National Conservatism & Populism

4+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1566+ words) Protesters hold a banner reading 'towards the general strike' along Gran Via street during a demonstration against the housing crisis on October 03, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. The mass demonstrations come after two housing decrees proposed by Spain's central government, aimed at…...

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1026+ words) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva once had a credible claim to be the savior of the country’s left. After the October 4 general election, he looks more like the left’s gravedigger. The defeat of Lula and his allies was…...

11+ hour, 56+ min ago   (358+ words) Humans First has a MAGA leader, seed money from an SF AI safety nonprofit, and a warning about what chatbots are doing to kids. She worries about what chatbots are doing to children — mentioning the cases in which families allege…...

13+ hour, 58+ min ago   (156+ words) “There’s a political horseshoe forming,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Voters from the left and the right are finding a common, populist ground targeting American corporations. And this anger is going beyond just Big Tech.” “There is a growing embrace…...

13+ hour, 57+ min ago   (193+ words) “President Donald Trump might be in a political hole, but his brand of conservative populist nationalism is flourishing across the globe,” Stephen Collinson reports. “Rising star Flávio Bolsonaro’s shock win in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election Sunday bolstered…...

22+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1481+ words) Kerby Anderson tries to understand the liberal mind from a biblical perspective. What are the assumptions the liberals make? How do those assumptions square with the Bible? As we begin this discussion, I want to make a clear distinction between…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (325+ words) Economic insecurity matters, but it cannot explain the populist challenge alone. Governments must also address migration, belonging and trust while delivering improvements in housing, services, fairness and democratic integrity. Part two of a two-part analysis. Australia has advantages. Compulsory and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (223+ words) Markets may fail; governments may help. But much about market activity will forever be invisible. A pair of unlikely thinkers helps illustrate the limits of what we know and the need for epistemic humility. Liberalism has two mutually reinforcing aspects....

20+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1048+ words) President Donald Trump might be in a political hole, but his brand of conservative populist nationalism is flourishing across the globe. Rising star Flávio Bolsonaro’s shock win in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election Sunday bolstered Trump’s project of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (508+ words) Militant democracy proposes to save liberalism from its foes. Can it work as promised? Since March, I have tried to use this space to work out what it means to be a liberal, and to consider alternative visions of civil…...