The latest Harvard University Kennedy School Youth Poll, published earlier this month, found that only 7% of young people aged 18 to 29 consider the United States a “healthy democracy,” while 52% think that it’s outright failing. Moreover, they’re disappointed in President Joe Biden and have lost faith in the …
Read More »Putin used Valdai speech to champion ‘moderate conservatism,’ but West’s insistence on seeing Russia as a threat could lead to war
At this particular moment, the Russian President is more interested in energy and “healthy conservatism,” than geopolitical wrangles. We can’t in all seriousness compare this address to his bombastic 2007 Munich speech, slamming NATO expansion, because he was significantly less emotional this time. The emphasis had shifted – we need to preserve and …
Read More »Peter Hitchens’ reactionary conservatism is, at times, hilarious – his fear that we have traded freedom for safety is anything but
Peter Hitchens is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative. In an interview for Unlocked, Hitchens even describes himself as a ‘reactionary’. His theme is the loss of freedom in the UK and while his uber-conservative views mean he has a very different take on freedom from me, he’s quite right to be concerned …
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