As I arrived for the first day of the National Conservatism Conference in London, a protester outside shouted directions to me: “Up the stairs—turn far right.” That description, unsurprisingly, would have offended many of the speakers gathered this week at the Emmanuel Centre, a 10-minute walk from…

“Every conceivable institution either rests on a religious idea or is ephemeral. Institutions are strong and durable to the degree that they partake of the Divinity. Not only is human reason, or what is ignorantly called philosophy, unable to replace those foundations ignorantly called…

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Journalists and activists talk a lot about how Congress is hopelessly gridlocked and unable to get anything done. And to an extent, it’s true. On lots of high-profile issues, Congress is deadlocked, with the narrow Democratic Senate majority unable to pass gun control…