In terms of policy and personnel achievements, modern American conservatism has perhaps had its most successful two years ever. And yet many leaders on the American Right lament what they diagnose as a collapse of conservative principle in the face of a popular upheaval in support of Donald Trump. Rather than call for resistance, these leaders must treat this as an opportunity for the conservative intellectual movement to persevere and adapt — by returning to its American roots.
For the last two years, Pete Peterson and Rich Tafel have been doing the laudable work of convening discussions and conferences about the future of conservatism under the umbrella of a venture called The American Project. Conducted under the auspices of the Pepperdine School of Public Policy (of which Peterson is Dean), the project seeks a new intellectual and policy movement to fill the void left by the supposed disarray and confusion of the conservative coalition in the wake of Donald Trump's victory.
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