the other day to Tucker Carlson’s populist dirge on what’s ailing America. Then I perused some rejections, critiques, and commendations of it. Then […]
Mitch McConnell’s Complicity with Democrats
The partial government shutdown is well into its second week. And given the mix of Democrat enthusiasm and complete Republican apathy, it looks like it […]