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April 9, 2018|Donald Trump, Never Trump, North Korea

Trump the Gargoyle

by James R. Rogers|

Trump’s core base values Trump’s grotesquerie not because they, too, are grotesque, but precisely because they are not.

January 13, 2018|

Trump, the Great De-Mythologizer

by Daniel McCarthy|

In response to: The Price of Trump: Year One Reflections on an Unconventional Presidency

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the South Lawn of the White House. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
If there were a Cult of Trump, his supporters wouldn't criticize him. They do—oftener and in more serious ways than George W. Bush's fans criticized him.

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He’s Good and Bad on Foreign Affairs, Good and Bad on the Economy

by David R. Henderson

Trump’s biggest triumphs for liberty are in the area of regulation and taxes.

Making Politics Possible Again

by Julie Ponzi

Those who fear that the good ideas Trump champions will be tainted by his unsavory character are not thinking politically.

Greg Weiner Responds to His Critics

by Greg Weiner

Nothing about Trump's lying or vulgarity has contributed to his policy successes.

November 6, 2017|Conservatism, Donald Trump, Jeff Flake, Never Trump, Republicans

Jeff Flake’s Indictment of American Politics

by James Wallner|

UNITED STATES - JULY 20: Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Dudes and Pharisees. Mugwumps. Those were just some of the names that party regulars called the disaffected Republicans who refused to support James G. Blaine for President in 1884.

That contest, which pitted Blaine against Democrat Grover Cleveland, was one of the nastiest in American history. And it has much to teach us about Senator Jeff Flake’s indictment of American politics today.

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December 12, 2016|Charles Murray, Conservatism, Donald Trump, Never Trump, Originalists Against Trump, Populist Conservatism

Looking at Trump from Outside the Bubble

by Mark Pulliam|

Everyone seems to be sharing their reflections on the election of Donald Trump as President (for example, here, here, and here), prompting me to weigh in with some of my own.

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November 29, 2016|Conservatism, Donald Trump, Harvey Mansfield, Never Trump, Peter Thiel, Tyler Cowen

Coming Out of the Bubble

by Peter Augustine Lawler|

Those who live in a bubble had best admit it, and apparently I do.

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Book Reviews

A Mirror of the 20th-Century Congress

by Joseph Postell

Wright undermined the very basis of his local popularity—the decentralized nature of the House—by supporting reforms that gave power to the party leaders.

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The Graces of Flannery O'Connor

by Henry T. Edmondson III

O'Connor's correspondence is a goldmine of piercing insight and startling reflections on everything from literature to philosophy to raising peacocks.

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Liberty Classics

Rereading Politica in the Post-Liberal Moment

by Glenn A. Moots

Althusius offers a rich constitutionalism that empowers persons to thrive alongside one another in deliberate communities.

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James Fenimore Cooper and the American Experiment

by Melissa Matthes

In The American Democrat, James Fenimore Cooper defended democracy against both mob rule and majority tyranny.

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Podcasts

Stuck With Decadence

A discussion with Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.

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Can the Postmodern Natural Law Remedy Our Failing Humanism?

A discussion with Graham McAleer

Graham McAleer discusses how postmodern natural law can help us think more coherently about human beings and our actions.

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Did the Civil Rights Constitution Distort American Politics?

A discussion with Christopher Caldwell

Christopher Caldwell discusses his new book, The Age of Entitlement.

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America, Land of Deformed Institutions

A discussion with Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin pinpoints that American alienation and anger emerges from our weak political, social, and religious institutions.

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