Constructing Conservatism
Oren Cass writes for First Things magazine about how to construct a compelling conservative morality in our secular age.
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Harris’s Global ‘Green New Deal’
The “Clean Energy Marshall Plan” is a lose-lose-lose for workers, industry, and developing nations
Is The U.S. Workforce Prepared to Reindustrialize?
Effective industrial policy will require changes to business as usual
Why Our Political Elite Remind Me of Dumb and Dumber
Or, the difference between the American dream and the American promise
The Rival Trading Blocs We Make Along the Way
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
The Problem With Empty U.S. Campaign Promises
Both Harris and Trump seem determined not to be pinned down on policy
Potemkin Presidential Politics
The Harris-Walz campaign is one of appearances, not substance
Bring Back Trump’s China Policy
Deterring China requires countering Xi’s economic warfare, not accommodation
Do Labor Leaders Not Know What Workers Want, or Do They Just Not Care?
And creative paths forward like, say, reversing Citizens United…
The Gulf Between “Make America Great Again” and “MAGA”
While Donald Trump is not a politician known for his message discipline, he took the world by storm in 2016 with a well-articulated diagnosis of what ailed the nation. “Make Read more…
Workers Deserve Real Power. Unions Aren’t the Best Way to Get It.
On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, six labor leaders took the stage to endorse the party’s nominee. “Kamala Harris will keep fighting for workers,” promised the general president of Read more…
Does Trade Policy Affect Trade?
A rescue mission for common sense from the quagmire of free-trade economics
Conservatives Need a Positive Governing Vision
America’s problems can’t be solved by only addressing what government shouldn’t do.
It’s Time for a Bonus, Baby
A Trump-Vance administration should unabashedly support new parents
‘Let Them Eat Joy’
The DNC was a convention for the rich
Toward a More Responsive American Urbanism
How to make America’s towns and cities more like the people who live in them
The Toaster Economy
What we can learn about U.S. manufacturing decline from the humble toaster
Can the Tech Bros Find a Home in the Conservative Coalition?
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
Can “Kamalamania” Continue to Election Day?
The experience of New Zealand’s former PM Jacinda Ardern holds clues
Democrats’ Disdain for Democracy
When “defenders of democracy” condescend to voters
