The Evolution of Modern Conservatism with Matthew Continetti
Truth Over Tribe: Christian Takes on Culture, News & Politics
The Right Tells Itsself: A Negative Story
The main story The Right tells about itself today is that it has failed. Most of The Right thinks that the movement and more importantly, right-leaning Americans have been sold a bill of goods by conservatives like me who work and live in the Washington, D.C. area. That's the main thing that most people on The Right, especially the grassroots right, think of their movement. I would say the other story conservatives tell about their movement is that it was one of linear progression that came out of the Second World War. And ever since there have been setbacks, there have been challenges, but at root, the idea of America as a center-right nation has been validated.
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