Are Conservatives Anti-Democratic? Not Peculiarly So

Joshua Tait has unleashed another of his stem-winders about the American conservative movement that is long on citations but short on perspective or common sense. Or perhaps, it’s misdirection.

The subject this time is conservatism’s supposed hostility to “democracy.” The piece is begging to be pulled into the slipstream of liberal-centrist readers who believe “democracy” is in unique peril in this moment.