Free speech is not a conservative value. It simply isn’t. In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, well-meaning conservatives have found themselves defending the “rights” of Jimmy Kimmel, college professors, or Alabama schoolteachers to spew filth. Those comments shall not be repeated here.

But here is good news of great joy: you need not defend this sludge. Conservatism, though maligned today as “fascist,” is about preserving what is true, good, and beautiful in society.

The principle is simple: when people live in accord with their nature and with nature’s God, they flourish. From the beginning, conservatives have been theists, and since conservatism began as a European phenomenon, they have historically been Christian theists. Therefore, they know man is fallen, prone without God’

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