What, exactly, do you want?” Liberal critics put the question to the post-fusionist American right in various ways. At times they ask it earnestly, at times with a sneer, and not infrequently with undisguised contempt. It seems that no political argument can be properly digested unless it comes . . . . Continue Reading »
The case for American nationalism is clear. The United States is the most diverse nation on earth. If we will not have a nation and its constitution, then we will have anarchy. If we will not have a nation and its constitution, we will have Hobbesian war, figuratively or literally. What, after all, . . . . Continue Reading »
Among conservatives today there is an emerging confidence about the nation. But it remains a timid confidence, expressed among fellow-travelers but not in the broader political culture. Awkwardness still prevails. We are living “after globalism,” yet we are embarrassed by our return to the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Ahmari-French exchange reveals real disagreements on the American Right. Continue Reading »
The recent “Open Letter Against the New Nationalism” published at Commonweal makes little effort to target its salvos accurately. Continue Reading »
In June, an announcer on CBS observed, “George Will is essentially unchanged from the way he looked forty years ago.” He still wears Brooks Brothers. He still parts his hair on the left. And in politics, while lesser men have compromised with the ascendancy of Donald Trump, Will has stayed . . . . Continue Reading »
Do we serve commerce at the expense of the public good? Or do we serve something higher? Continue Reading »
Bruce Frohnen discusses his book Coming Home: Reclaiming America’s Conservative Soul. Continue Reading »
Gerald Russello joins senior editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss Russell Kirk’s Concise Guide to Conservatism. Continue Reading »
America's roots in the common good reach back to both Augustine and Aristotle. Continue Reading »
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