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For all my quibbles with John Lennon’s shifting politics and social views, that line resonates. If Russell Kirk had worn granny glasses, played electric guitar, and had been more influenced by Lewis Carroll and Elvis Presley than Edmund Burke and Irving Babbitt, he might have come up with the Lennon lyrics first.

SIR – The most telling aspect of the defection of Dr Dan Poulter – the former Tory minister who crossed the floor on Saturday to join the Labour Party, mere days before the country votes in local elections – is that it demonstrates that there is now no difference between the Conservative and Labour parties. His judgment that Labour may be more competent and committed to these socialist policies is undoubtedly correct, but it does not disguise the bald truth that the Tories h...

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s political advocacy group plans to invest $20 million this year to shape the conservative agenda, an effort to directly counter what Pence had previously described as populism “unmoored to conservative principles.” Advancing American Freedom, which Pence launched in 2021, announced Wednesday the creation of the American Solutions Project, a three-prong…

Details of a GOP-led committee's bill reveal that it’s the latest example of Washington making the nation’s debt crisis even worse.

A shift in political dynamics could be on the horizon.

From TAC’s Bookshelf: Regnery’s reissue of Russell Kirk’s last book provides a worthy introduction to the thinker.

OpEd: The men and the women of Kentucky sought a better governance for Kentucky and they have entrusted the representatives of the Republican Party of Kentucky to lead the way.

The former Chairman of the Utah Republican Party Derek Brown announced he is officially seeking election to be Utah's next Attorney General.

Mitt Romney, left, represents an old-fashioned GOP conservatism. Donald Trump, right, doesn't − and Romney is leaving politics. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhen Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on Sept. 13, 2023, the Atlantic published an excerpt from his upcoming biography, in which the 2012 Republican presidential nominee told author McKay Coppins, “A very large portion of my party really doesn’t believe in the ...

Twenty-three conservative Latino activists and leaders sent a letter to Rep. Kay Granger and Rep. Tom Cole calling on Congress to defund the Smithsonian's Latino Museum.