Conservatism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
More Advice For the Untenured Conservative Humanist
This is the second installment of an advice column for religious and social conservatives preparing for the…
Some AdviceFor the Untenured Conservative Humanist
On paper, tenure recommendations for humanities professors have three parts: research, teaching, service. That’s what the faculty…
We Have A Country
It was never about small government. That is the bitter lesson many conservatives have learned, as they…
Is Liberalism a Heresy?
The only viable vehicle of conservatism in modernity is a market-oriented liberalism that regards freedom within law…
The Losers’ Elegist
Russell Kirk: American Conservativeby bradley j. birzerkentucky, 608 pages, $34.95 Drive up Route 131 from Grand Rapids,…
Modern Weddings Have Lost Interest in the Marriage Bed
I became engaged at Easter, and, as I’ve started planning our wedding with my fiancé, I’ve noticed…
Redeeming Lincoln
Redeeming the Great Empancipator by allen c. guelzoharvard university press, 208 pages, $22.95 In recent decades, Abraham…
Where Have All the Bad Republicans Gone?
Nearly a decade ago, the redoubtable Douglas Farrow published a book whose subtitle announced the “end of…
The Passé Passes Again
The Republicans are reliving the Democratic Party’s nightmares. The cancelled Donald Trump event of Friday March 11…
Conservative Populism is Divided Against Itself
Conservative populism can’t catch a break. The party’s elites have a stranglehold on policy. As Reihan Salam…
Memories of Nino
It began, for me, with a voice over the phone in May 1977: “Hadley, this is Nino…
Tradition’s Future
Earlier this month, at the Liberty Law Site, my friend John McGinnis had an insightful post about…
Working-Class Isolation is Fracturing Our Politics
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been both praised and criticized for her condemnation of the “angriest…
The Establishment “Radicals” of the Modern University
Next autumn will mark forty years since I arrived on a college campus as a freshman. I’ve…
Why Tolerate Religion?
Why Tolerate Religion? by Brian Leiter princeton university press, 216 pages, $45.00 Brian Leiter’s Why Tolerate Religion? is…
