The American Conservative
The Fall of Ted Heath, Reconsidered
Have I spent my whole life wrongly despising Ted Heath? I begin to fear so. Heath was the unlovable, ...View More
Haley Spurns Calls to Drop Out After New Hampshire Loss
At 8 p.m. eastern time, the last polls closed in New Hampshire. By 8:03 p.m., it was over. The forme ...View More
A Policy Roadmap for Trump 2.0
To the dismay of progressives and anti-populist conservatives, the prospect of a second Donald Trump ...View More
Why the New Hampshire Primary Is a Nuisance
Chris Christie once called New Hampshire voters “presidential wine tasters.” And while I promise we ...View More
More Biden Recklessness: Bombing Houthi Jihadists While Keeping Our Borders Wide Open
Most of America’s allies are AWOL yet again when it comes to countering Houthi efforts to shut down ...View More
Take Trump Minus the Points in New Hampshire
The Republican primary might be over as soon as tomorrow night. After only one contest, the field ha ...View More
Previewing the New Hampshire Primary
The Republican primary might be over as soon as tomorrow night. After only one contest, the field ha ...View More
What Nikki Haley Got Right
After a third-place finish in Iowa, former South Carolina Governor Nimarata “Nikki” Haley declared, ...View More
Use American Economic Power to Fix the Border Crisis
The U.S. is under invasion by millions of migrants in an assault that mocks its laws, tests its comp ...View More
It’s the Economy Again, Stupid
One of the most succinct campaign slogans of the modern era came out of the 1992 Clinton campaign: “ ...View More
DeSantis Bows Out Before New Hampshire Embarrassment
This piece has been updated with further information. Following months of campaign dysfunction that ...View More
Is the Right Going to Revolt Against Mike Johnson?
The United States government will not enter a partial shutdown come midnight tonight That is unless ...View More
2024: The Year Foreign Policy Delusions Die Hard
The war in Ukraine is ending in catastrophic defeat for Ukraine and the United States. The war in th ...View More
What Davos Can Expect From a Republican Admin
Moderator: If a Trump administration comes in, what kinds of people do you think might be the kinds ...View More
The Era of Interventionist Dominance Is Over
When Eliot Cohen speaks, there’s an instinctive rush to battle stations. Neoconservative establishme ...View More
‘Terrorism’: What’s in a Name?
The Biden administration designated Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement—better known as the Houthis—a terro ...View More
Donald Trump, Youth Icon?
As The American Conservative’s own Bradley Devlin wrote about the former President Donald Trump’s co ...View More
Antony Blinken Is Overrated
Surveying the dramatis personae of the Biden administration on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s popular pub ...View More
Will Illegal Aliens Choose the 2024 Republican Nominee in Arizona?
If you think our elections are safe from non-citizens voting, think again. An unprecedented move by ...View More
Iowa Shows That ‘Optics’ Are for Losers
Not much can be said about Iowa that my colleagues here have not already said: This is not your fath ...View More