Subsidizing small-town 20th century jobs is not the answer. Nationalists should be careful not to lower their expectations—and ours.
A New Conservative Agenda?
John Burtka, Jarret and Inez Stepman, Rachel Lu, and James Poulos respond to Dan McCarthy’s First Things magazine essay, “A New Conservative Agenda”.

Economic nationalism is not enough: cultural and civic revival beats an economic backstop.
Elites and Middle America need each other, and both have a duty to work together to serve our national interest and the common good.
Digital tech is laying bare American exceptionalism in a new way.