Millions of Americans who call themselves conservatives are angry. And I can’t blame them.
They look around and see their country being taken over by Marxist-inspired barbarians. They see personal freedoms they’ve taken for granted eroded. And they see smug politicians and activists glibly call them racist and sexist and various other ugly labels.
But in their eagerness to blame someone for this, self-described conservatives are looking in the wrong places for the cause of these developments. If they really want to know why things are falling apart, they need to collectively look into a mirror.
The conservatives of my youth would have been shocked at what today’s so-called conservatives have become. The positions and rhetoric of today’s Republican Party are radically different from the free-market conservatism of Ronald Reagan.
The people who call themselves conservatives today are really populists, but they don’t understand that. They’ve handed the control of their party to liars and charlatans. They have no principles other than “owning the libs” on social media. And they still can’t admit to themselves that Donald Trump is a narcissistic con man who’s bamboozled them.
Worst of all, they’ve abandoned the principles of individual liberty.

Those Libyan ‘freedom fighters’ we paid for? They’re murdering thugs
‘Duck Dynasty’ just another skirmish in an increasingly stupid culture war
I’ve always done my best work when I’m allowed to fix things
Peshawar murders show need to support those who share our values
Without growth on similar paths, two people drift apart, love dies
Finding your own authentic voice is riskier than copying everybody else
Banning access to guns won’t prevent the evil in human hearts
What is this old longing for home? It’s the need for unconditional love