A. F. Branco cartoon at legal insurrection
Ever since their Feb. 2016 issue dedicated to “Conservatives Against Trump,” I have been wary of National
Review online. But historian Victor Davis Hanson recently published an
essay on “The Great Experiment” at the NRO website, and he concludes:
The true test of conservative
solutions is to see how things are after four years of a strongly conservative
president, with at least two years of a Republican Congress.
. . .
Antidote One, of unapologetic
progressivism under Obama, did not lead to an economically robust and growing
America, one safer abroad in a more secure world, and more cohesive, united,
and stable at home — at least if that truly was the leftist agenda rather than
the more hushed opposite goal of more equal but poorer Americans, America as
just another nation among many, and a cultural revolution aimed at accentuating
rather than assimilating race, class, and gender identities.
We shall see if the subsequent
Antidote Two, of unregretful conservatism under Trump, will provide what
conservatism has always promised: greater prosperity, security, and unity.
The engines of prosperity are already revving up, yet we still
see anti-Trump foot-stamping, temper tantrums, and hysteria on display in the
media (see cartoon at top), in academia, in the entertainment industry, and in groups like BLM and
Antifa. No unity there. Yet. Perhaps when take-home pay increases due to the
tax cuts, some of the hysteria will start to subside. Anyway, you can read the rest of
Hanson’s essay here.
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