Podcast: Jim DeMint And Rachel Bovard On Impeachment, Conservatism, And Fixing Congress
Ben Domenech interviews Senator Jim DeMint and CPI Policy Director Rachel Bovard on The Federalist Radio Hour.
Ron DeSantis Proves Matt Bevin’s Conservatism Wasn’t His Albatross
Matt Bevin’s loss doesn’t have anything to do with Trump, and it’s not about ‘conservatives’ versus ‘moderates,’ either. Conservatism embodies middle-class and working-class values. Why not embrace that?
Freakout Over Nationalism Book Illustrates The End Of Traditional Left-Right Politics
The editor of National Review wrote a book praising a benevolent, liberal, unifying form of nationalism. The vitriolic reaction was eye-opening.
How Libertarianism Makes People Susceptible To Huge Government
In the end, the freedom to abandon family, faith, and community is the freedom to be insecure, insignificant, and alone before the Leviathan of government.
10 Books Every Conservative Should Read To Combat Leftist Misinformation
Many books celebrate conservatism’s accomplishments, but these books correct misinformation and fill in important cultural and historical gaps in conservative discourse.
Why Conservatives Need To Stop Sending So Many Pundits To College Campuses
Treating righty students as if their purpose is to provide a cushy lifestyle for righty pundits funded out of donors’ pockets or college activity fees doesn’t help them make a difference.
The Right Doesn’t Need More Courage, We Need Better Training And Bigger Sticks
No magical elves are going to build your community for you. If people are afraid, don’t tell them that they’re cowards. Teach them how to stand up.
Jeff Flake’s Call For The GOP To Reject Trump Shows He Has Learned Nothing Since 2016
When Republicans praise Trump for being a fighter, it is because he is willing to aggressively challenge the left’s dishonest tactics in a way the Jeff Flakes of the GOP do not.
By Underscoring Its Failures, Trump Has Outlined The Republican Party’s Future
There are many ways in which post-Trump conservatism could go wrong. But there is no way in which the anti-Trump remains of the old GOP can go right.
Neither David French Nor Sohrab Ahmari Have Any Ideas About Where To Go From Here
After several dust-ups and intra-theological disputes, David French and Sohrab Ahmari still didn’t answer the key question of conservative policy.
4 Ways To Use Government To Make America More Friendly To Christians
The real loser was Christians in America as Sohrab Ahmari and David French tackled how Christians should live as citizens in an increasingly hostile world, without offering any answers.
The Right’s Biggest Struggle Today Is Confronting What The Market Does To Communities
Conservatives know how to resist the bad ideas of the left. We are less sure how to restrain or mitigate the harm that markets and new technologies can do to social cohesion and communities.
Not The National Conservatism We’ve Been Looking For
Promoting the same failed policies, and rehabilitating the same failed ‘experts,’ simply because they have rebranded as ‘national conservatives,’ will not advance the American cause.
Can Conservatism Coalesce Into A New Fusion That Channels The Nationalist Zeitgeist?
Unless there’s a bench being formed that formulates policy and acts as a brain trust, the new national conservatism will be short-lived.
Mona Charen Shouldn’t Be Alarmed That Trump Supporters Might Learn More About The Founders
Apparently for Mona Charen, and the rest of the Never Trump crowd, young Americans do not deserve an education in America’s founding ideals if they have actively supported President Trump.
Newly Energized National Conservatives Take Aim At Libertarianism
The libertarian-conservative coalition might survive in the domain of foreign policy, given the return to noninterventionist roots, but in domestic politics, a rift seems inevitable.
Peter Thiel Calls For Google To Be Investigated For Treason
The year 2016 was a defining moment in the Western polity, with Brexit and Donald Trump’s election changing the status quo, which led to this conference trying to figure out what exactly is causing such changes.
What The GOP Would Look Like If Peter Thiel Were In Charge
Thiel is not only advancing traditional conservative values, but he’s also asking for the overthrow of the prestigious institutions of post-war America.
Russell Kirk’s Gift To Conservatives, Reborn
Originally published in 1957, ‘Russell Kirk’s Concise Guide to Conservatism’ is finally being republished, and our current political debates would greatly benefit from this eloquent and brief explanation of principles.
To Make America Great Again, The Right Needs To Learn How To Run Bureaucracies
We need a Federalist Society-type organization to train young conservatives to become federal bureaucrats if we want to slay the Big Government leviathan.
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