The twisted corridors of history

Conventional wisdom dictates that today I should be writing the conservative movement's obituary. On November 7th, it was well-understood by the chattering classes that (1) the intellectual conservative movement was scattered and moribund; (2) the Republican party was on its death-bed; and (3) the Democratic party and its progressive allies were fulfilling their destiny and the preordained triumph of liberalism was a historical truism. But on November 8th, we were reminded that history is not c

Conventional wisdom dictates that today I should be writing the conservative movement's obituary. On November 7th, it was well-understood by the chattering classes that (1) the intellectual conservative movement was scattered and moribund; (2) the Republican party was on its death-bed; and (3) the Democratic party and its progressive allies were fulfilling their destiny and the preordained triumph of liberalism was a historical truism. But on November 8th, we were reminded that history is not c…