While many members of the GOP still see themselves as conservative, the party’s tone and direction has severely drifted into the realm of populist nationalism as it has been willing to abandon core traditional tenets of conservative orthodoxy.
Oh, You Want That Kind Of Peace
Nationalists want to play the “compromise” game, where everyone else does the compromising.
Link: Experience, The Oracle of Truth
Often, Americans speak of the US Constitution as if it is the fountain from which political truth originates. Even those who fight stridently for constitutional orthodoxy sometimes forget that the US Constitution and the rest of America’s founding documents were just as much a climax of political thought as they were a beginning.
Avatars of Our Anxieties
Populism is often based on fear and propels demagogues who embody that fear into power.
Big But Arguments
Far too many good points are silenced by those who can only see the abuses of their political opponents.
Link: The Culture War and Federalism
Federalism is one of the few political mechanisms that benefit everyone. All sides of the political divide should be wary of allowing it to become a casualty in the ever-escalating culture war.
CrossFit CEO Resigns Over George Floyd Remarks
After demonstrating some poor taste in humor, Greg Glassman has stepped down as CEO of CrossFit. His tweet, and the fallout from it, demonstrate just how much social media has dulled our sense of empathy and basic decency.
Against Right-Wing Relativism
Nationalists are trying to craft relativist defenses of their philosophical inconsistencies while reserving the right to continue attacking inconsistent relativism on the left.
The Democratic Agenda
Anyone who is seriously contemplating giving Democrats the wheels of government in order to defeat Trump and Trumpism should be doing so with a clear understanding of the Democratic agenda.