Publication: The American Conservative

The American Conservative

Our leaders were so preoccupied with remaking the world they failed to see that our country was falling apart around them.

The American Conservative

Maybe a better question is, are these computerized forecasts really adding value, or just driving politics?

The American Conservative

Peter Van Buren: The COVID-19 virus has turned us into a nation of Momos. Momo is my old rescue dog. She has BB-like pellets embedded under her skin. She jumps at noises and shivers uncontrollably when I pull my belt from my pants at night. She invents new fears all the time—out of nowhere today it was a spray can rattle; last week it was the coffee machine beep. Momo never gets back to normal.

The American Conservative

The case against Trump isn’t nonexistent, but after a few days of prime time airing, it is ultimately unpersuasive.

The American Conservative

The problem with that one is not that Meghan’s from African descent. The problem is that she comes from Hollywood. Yeah, it’s a soap opera, at least for us Americans. But what’s so fascinating about it is how the values of Hollywood, and one insecure, narcissistic American actress, have the power to shake the British throne.

The American Conservative

Read the Horowitz Report. It proves the bureau unleashed an abusive, full-spectrum spying campaign to destroy Trump before and after his election.

The American Conservative

It would be difficult to think of a worse mismatch between a candidate and a party.

The American Conservative

Despite a parade of angry civil servants and political appointees, she still doesn’t have a crime.

The American Conservative

The man most responsible for the current impeachment mess that’s tearing the country apart is Trump himself. His effort to gin up an investigation of his top political rival by a foreign government was so irresponsible, reprehensible, and reckless that he must now own the mess that has ensued from it.

The American Conservative

This isn’t about the law; it’s about circumventing another vote by the deplorables in 2020.

The American Conservative

Whatever you think about Trump’s actions, there is real fallout here and it could be longterm.

The American Conservative

But if they’re trying to shoehorn some broad or flippant statement by Trump into a bribery charge, it will crash with voters.

The American Conservative

Which is really a mission to alienate most of the country.

The American Conservative

It is conservatives, not radical greens, who have the real environmental agenda, and part of that agenda concerns the human habitat, the place where we settle and which we shape as a home. It is absurd to believe that we can leave our habitat to look after itself, and still pursue a politics of rootedness and national identity.

The American Conservative

Bolton was the proverbial wrecking ball in Trump’s national security shop…Trump needs an adviser who is willing to engage in a pragmatic negotiation He needs someone who will hold those within the administration accountable when they refuse to execute policy. He or she should prize restraint and think through all the options when the Beltway loudly urges immediate action.

The American Conservative

As “Mad Dog” looks back on his legacy, not everyone agrees that his tenure was a profile in courage.

The American Conservative

And good for him. Nations have always competed for strategically placed land and resources.

The American Conservative

How an Iraq war courtier left a party no one knew he was really a part of and now spends time taking swipes as former compatriots.

The American Conservative

The Democratic candidate’s Twitter posting of a Trump donors list was an attack on classical liberalism and pluralism.

The American Conservative

Rather that acknowledge the complexities that led to El Paso and Dayton, exploiters are letting the republic burn.

The American Conservative

For this ordinary, commonsense opinion, Mario Lopez has been compelled to apologize. You watch: that will be the end of his Hollywood career. And there are still people who don’t think the LGBT movement has become totalitarian.

The American Conservative

Conservatives must put our money where our mouths are and support businesses that share our values.

The American Conservative

From Kavanaugh to Kashuv, the haters are always looking for another surrogate for their Trump hatred.

The American Conservative

Thursday night was the night Donald Trump became president. You can imagine the hyperbolic hosannahs that would have been sung if Trump had gone ahead with his planned strikes against Iran, adding to the list of undeclared presidential wars. Instead he pulled back.