TAC staffers talk to Jacob Heilbrunn of The National Interest about the week's events. The post TAC Right Now: Why Trump’s Chaos Might Only Escalate, w/ Jacob Heilbrunn appeared first on The American Conservative .
Curt Mills and Jude Russo talk to Jacob Heilbrunn of The National Interest about the backlash to Trump from left and right, the looming midterms, the Iran War, the Ukraine war, and the likely Democratic presidential nominee in 2028. Recorded August 19, 2026. The post TAC Right Now: Why Trump’s Chaos Might Only Escalate, w/ Jacob Heilbrunn appeared first on The American Conservative .Open
Can abortion opponents turn the tide against Massachusetts-style radicalism? The post Barbarism Begins at Home appeared first on The American Conservative .
Abortion Barbarism Begins at Home Can abortion opponents turn the tide against Massachusetts-style radicalism? (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Massachusetts’s Gov. Maura Healey on August 10 signed a new law giving doctors the prerogative to perform late-term abortions based on their own medical judgment in the Bay State, where previously abortion had been limited to the 24th week of pregnancy barring medical exceptions explicit in the statute. The usual suspects (shirts) hailed this measure as a blow for freedom, health, human empowerment, The Cause of Women, and all that jazz. The usual suspects (skins)…Open
Bad things happen when nobody takes you seriously. The post The American Believability Crisis appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The American Believability Crisis Bad things happen when nobody takes you seriously. Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images Last week, there was a lot of rumbling out of Washington about a massive escalation against Iran. Admiral Brad Cooper, who is currently the king of the wood in CENTCOM, had reportedly hatched a “go-big” option that would grievously damage Iranian military assets—in the depressed dialect of military press releases, “degrade their capabilities”—while drawing only a limited response, thus saving our dwindling supplies of defensive weapons. Conversations swirled about…Open
Does this sound familiar? The post This Column Is Not About Trump’s Foreign Policy appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs This Column Is Not About Trump’s Foreign Policy Does this sound familiar? NORBERT SCHILLER/AFP via Getty Images The leader of a major nation decided to launch an assault on the Islamic Republic of Iran after observing its recent bouts of internal disorder. That leader, backed by pliant and corrupt political elites largely drawn from his own social circles, didn’t seem to have given much thought to strategy or tactics; his plan was just to project overwhelming force into Iranian territory and wait for the regime to collapse. He was surprised to encounter a foe who fought back with ferocity, ingenuity,…Open
TAC Staffers discuss the week's events. The post TAC Right Now: JD Vance’s Very Bad Week appeared first on The American Conservative .
Andrew Day, Jude Russo, and Harrison Berger talk about the U.S.-Iran talks to end the war, Vice President J.D. Vance’s bad week, sexual misconduct allegations in Congress, and the political fight over domestic surveillance. Recorded April 15, 2026 The post TAC Right Now: JD Vance’s Very Bad Week appeared first on The American Conservative .Open
Ending the war now is strategically correct—and the right justification for it is close at hand. The post Make It a Quick One appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Make It a Quick One Ending the war now is strategically correct—and the right justification for it is close at hand. The details of joint American–Israeli operations against the Islamic Republic of Iran are fluid. President Donald Trump in his late-night video announcing the attack called for regime change, and in comments to the Washington Post he claimed that the “freedom” of the Iranian people was his top priority. Let us lay aside for a moment all the recriminations about Trump’s peace rhetoric on the campaign and his old condemnations of regime-change wars in the Middle East. It is hard…Open
Regime change would still be a catastrophe, and it’s hard to see what the point of anything else is. The post How Many Times Do I Have to Write This Column About Iran? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs How Many Times Do I Have to Write This Column About Iran? Regime change would still be a catastrophe, and it’s hard to see what the point of anything else is. A lot of smoke is going up around the Persian Gulf—metaphorical for now. In response to the Islamic Republic’s brutal crackdown on protests earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced that he’d let slip the dogs of war if the regime started shooting people in the streets. The usual sort of excitement ensued among the usual suspects. The U.S. is continuing to sanction the bejeebus out of Iran—per Treasury Secretary Scott…Open