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Constructing Conservatism

Oren Cass

Conservatives rightly recognize that the common good, and thus a coherent politics, requires a shared definition of virtue derived from a shared moral vision and set of values, which...

Power Failure

Oren Cass

Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Libertyโ€”and What to Do About It by sohrab ahmari penguin random house, 288 pages, $28 Most conservative law students of the past three...

The Problem with the Culture Problem

Oren Cass

Shorthand is convenient, but sometimes it confuses. In the game of telephone, by which ideas evolve through repetition and iteration across generations, words can take on new meanings that...

After Trump, Le Dรฉluge

Oren Cass

This essay is a response to โ€œAgainst the Dead Consensus.โ€ Many in the Republican establishment regard Donald Trumpโ€™s presidency as something merely to be endured, a temporary disruption that too...