Frank Meyer and Fusionism: Will Today’s Conservatives Look to Him for How to Fill the Theory Vacuum?

Whither conservatism?

This question, even more so than who Republicans will nominate for president, animates discussions among intelligent conservatives who look to 2028. With personality rather than principle primarily captivating the rank-and-file right over the last decade, intellectuals jockey to fill not a power vacuum but a theory vacuum.

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Daniel J. Flynn

Daniel J. Flynn, the author of The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer, is an American Spectator senior editor, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, and YouTuber @RightWingWilderness.

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Whither conservatism?

This question, even more so than who Republicans will nominate for president, animates discussions among intelligent conservatives who look to 2028. With personality rather than principle primarily captivating the rank-and-file right over the last decade, intellectuals jockey to fill not a power vacuum but a theory vacuum.