Sarin Is Also Wrong on China
Aaron Sarin’s misreadings of my essay support my thesis and show why we need to think more carefully about China.
D. Marshall
· 9 min read
Conservatism
A collection of 22 posts
The Future of Canadian Conservatism
Getting oneself labelled ‘conservative’ in this country typically has little to do with ideology. It’s more about one’s willingness to state unpopular facts and break unspoken rules of political etiquette.
Jonathan Kay
· 7 min read
Podcast #278: The Scourge of the ‘Woke Right’
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author and satirist Andrew Doyle about the worrying rise of illiberal ideologies and cultish political tendencies among conservatives.
Quillette, Andrew Doyle
· 37 min read
A Pointless Economic Attack on America’s Northern Neighbour
Many Canadian conservatives were warming to Donald Trump—until he threatened to destroy their economy with crippling tariffs.
Jonathan Kay
· 8 min read
Left or Right, Politicians Shouldn’t Be Telling Academics What They’re Allowed to Teach
The campaign to ban Critical Race Theory and other ‘woke’ dogmas channels the same illiberal spirit that conservatives claim to oppose.
Michael Shermer
· 7 min read
Nick Cave: “Conservatism Is an Aspiration”
The lead Bad Seed shares his thoughts on creativity, marriage, and having a conservative temperament.
Claire Lehmann
· 13 min read
On Conservative Socialism
Far from being a phantom in the imaginations of a handful of writers and scholars, conservative socialism is a real phenomenon.
Seamus Flaherty
· 16 min read
Ukrainians Are Nobody’s Pawns
Conservative anti-interventionists buy into an authoritarian narrative that ignores the clear choices made by the people of Ukraine.
Robert Tracinski
· 8 min read
A Return to Tradition: Creating a Post-Trump Conservatism
The survival of the American Republic might just depend upon it.
Bo Winegard
· 14 min read
Return of the Strong Gods: Understanding the New Right
A great many Americans held their noses to vote for Trump, whom they saw as the lesser evil.
Jordan Alexander Hill
· 20 min read
PODCAST 71: Daniel Hannan talks about the late Sir Roger Scruton
Daniel Hannan, the Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South East England, talks to Toby Young about his lifelong friendship with the late Conservative philosopher Sir Roger Scruton.
Quillette, Toby Young
· 1 min read
PODCAST 48: Professor Bruce Gilley on Anti-Conservative Bias on Campus
Toby Young talks to Bruce Gilley, professor of political science at Portland State, about not being able to get his course on conservative political thought approved by his faculty, and his efforts to fight back against progressive authoritarianism on campus. He recently published a piece in Quillette about why he
Quillette, Toby Young
· 1 min read
National Conservatism and the Preference for State Control
National conservatives are much more willing to question the efficacy and desirability of markets in allocating a nation’s resources.
Alexander William Salter
· 6 min read
Quillette Podcast 38 – Jonah Goldberg and Aaron Siberium on the conservative themes of Avengers: Endgame
Toby Young discusses the conservative manifesto buried just beneath the surface of Avengers: Endgame with Jonah Goldberg and Aaron Siberium. Aaron wrote an essay recently about the final instalment of the Avengers saga for Quillette.
Quillette, Toby Young
· 1 min read
The Conservative Manifesto Buried in 'Avengers: Endgame'
If you haven’t seen Endgame yet—or if you take comfort in the delusion that Marvel is “woke”—stop reading now.
Aaron Sibarium
· 10 min read