The Gravity Of Josh Hawley’s Culture War Against Big Tech
As both parties grapple with surging populism, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has identified Big Tech as a worthy battleground.
Michael Brendan Dougherty: Ireland, Conservatism, And The Spirit Of A Nation
Ben Domenech interviews Michael Brendan Dougherty on the Federalist Radio Hour about what it means to find identity in cultural heritage.
To Hear Socially Conservative Women’s Voices, All You Have To Do Is Listen
The political voice of the full-time mother is not hard to find, but it is hard to amplify. This is where Helen Andrews’ complaint of a male-dominated social conservatism could benefit from some practical observations.
Stop Assuming The Intellectual Dark Web Is A Political Movement
What should intellectuals do when everything they believe in regarding individual liberty is recast as cultural imperialism?
11 Lessons For Conservative Women On Campus
In the book ‘She’s Conservative: Stories of Trials and Triumphs on America’s College Campuses,’ young conservative women offer in their own words lessons for how to survive—and thrive—at college and beyond.
How America Can Survive Following ‘The Flight 93 Election’
Former Trump national security official Michael Anton has just published a short book, ‘After the Flight 93 Election,’ that further illuminates his hugely influential essay on the 2016 presidential race.
Have Conservatives Rolled Over, Or Have They Been Steamrolled?
In the culture war, conservatives haven’t given up without a fight so much as they’ve been trampled underfoot.
It’s Not ‘Victimhood Populism’ To Point Out Our Elites Have Failed
America increasingly looks like a caste society, where wealth, education, marriage, and family are narrowly inherited.
I Used To Be A Conservative, But Not Anymore
Sometimes you reach a point—usually when you have something to promote—when what you once thought no longer is what you think now.
Changes In The GOP, From George H.W. Bush To Today
Ramesh Ponnuru and Ben Domenech discuss the life and Presidency of George H.W. Bush on the Federalist Radio Hour.
Conservatism Is The New Counterculture
People desperately want to think for themselves instead of being told what they can and cannot do. But the modern left won’t allow such heresy.
Today Is Conservative Luminary Russell Kirk’s 100th Birthday
Russell Kirk was so much more than a Cassandra ceaselessly caviling against Communism. To our great fortune, Kirk scoured the world’s great literature, philosophy, and political theory.
Top Conservatives To WaPo: Stop ‘Dishonest’ Label Of Jennifer Rubin As ‘Conservative’
‘It is nearly impossible to discern any conservatism in Rubin’s contemporary writing,’ top conservative leaders said in an October 3 letter to the Washington Post editorial board.
Making The ‘Miracle’: Jonathan Mayhew And The Enlightenment In America
If you want to know how the American ‘miracle’ came to happen, start with 18th-century preacher Jonathan Mayhew, in the book ‘Father of Liberty.’
The Intellectual Dark Web Is Just Another Conservative Ghetto
If conservatives and other non-leftists hope to finally win the culture war and make sustained gains, they need to leave the ghetto or somehow transform it.
Never-Trumpers Prove Willing To Burn Down The GOP In Revenge For Trump
The first—if not only—task of conservatism, in Never Trumpers’ telling, consists of resisting President Trump. If Trump leads the GOP, then nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Unfrozen Caveman Intellectual: Jonah Goldberg’s Strangely Dark Enlightenment
Jonah Goldberg’s defense of the legacy of the Enlightenment ends up being mostly a rehearsal of boilerplate 20th-century American conservatism.
Never Trumper Ben Shapiro Might Vote Trump, Says Primarying Him Would Be ‘Major Mistake’
The president has shown himself to be a stronger promoter of conservatism than many had anticipated, albeit unfortunately quite the spender.
Michael Anton’s ‘Social Contract’ Is Not The ‘Traditionally American’ Concept Of Liberty
The only really interesting thing about Michael Anton is his call for a ‘social contract’ that is opposite of the traditional American concept of liberty.
The Anti-Trump Conservative Firing Circle Is Wildly Out Of Touch With The American Electorate
Donald Trump, it turned out, read the conservative electorate much more accurately than the finest minds in Republican punditry. Their response is revenge.
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