It would not be an overstatement to say I’ve been waiting for this book for almost 20 years. At the time, I was an undergrad at the University of Virginia, possessing many conservative impulses but unsure of where I stood in those early years of the global war on terror. A classmate pointed me to a little-known magazine, founded by the great populist conservative Pat Buchanan, which, my friend suggested, might bring clarity to my political uncertainty and orient me toward a more coherent brand of conservatism.
Two decades later, The American Conservative has published “Main Street Conservatism: The Future
