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Redefining Conservatism in America
![Meet Senator Ben Sasse: Self Described Independent Conservative](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null3613e5b8-738f-48d3-89c8-bf7f653b5f25/48180992457_6c8bc8a35c_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=550%2C0%2C598%2C897&w=400)
Senator Ben Sasse, Republican from Nebraska, has been a vocal supporter of overhauling the Affordable Care Act and a variety of environmental regulations. He has made news for...
![What Liberals and Conservatives Can Learn From Each Other](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null9ab05875-3a5f-4003-afaa-16f91ad9bce9/48146511841_907b5fe390_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C64%2C1599%2C901&w=400)
In a recent book review, Wall Street Journal critic Bart Swain asks a penetrating question: “Isn’t the great problem of our politics precisely that so much of it can’t be cond...
![From Reagan to Trump and Beyond: The Future of Conservatism in America](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null6fd1f997-ffe2-42af-a6c3-c822297bb23c/48144422501_4ab5718a9f_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C137%2C1600%2C900&w=400)
If an American conservative from the 20th Century paid 2019 a visit, he or she might be quite perplexed to see a Republican president rallying his party around aggressive prot...
![The Future of the Republican Party](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullcbfd2f17-9d86-4b94-b826-a203c8f5f3db/48144540712_5b617bdce1_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C7952%2C4478&w=400)
The right today looks different from the right during the era of George W. Bush. Today, the party has more members who consider themselves nationalist, populist, anti-immigrat...
![What Is Conservatism?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc01c07fa-ed29-466d-873a-8f5ea4ff7b15/what-is-conservatism-aif19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=1119%2C0%2C962%2C1440&w=400)
No democracy can last for long absent a morally sound and seriously intellectual conservative movement, posits New York Times op-ed columnist Bret Stephens. By definition, he...
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Paul Ryan may no longer be a member of Congress but he's still paying attention to the issues.
![The Republican Party in the Age of Trump](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc94ac7c7-caf8-4cf3-ae85-567e64263af9/48128683608_8c985c72a5_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1600%2C901&w=400)
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a one-time presidential hopeful, shares his perspectives on his party and on the president — a figure who, he says, is both a corros...
![Conservatism Under Threat](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null4b14e8d1-571f-4960-90fd-ba9fc75cab46/48127040856_9d17496fd6_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C272%2C4000%2C2250&w=400)
George F. Will enjoys a reputation as one of the nation’s most distinguished and widely read columnists. Highly decorated for his writing and commentary, Will is known for his...
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