American conservatism is … a failure. If our movement’s perennial mission is to conserve the Declaration’s promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—well, let’s look around us.
We’re prisoners in our own abode. On TV, a perpetual carousel of experts blasts bad news and grim statistics. Our children, if we have them, are absorbed in their own screens, barred from the swing and the see-saw even as the warm weather beckons them outside. We might be furloughed or laid-off, and even if lucky enough to be working remotely, we watch anxiously as the pink slips climb the social ladder: How long can I hang on to my rung?
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