George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America’s Fabric

Washington DC is happiest when in indignation overdrive.

George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America’s Fabric

Washington DC is happiest when in indignation overdrive.

George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America’s Fabric

Washington DC is happiest when in indignation overdrive.

George F. Will, The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America’s Fabric

A cardinal tenet of conservatism is that social inertia is – and ought to be – strong. It discourages and, if necessary, defeats the political grandiosity of those who would attempt to engineer the future by rupturing connections with the past.