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POPULIST CONSERVATISM
Populist Conservatism and Constitutional Order Kevin D. Roberts President, The Heritage Foundation The following is adapted from a talk delivered in Christ Chapel at Hillsdale College on October 23, 2024, as part of the Drummond Lectures in Christ Chapel series. The top-down, elitist brand of politics that has dominated the United States since the end of the Cold War—under Republican and Democratic administrations alike—has failed. Yes, we are materially richer than we were in 1991, and our largest corporations are more profitable. But we are militarily and strategically weaker, fiscally endangered, and spiritually enervated. As a result, public trust in the vaunted institutions that our elites control—political, scientific, journalistic, educational, religious—has evaporated. And populism—especially on the conservative Right—is on the rise. Although I will focus on the U.S., this rise of populism…
DEAR DEMS–WHAT ARE YOU VOTING FOR?
DEAR DEMS-WHAT ARE YOU VOTING FOR? We all have friends, colleagues and loved ones who are lifelong Democrat voters. This column is intended for them, and for those of us willing to engage in discussions with them about the upcoming election. Conversations about politics are challenging, but voters should be able to answer the questions I pose here, if they take their responsibilities as a citizen seriously. When you ask Democrats (or others) who support Vice President Kamala Harris why they intend to vote for her, a significant number will give some version of, “Because Trump …” They may believe the propaganda that he’s “a threat to democracy,” or that he’s “going to start World War III,” or that he’ll “throw his political opponents in jail.” Some will simply say they just don’t like…
IT REALLY ISN’T ABOUT BIDEN vs TRUMP
By: Laura Hollis
Over the past eight-plus years, political analysts of all stripes have tended to give Trump the wrong sort of credit for the support he enjoys with voters. Leftists, in particular, marvel at former President Donald Trump’s seeming ability to create positions with which so many Americans agree.
They are spectacularly wrong.
Trump has not created viewpoints among Americans; he has recognized and capitalized on strong sentiments that existed before his foray into politics, sentiments most other Republicans either failed to see or refused to act on. (That’s a topic for another day, but suffice it to say that the same Republicans who can’t stand Trump — and have aligned with Democrats to undermine him — had been willing to throw their own voters under the bus time after time, on issue after issue. Which is why they are no longer in control of the Republican Party).
The Left’s fundamental error explains why they have been so hell-bent on destroying Trump personally . According to their worldview, if they can just get rid of Trump, the ideas they think he is responsible for creating will go away. For their part, establishment Republicans have also labored under the misimpression that removing Trump will allow them to return to business as usual. Nope. That ship has sailed.
But the Democrats are just as wrong about their problems with President Joe Biden. They are behaving as if Biden himself is the problem. While it is true that he is in the grips of advancing senility and clearly incompetent to perform the duties of president of the United States, the Democratic Party’s problems are far deeper — a fact that should be evident to them, given how little support they can drum up for literally anyone else in the party who is nationally known.
The battle in 2024 is not really about Trump versus Biden. It is a battle between two completely different views of what America should be.
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I am a seasoned citizen of the US, who has a deep interest in political thought and respect for the principles under which the country was founded. I have written multiple articles for my local newspaper and enjoy discussions about how our country can be improved, not transformed. I have a background and degrees in political science and finance. I’m a big fan of our Founding Fathers and the documents they created: Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Liberty and freedom are concepts that have changed the world and have made the US a beacon of hope.