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February 2023

February 02, 2023

The Difference Between Conservatives and Populists

Today's Republican Party is going through an identity crisis: Does it stand for smaller government,...

January 2023

January 03, 2023

Trump’s Support of the LGBTQ Agenda

Last month Donald Trump hosted the Log Cabin Republicans--an organization of gay members of the...

November 2022

November 10, 2022

Midterm Election Post-Mortem

Despite what conservative pundits, pollsters, and even Democrats were predicting, there was no red wave. ...

November 02, 2022

Should the Term “Conservative” Be Dropped?

John Daniel Davidson argues that conservatism has traditionally been about conserving things: the family, religious...

September 2022

September 19, 2022

Personal Virtue vs. Social Virtue

One of the many tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth develops a useful distinction between...

August 2022

August 10, 2022

Raiding Trump to Keep Him from Running?

The FBI raided Donald Trump's home at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, looking...

August 05, 2022

Discuss: “There Is No Remaining Christian Case for Trump”

This weekend's discussion: Many Christians supported Donald Trump, despite his bad qualities, because he would...

August 02, 2022

What De-Churched Southerners Still Believe

White Southerners who no longer attend church have pretty much the same political and culture...

July 2022

July 01, 2022

MAGA vs. Trump

The Donald Trump phenomenon is not just a personality cult. He brought to the fore...

June 2022

June 17, 2022

The Religious Right Gives Way to the Nonreligious Right

Progressives have been blaming Christian conservatives for sexism, racism, and the election of Donald Trump....

January 2022

January 24, 2022

Challenge to Trump from the Right?

Rich Lowry argues that a successful challenge to Trump's dominance of the Republican party can...

January 10, 2022

Post-Christian Christianity

The problem is not just a secularized culture, but a secularized church. Russell Moore warns...

January 03, 2022

Trump’s Support of the LGBTQ Agenda

Last month Donald Trump hosted the Log Cabin Republicans--an organization of gay members of the...

November 2021

November 17, 2021

Overcoming Polarization

Polarization and conflict in a society are not necessarily bad, but they can be. Unity...

October 2021

October 26, 2021

Republicans Shouldn’t Vote?

What's with Donald Trump telling Republicans that, unless his claims that the election was stolen...

March 2021

March 08, 2021

The Ten Commandments of Trumpism

The conservative movement and the Republican Party are still in thrall to Donald Trump. We...

March 03, 2021

Why Evangelicals Are So Disliked, Part II

A major reason Evangelicals have become so disliked today is politics; specifically, their high level...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

The Conservative Choice between Populism and the Establishment

The question for Republicans and conservatives in general is not just whether to keep Donald...

January 28, 2021

Impeaching Someone Who Has Left Office?

Donald Trump has been impeached a second time, even though he has already left office. ...

January 22, 2021

The Self-Destructive Triumph of Postmodernism

An ideology isn't triumphant when one side holds to it. An ideology is triumphant when...

January 07, 2021

Trump Turns the Country Over to the Democrats

The Democrats won both of the senate seats in Georgia, giving them control of the...

November 2020

November 11, 2020

An Obi-Wan Kenobi Moment?

"We might be in an Obi-Wan Kenobi moment," says Peter Burfeind, "wherein striking Trump down...

November 09, 2020

Biden Wins Presidency; Republicans Win Everything Else?

Pending recounts, run-offs, late ballots, law suits, and Supreme Court reviews, it looks pretty certain...

November 03, 2020

The Election Vigil

Over half of Americans (55%) believe that today, Election Day, will be the most stress-filled...

November 02, 2020

The Most Important Election in History?

Both Biden and Trump supporters are saying that this is the most important election in...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

Which Should Weigh More, Character or Abortion Policy?

Conservative Christians tend to say that, yes, Donald Trump has character flaws, but they are...

October 22, 2020

The Final Debate

Tonight is the final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, their last confrontation before...

August 2020

August 11, 2020

Will You Be Voting for Russia or China?

Russia will be interfering in the American election to elect Trump, according to U.S. intelligence,...

June 2020

June 09, 2020

The Presidential Election in Our Horrible Year

Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have clinched their party's presidential nomination. Right now, Biden...

July 2019

July 15, 2019

The Epstein Case Is a Major Scandal

Billionaire hedge-fund manager Jeffrey Epstein has been indicted by New York federal prosecutors for the...