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Conservatism

Conservatism without a Movement?

By Filings on Fri, 09/26/25
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“Insofar as movement conservatism has followed the incentives of this mass politics, incessantly focused on winning national elections, it has taken the ‘popular conservative’ instinct that Kirk identified and redirected it in the direction of personal grievance and collective projects.

Virtue and the Classical Education Renaissance: A Review of David Hein’s ‘Teaching the Virtues’

By Filings on Thu, 09/04/25
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“Teaching the Virtues is not only a fine introduction to a conservative tradition animated by a regard for the Permanent Things, but also a promise of more to come. It is the first book published by a new imprint of the Russell Kirk Center, Mecosta House.” - Providence

In an era of populist confusion, what are conservatism's truest aspirations?

By Filings on Fri, 08/22/25
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“The meaning of American conservatism is perhaps more hotly contested today than at any other point in the movement’s history.” - L&L

Buckley and His Revolution: Perspectives on Sam Tanenhaus’ ‘Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America’

By Filings on Fri, 06/20/25
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“Tanenhaus’s massive, authorized biography, which has sharply divided readers. Buckley was a complicated man, and this is a complicated book. Senior Writer Richard Reinsch and Contributing Editor John O. McGinnis offer their takes on this major new publication.” - L&L

The Future of American Religion and Liberty on Religious Freedom: A Conservative Primer by John Wilsey

By Filings on Wed, 04/23/25
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“With the many illiberalisms duking it out in the public square, from both left and right, a new book puts forth what should be a clear winner: a decidedly conservative defense of ordered liberty” - Dan Darling

The cost of conservative hypocrisy

By Filings on Mon, 02/24/25
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“To the shock of hundreds of thousands of normie conservatives… Rubin was congratulated by official TheBlaze TV and PragerU accounts. Other prominent conservatives, including Christopher Rufo and Christina Pushaw, slapped the ‘expectant’ fathers on the virtual back. Gov. Ron DeSantis sent the babies onesies. So what do these ‘conservatives’ think they are conserving?” - WNG

The Rule of Law Has Seen Better Days

By Filings on Wed, 02/19/25
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“ ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.’ Apparently originating with Napoleon Bonaparte, Trump here is brashly embracing the idea of personalistic rule.” - The Dispatch

Conservatives Must Know What to Conserve

By Filings on Wed, 01/22/25
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“For many of these voters, being on the political right is not about being conservative, at least not socially conservative. The result is significant lack of clarity on the political right about what social conservatives hope to conserve.” - Breakpoint

Former Vice President Mike Pence Urges Conservatives To Resist the ‘Siren Song of Populism’

By Filings on Wed, 11/20/24
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“[C]onservatives in America are struggling with an essential question… whether we will continue on the path of the traditional conservative agenda that has defined our party and, in so many ways, our nation throughout our history… or whether our party will follow the siren song of populism unmoored to conservative principles.” - C.Leaders

Christian conservatism and Christian realism vs. Christian nationalism

By Filings on Tue, 10/29/24
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“Sometimes the target of these critics of Christian nationalism are folk religionists who conflate God and country….These folk religionists typically aren’t aware they are Christian nationalists…. The self-identified Christian nationalists have an agenda that fulfills the worst nightmares of many secular progressives.” - Mark Tooley

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