Michael Oakeshott rooted conservatism in a disposition of gratitude, wizened by an awareness of scarcity. As the times change, so does conservatism: If the present is arid, offering little or nothing ...

Conservatism, it is alleged, was born in reaction against the efforts of ordinary people to gain some degree of political influence, economic justice, and social dignity against the brutal and ...

When conservatism was a dirty word it seemed gallantly non-conformist to defend it against the big, smug liberal majority among one’s fellow writers and professors. But in the mood emerging from the ...

A review of Conservatism Revisited by Peter Viereck. In this pungent, witty and chaotic little book, Peter Viereck suggests that established laws, traditions and institutions are good and useful ...

In the face of progressives’ persistence in portraying contemporary conservatism as a mortal threat to American democracy, conservative intellectuals have launched the latest round in a learned and ...

Douglas Blair is a contributor to The Daily Signal. Conservatism has existed as a philosophy since the founding of the republic. As the country has evolved and grown, so too has the political ideology ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

The Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, falls every year around my birthday. In fact, I turned many of my 20s and 30s while nerding out at the Omni Shoreham hotel in ...

A half-century ago, Sen. Barry Goldwater strode to the podium of the Republican National Convention in San Francisco to accept his party’s presidential nomination. He declared, “Extremism in the ...

Fiscal conservatism and prudent budgeting were not just about sound economic policy for Harding and Coolidge. As Governor ...