The Conservative Reckoning Doesn’t Have to End Badly By Greg Weiner January 24, 2021 Between elitism and populism is a middle ground that could renew a uniquely American strain of conservatism.
Thoughts on the 1776 Commission and Its Report By Victor Davis Hanson January 21, 2021 Why the controversy? Yes, America is imperfect. And also great.
Properly Executive By Yuval Levin January 20, 2021 We should hope, but would be naïve to expect, that these words from James Madison might serve as a guide for the next one.
The Ridiculous Attacks on the 1776 Report By David Harsanyi January 19, 2021 Anyone or anything that refuses to depict the American founding as anything but a wholly racist enterprise will be cast as a tool of white supremacy.
NR PLUS A Portrait of Washington’s Greatness—and His Limitations By Michael Knox Beran January 7, 2021 A review of First and Always: A New Portrait of George Washington, by Peter R. Henriques.
Can Joe Biden Pardon Himself? By Ramesh Ponnuru December 4, 2020 Maybe that power's non-existence was taken for granted.
NR PLUS The Federalist Papers: Instruction Manual for the Constitution By Charles C. W. Cooke December 3, 2020 Hamilton, Madison, and Jay explained the meaning of our highest law.
Trump Establishes 1776 Commission By Stanley Kurtz November 2, 2020 The aim is to assemble some of our best scholars and have them make the case for “an informed and honest patriotism.”
NR PLUS The Eternal Iniquity of John C. Calhoun By Cameron Hilditch October 13, 2020 Calhoun was a Hegelian Jacobin who spent his life trafficking in post-hoc rationalizations for slavery. Conservatives must reject his example.