If you see pornography as morally neutral and consider its moral value to be found in the way it is used rather than in the acts it involves, you are complicit in the desecration of the human form and in the erasure of what it means to be human. Continue Reading »
Accompanied by a conservative revolution against the modern spirit, and a Christian revolution in care that zealously defends our mutual obligations to one another, we can use the resources of the state for the prudent care of our created flesh. Continue Reading »
Conservatives in the West see in the People’s Republic of China a daunting nemesis: an oppressive tech dystopia ruled by a Leninist party that negates conservatism’s attachment to civil society, Christianity, and individual liberties. You might expect the intellectual mainstream in mainland . . . . Continue Reading »
On this episode, Yoram Hazony joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Conservatism: A Rediscovery. Continue Reading »
Daniel McCarthy joins the podcast to discuss his foreword in Willmoore Kendall's newly re-published book, The Conservative Affirmation. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Frank H. Buckley joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America's Natural Governing Party. Continue Reading »
Observing the online reaction to my column, I fear I was misunderstood. Some apparently read it as a brief for the primacy of the “spiritual” over the “political.” That isn’t my view. I advocate instead the deconstruction of the spiritual/political dualism and the primacy of ecclesial politics. Continue Reading »
As critics have pointed out, the NatCon statement ignores the universal ethical and political vision at the foundation of Western civilization. Continue Reading »
American conservatism has been a remarkably unstable thing since the end of the Cold War. Twenty years ago, the “compassionate conservatism” of George W. Bush and the hawkish foreign-policy views of the neoconservatives were ascendant. A little less than ten years ago, the right was supposedly . . . . Continue Reading »
Daniel McCarthy joins the podcast to talk about the history and present state of conservatism in America, touching on the wide range of diverging streams of thought within. Continue Reading »
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