What post-liberals get wrong about classical liberalism

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – I expected voters in the middle to balk. Enough of them were angry at Republicans that they went ahead and voted for Democrats anyway. The Democrats may now read the outcome as an endorsement of their furthest-left candidates. They should remember why some of those voters were available to them in the first place. A family that votes against the party...

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – We can rebuild institutions through effort, example, and persuasion. Or we can demand the power to make others produce the society we want. The promise that righteous people will use that power safely requires us to forget that righteous people remain capable of temptation and self-deception. Government must protect Abel from Cain...

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – From teenagers mowing lawns to entrepreneurs building global companies, the freedom to succeed depends on rewarding initiative. Legitimate wealth creation benefits more than founders. Punishing success risks weakening investment and opportunity, while helping struggling families requires policies that preserve incentives to work, build, and advance...

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – France’s unrest raises questions about political intimidation, while America’s right divides over liberty and government power. The author argues that post-liberal ambitions risk sacrificing limited government to the common good, leaving a fractured conservatism less able to defend freedom or capitalize on the left’s weaknesses...

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard appeals to American voters with promises of peace and demands for policy changes. Its open letter raises questions about propaganda, national security, and media accountability. Americans must scrutinize competing claims, demand evidence, and protect independent judgment when evaluating foreign influence and diplomacy...

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – America’s strength rests on more than wealth or military power. As post-liberals call for government to restore moral culture, classical liberalism offers a different path: protect rights, respect conscience, and let families and communities shape virtue. Abroad, principled diplomacy requires cooperation while preserving American judgment and defending basic freedoms...

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – Terrorism evolves as institutional activism spreads ideology and technology lowers barriers to political violence. Decentralized threats challenge defenses built to dismantle organized networks. Preventing attacks requires stronger detection, accountability, and protection while preserving constitutional freedoms and restoring the core responsibilities of schools, media, and...

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – Long-tail activism turns institutions into engines of political influence that persist beyond elections. Universities, corporations, and government agencies spread ideological priorities through incentives, policies, and professional standards. Restoring their core purposes helps return political power to voters and strengthens democratic accountability across American public life...

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – Conservatism returns to first principles by defending free speech, ordered liberty, secure borders, assimilation, accountable institutions, and restrained government. It rejects modern systems of coercion while calling for transparency, national sovereignty, and a foreign policy rooted in strength, clarity, restraint, and America’s long-term national interests...

Cutting Through the Chaos with Wallace Garneau – A modern conservative platform defines government’s role through natural rights, constitutional limits, federalism, fiscal discipline, competitive markets, educational choice, healthcare reform, energy abundance, and strong families, arguing that limited government works best when it remains accountable, competent, and focused on protecting liberty and civil society...