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CATEGORY: CONSERVATISM (24 min)
** American Conservatism’s Hundred-Year War . . . ([link removed])
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In The Imaginative Conservative, Chuck Chalberg reviews one of the most talked-about books ([link removed]) in conservatism today: Matthew Continetti’s The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism.
Continetti’s sweeping history goes deep on figures you know well: ISI founder William F. Buckley Jr., Russell Kirk, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and more.
But it also leads in some surprising directions.
For instance: Continetti suggests that there are many surprising parallels ([link removed]) between Donald Trump and Calvin Coolidge.
Continetti’s story of American conservatism, Chalberg argues, is ultimately about “battles between its elites and the masses . . . and among its elites over how to deal with the masses.”
How does that grand narrative help us make sense of conservatism today? Read Chalberg’s detailed review for a fuller picture ([link removed]) .
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CATEGORY: THE FAMILY (10 min)
** . . . and the battles that tear us apart today. ([link removed])
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Dr. Kevin D. Roberts asks ([link removed]) : When and why did the battle for conservatism turn into a Hunger Games-style battle royale?
As long as conservatives aim not to build or to establish principles but to instead “own” each other on social media, the movement totters on shifting sands.
Roberts is president of the Heritage Foundation—one of the key institutions of the past century of American conservatism—and recently accepted an invitation to join ISI’s board.
You shouldn’t miss his rousing call ([link removed]) to build a new, winning conservatism.
In another piece, in honor of Father’s Day, Roberts paints a stark picture of the catastrophic consequences of fatherlessness in America ([link removed]) .
Teen suicide . . . homelessness . . . substance abuse . . . imprisonment . . . all point back primarily to single-parent homes.
“It turns out, dads are just one more thing our failed elite class was wrong about,” Roberts writes ([link removed]) .
Conservatives today must stop the in fighting. It’s time to rebuild our broken culture.
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** American Economic Forum: July 29-30, Washington, D.C. ([link removed])
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ISI invites you to our 2022 American Economic Forum ([link removed]) , to be held July 29-30 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., to hear leading conservative politicians, intellectuals, and thought leaders debate the best way for conservatives in 2022 to apply fundamental economic principles to our current crises.
For a limited time, students register for free. And if you’re under 30, weekend tickets are only $50.
The speakers include:
* Congressman Jim Banks
* Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts
* Former Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer
* Acton Institute Research Director Dr. Samuel Gregg
* ResPublica Director Phillip Blond
* And many more
You’ll hear panel discussions on a range of important topics, including: cronyism in the administrative state, China geonomics, big tech censorship, woke capital, middle-class prosperity, and more.
This is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
Register Now » ([link removed])
Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.
A Legacy In Peril ([link removed]) via The Cornell Review
The Middle Ages Revisited with Brad Gregory ([link removed]) via The Dartmouth Review
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CATEGORY: CONSERVATIVE HISTORY (21 min)
** Hugh Hefner and William F. Buckley Jr.: Two Very Different Legacies ([link removed])
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In 2014 James Harrigan examines the legacy of two men who shaped America.
Born just five months apart, these two men would go on to create publications that would have an enduring impact on the culture of the United States.
One would build a magazine encouraging degeneracy that would become accepted by the culture. . .
. . . the other would stand athwart history yelling Stop.
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Thought of the Day:
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“Conservatism starts from the sentiment that good things are easily destroyed, but not easily created.”
—Sir Roger Scruton
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