So-called “Constitution-First” Republicans are uncomfortable with Trump’s abuses of power. They could be the key to a pro-democracy coalition that cuts across party and ideology.
Conservatism
Posted inHigher Education
Reports of Western Civilization’s Death at Harvard Are Greatly Exaggerated
The real crisis is the collapse of undergraduate interest in the humanities.
Posted inPolitical Animal
What’s the Point of the Bulwark?
The new right-wing website is the latest custodian of an empty ideology that relies on the racists it aims to vilify.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Diane Black Says Porn Causes School Shootings
Porn causes school shootings? Conservatives will say anything to avoid looking at the ready availability of guns and bullets.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Millennials Really Hate the Republicans
Millennial women prefer the Democrats by a 70-23 percent margin.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Movement Conservatism Protects Itself With Racism
The GOP’s racial polarization strategy allows them to avoid appealing to immigrant communities.
Posted inMain, Political Animal
Movement Conservatives Are out For Blood
The real battle isn’t over taxes, but for total control of a major political party.
Posted inMagazine
Paradigm Lost
Every time a president of the United States proclaims himself to be in favor of returning power to states, cities, and neighborhoods, and opposed to our trying to solve national problems from Washington, he is echoing, probably unconsciously, a little book published in 1953 called The Quest for Community, by Robert Nisbet. Nisbet’s work is the […]
Posted inMagazine
Civility, Community, and Humor: The Conservatism We Need
There are better elements in the conservative tradition than the defense of wealth and privilege.
