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From Buckley to Trump, Conservatism Has Endured an Ugly Slide

Intellectual curiosity used to define the political right. Now, imbecility rules the day.

Reason · Jun 26

‘Liberal’ has become a term of derision in US politics – the historical reasons are complicated

Kevin M. Schultz is Chair of the Department of History at the University of Illinois Chicago, where he specialises in 20th- and 21st-century American history. In Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals), he explores how the word liberal – and particularly its variant white liberal – became a…

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025

The genteel, silver-tongued thinker who fathered US conservatism – and paved the way for Trump

A new biography digs into the life of William F Buckley Jr. Its author thinks the rightwing intellectual has some lessons for the left

The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2025

MAGA didn't come out of nowhere

Author David Austin Walsh says "respectable" conservatives have tolerated racists and neo-Nazis all along

Salon · Apr 20, 2024

"A blueprint for a Trump autocracy"

Will a second Trump term bring a Putin-like dictatorship or the more subtle example of Hungary's Viktor Orbán?

Salon · Mar 28, 2024

The Lesson of COVID-19: Don't Give Government More Power

The pandemic showed that America's founders were right to create a system of checks and balances that made it hard for leaders to easily have their way.

Reason · Mar 22, 2024

Party of the People review: Republican strength – and weakness – examined

Patrick Ruffini, a GOP pollster, soft-pedals abortion and insurrection but is sharp on his party’s working-class turn

The Guardian - US · Nov 11, 2023

The week in theatre: Debate, Black Superhero, Further than the Furthest Thing – review

An intimate venue brings Baldwin and Buckley’s clash back to life; Danny Lee Wynter falls foul of a caped crusader (and too much exposition); and an island is threatened by outsiders

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

Playwright James Graham on his West End play Best of Enemies and the ‘crisis of goodness’ in our politics

The nicest man in British showbiz is livid at what he calls ‘an unforgivable collapse in standards’ in government

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2022

Zachary Quinto: ‘There’s a tremendous fear around openly gay men in our industry’

The Star Trek actor talks to Louis Chilton about the ‘provocateur’ Ryan Murphy, how TV has damaged debate, and why he thinks democracy may not survive

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022