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Sohrab Ahmari, David French, and Charles Kesler Debate at Notre Dame 9.13.2019

Kesler, Ahmari, and French gathered to debate the nature and trajectory of conservatism in the age of Trump.

Charles Kesler is a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute, editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and the Dengler-Dykema distinguished professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. He joined Ahmari, op-ed editor of the New York Post, and French, senior writer for National Review, in their spirited discussion about the future of the Right.

In a recent feature on the theme, The American Mind published essays by Claremont Institute President Ryan P. Williams and TAM editors Matt Peterson and James Poulos, plus contributions by Daniel J. Mahoney, Mark Hemingway, and Gunnar Gundersen.

This month, TAM offers two direct responses to the current debate by esteemed legal scholar Hadley Arkes, cultural critic and 2017 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow Titus Techera, and the R Street Institute’s Christina Pesavento.

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