The Right is neither brain-dead or too big to fail

In fact, the American Right is brainy and certainly enormous, considering that the majority of citizens identify with conservative principles. If conservatism fails then America fails. Period.
Steven Hayward of The Washington Post thinks conservatism has an intellectual problem:
Today, however, the conservative movement has been thrown off balance, with the populists dominating and the intellectuals retreating [...]

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RIP Irving Kristol

Irving Kristol, godfather of neoconservatism, passed away today at the age of 89. He once said:
“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions — it only guarantees equality of opportunity.”
So many of us have forgotten that.

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