Ideas Still Have Consequences

by John M. Howting

Cultural traditions are more important to man than GDP. They give him a sense of the transcendent, affirm his place in a hierarchy, and create a sense of “we” and “us.”  Continue Reading »

6 Dec 2018 0

Hillary Clinton and Rich, White, Crooked Liberalism

by Pete Spiliakos

Maybe Clinton had trouble prioritizing working-class whites because of her status as a rich, liberal white person who gained her wealth from influence-peddling. Continue Reading »

27 Apr 2017 0

Evolving Toward Africa

by Peter J. Leithart

Modernity doesn’t have a single northern source. In some ways, the West is now catching up to Africa. Continue Reading »

21 Apr 2017 0

How Many Foreigners Is an American Worth?

by James R. Rogers

How should Christians respond to the tradeoffs of globalization? Continue Reading »

14 Mar 2017 0

Our Faint-Hearted Nationalists

by Pete Spiliakos

A conservative nationalism that can’t speak to both recent immigrant populations and anxious working-class whites will lose to left-wing cosmopolitanism. Continue Reading »

16 Feb 2017 0

My Orange Juice Came from Brazil

by Robert P. Cummins

I was taught in school that free trade was inherently good, because it provided the most efficient method of producing material goods and services, taking advantage of each country’s comparative advantage. But, what if our modern global economy has erased any notion that a comparative advantage exists today? Continue Reading »

5 Jan 2017 0

Preserving Limited Government in Difficult Times

by Pete Spiliakos

What does the Carrier deal mean for limited-government politics? How can principled conservatives accommodate themselves to Trump’s scrambling of political categories? Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2016 0

The Elephant in the Room

by R. R. Reno

The global system—which is committed to the free flow of labor, goods, and capital—works well for the leadership class in Europe and North America, as it does for striving workers in China, India, and elsewhere. It doesn’t work so well for the middle class in the West. Thus, in the West, the led no longer share the economic interests of their leaders. Continue Reading »

15 Aug 2016 0

We Have A Country

by Pete Spiliakos

It was never about small government. That is the bitter lesson many conservatives have learned, as they have seen Republican-leaning voters opt for a candidate who promises mass deportations and protectionism. That’s the bad news. The good news is that, when conservatives were winning, they were . . . . Continue Reading »

9 Jun 2016 0

In Carbon and Capitalism We Trust?

by John Murdock

At the Crossroads” was ostensibly a conservative gathering in Austin to discuss energy and “so-called global warming” as Senator Ted Cruz put it, but at its core was a celebration of cornucopianism. That progressive philosophy sees an ever improving world flowing from the mind of man and the . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Dec 2015 0