Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)
Edmund Burke, the political philosopher, believed that love of country is essential to the survival of a free society, and that, for citizens to love their country, it must be lovely.…
Editors at National Review Online believe President Trump is repeating a first-term mistake regarding steel tariffs. Edmund Burke said, “Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at…
Kyle Smith of National Review Online puts words in Chief Justice John Roberts’ mouth. I know that some of you are calling attention to how, when the liberals have five…
There are two fundamentally different conceptions of civil society. One sees people acting with their families and neighbors to help one another. Civil society is voluntary cooperation with regard to…
Avi Woolf writes for the Martin Center about a conservative approach toward diversity. Are conservatives against the campus diversity administrative machine or are they opposed to diversity itself? The argument…
Myron Magnet of City Journal bucks conventional wisdom about President Trump’s supporting cast. Like many Republican Trump voters, I rue the loss from the president’s inner circle of such wise…
John Hood’s latest column at National Review Online delves into the beliefs and goals of new nationalists. [W]hat really frustrates me isn’t the persistence of special pleading across shifts in…
Fabio Rojas writes for the Martin Center in support of admitting illegal immigrants to American college campuses. [C]onservative social though often relies on the idea of personal responsibility, as Dennis…
Graham Hillard writes at National Review Online about the importance for Republicans of appealing to “temperamental” conservatives. Temperamental conservatism is little remarked upon these days and even less frequently engaged…
Jonah Goldberg uses an entry at National Review Online’s blog “The Corner” to remind us how the terms “conservative” and “liberal” interact depending on the context. As part of its…
The year 1776 was the high watermark of the Enlightenment. Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations, and Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Both works were grounded in…
Tariffs are a bad idea economists have been warning us about for centuries. It was a founding insight to the entire discipline of economics.