5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (258+ words) In a 2011 Labor Day column, our co-founder Pat Buchanan described the transformation of the American social contract in the postwar period. “What happened to this idea that made America a self-sufficient republic, producing almost all it consumed, a nation that…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (83+ words) The American Conservative TAC Right Now: J.D. Vance’s Perplexing Moves, w/ Connor Echols Andrew Day and Luke Nicastro talk to Connor Echols of Responsible Statecraft about Dan Driscoll’s resignation as Army secretary, Vice President J.D. Vance’s controversial speech to an…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (312+ words) theamericanconservative.com Iran War Day 186: Trump Rules Out Using Nukes Against Iran Asked Monday about whether he had ruled out the use of nuclear weapons against Iran, President Trump gave an unusually direct answer. “Well, I would never say that,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (263+ words) The Fed chair’s remarks suggest he may be willing to buck the president who appointed him. Kevin Warsh gave his first major speech as chairman of the Federal Reserve on August 28 at this year’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. He…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (413+ words) Other historical analogies offer more relevant lessons. In 1919, John Maynard Keynes left the Paris Peace Conference convinced the Allies were making a blunder of historic proportions. In The Economic Consequences of the Peace, he prophesied that the terms imposed by…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (783+ words) The Kingfish is a worthy model for right-wing populists. At a steel plant in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio last week, J.D. Vance invoked the memory of a “great Southern populist.” “His name was Huey Long,” the vice president said, “and…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (200+ words) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced an imminent increase in economic pressure on Iran in a Sunday op-ed for the Financial Times. “At dawn begins an economic D-Day — the single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary,” Bessent wrote, echoing…...