Mr. Ryan’s task

Paul D. Ryan's election as the 54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives provides Republicans an important opportunity to prove that they are the party of ideas, political sobriety, and prudent statecraft. In the coming weeks, Mr. Ryan's task will become clear: he must promote a genteel, inclusive conservatism; the big tent, if you will, under which political conservatives (broadly defined) have labored since the end of the Second World War. Ryan is a man with deep conservative principl

Paul D. Ryan's election as the 54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives provides Republicans an important opportunity to prove that they are the party of ideas, political sobriety, and prudent statecraft. In the coming weeks, Mr. Ryan's task will become clear: he must promote a genteel, inclusive conservatism; the big tent, if you will, under which political conservatives (broadly defined) have labored since the end of the Second World War. Ryan is a man with deep conservative principl…