Conservatism is in decline. True, it’s not dead — in 2025, a larger share of Americans described themselves as conservative ...

OK I raised this question in last week's weekly Current Events thread, but I think it merits discussion. My thesis is that Conservatism is Not Real. What I mean by that is two things. First, that ...

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Booker T. Washington has long been upheld as the original black conservative. In an 1896 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, he wrote that "the negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting." But ...

A conference that has struck fear into the conservative old guard and served as an ideas lab for policies now being implemented in the Trump administration kicks off Tuesday. “I do think that NatCon ...

An attendee listens to speakers during the "This Is the Turning Point" campus tour event at the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo ...