Michael Brendan Dougherty in National Review offers a historical view of populist eruptions which, he writes, signal a disconnect between governing institutions and the people. While conservatives and populists aren’t natural partners, Dougherty argues that we are living through unique times in which the elites are set against conservatives as well as the people at large.
Inhuman for Criminals, the Luck of the Draw for You and Me
The EU may have banished the “‘inhuman,’ ‘degrading,’ and ‘irreversible’” death penalty for criminals, writes Frank Haviland in The European Conservative – but its member states’ soft-on-crime, easy-on-illegal-immigrants policies are making violent death an increasingly common fate for innocent Europeans. In a world gripped by barbarian forces, writes Haviland, it’s time for Great Britain to hold a national referendum on restoring an older form of justice.
