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The Republican rebellion over a new House speaker was a good thing, and it looks like it’s already paying off. In early January, a group of 20 conservative House members held up the election of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as speaker of the House, citing several fundamental concerns about how the legislative body functions.
Many conservatives behave as if their job is merely to slow the advance of progressivism, or—at best—block it from gaining more ground. But according to Willmoore Kendall, this isn’t enough. They must work to extirpate progressive advances on the American constitutional order and replace them with sound political and moral principles.
Why Willmoore Kendall And James Burnham Are the Prophets of Modern Conservatism James Burnham and Willmoore Kendall helped give birth and intellectual legitimacy to a conservative movement primarily defined by its opposition to liberalism, resentment of elites, distrust of democracy, and drive to fight the liberal destruction of America and “the West.” THE TALK show host lays out his argument borrowed from a book he’s just read, or at least consulted, while on holiday. He calls liberalism “the ideology of our national suicide.” Driven by guilt and the temptation of socialism, libera...