In his maiden speech in the Senate, Missouri’s Josh Hawley took a hard stand for the people of Main Street, America. Hawley laid out his vision of a society that would allow America’s heartland to thrive, with strong families, decent work, and flourishing small towns. He said (abridged): I come from a town called Lexington, […]
Lew Rockwell: “Bad People in Society Hate Nationalism”
Recently, Lew Rockwell, a longtime advocate of anarcho-capitalisism and a close associate of former congressman Ron Paul, pummeled Congressman Justin Amash’s libertarian credentials, even going so far as to call Amash a “leftist.” Later, Rockwell praised the strong cultural foundations of Hungary and Poland as a way to protect the people from government control. The […]
Much is Promising About the Nationalist Project
At The American Conservative, the magazine’s editor Jim Antle, describes the differing views among conservatives at a recent national conservatism conference. He pays special attention to the history and views of National Security Advisor John Bolton. Bolton is not a perfect neocon, but as Antle writes, “It is difficult to see what would have been […]
“The Neocons Colonized the Zombie-Like Conservative Movement”
Well-known conservative author and professor, Paul Gottfried, skewers the recent national conservatism conference in Washington, D.C. as “fake meeting of minds.” Gottfried lambastes the conference organizer, Yoram Hazoni as a neocon, and says the neocons “colonized the zombie-like conservative movement in the 1970s and 1980s.” At LewRockwell.com, Gottfried writes (abridged): Given my credentials as a […]
Tucker Carlson the Nationalist Movement’s Media Face
Hunter DeRensis, writing at The National Interest, remarks on the “resounding applause,” that met Tucker Carlson whom DeRensis calls “the media face of the burgeoning nationalist movement.” Carlson, like many conservatives, emphasized that after the election of Donald Trump, perhaps anything is possible in politics. Carlson, like many conservatives feels abandoned by the entrenched globalist […]
The Nationalist Project Offers Much Promise for America
At The American Conservative, Jim Antle warns against the coopting of any nationalist movement by the neoconservatives, and cautions against making the same mistakes of the past. He writes (abridged): Conservatives who are skeptical of our wars tend to speak out on other topics, like domestic policy. The people said to have real national security […]
Middle Class Finished With Progressive Liberal Elites
What in the world is going on? It certainly appears Western middle class citizens are angry. There’s the drama of Brexit in Great Britain, and the ongoing aftershocks of the Trump election in the U.S. The protests of the Yellow Vests have put a stepover toehold on French President Macron’s government, and the recent reelection […]
Carlson: “Why Couldn’t You Have a Party that’s Economically Nationalist and Socially Conservative?”
Recently Tucker Carlson asked Johnny Burtka, executive director at The American Conservative, “Why couldn’t you have a party that’s economically nationalist and socially conservative?” Burtka tells Carlson that was the party of Abraham Lincoln, and it could be the Republican Party again.
Liberalism Crashing Around the World, Nationalism Ascendant
At his blog, Pat Buchanan wonders if the liberal hour in the West is over. With nationalism ascendant in many areas of the globe, it may be a good time to question the viability of the liberal world order. Pat also wonders if the founders desired for such liberal notions as “diversity” and “equality” to […]
Is Tribalism All That Bad?
In a lengthy article in The American Conservative, Matt Purple, managing editor, discusses innocuous tribalism and puzzles over why it can’t coexist with liberalism. When rooting for the New England Patriots or defending America to skeptical foreigners, Matt Purple admits that he is indulging his own inner tribalism in that he is irrationally siding with […]