Category: national conservatism conference

‘Are the National Conservatives Winning, Son?’

News Analysis Peter Thiel had a question. “How do we do better than California?” he asked, looking around the packed hall. The crowd was listening. It was, after all, the first talk on the first day of Miami’s National Conservatism Conference (NatCon III), and tech mogul Thiel was among the event’s largest funders. Apple CEO…


The National Conservatism Conference

NatCon 3 is the third National Conservatism Conference, a gathering of thought leaders in the conservative movement to discuss ways to advance these ideas for better solutions to American dilemmas. I spoke with two of the keynote speakers, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida and a young journalist, Amber Athey. – BUY Jan 6 DVD: www.epochtv.shop/product-page/dvd-the-real-story-of-january-6,…


Josh Hammer: Building a Coalition to Combat Marxist Ideology and the Communist China Threat

At the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida, we sat down with Josh Hammer, the opinion editor of Newsweek and a research fellow with the Edmund Burke Foundation, to discuss the values of national conservatism, how America has strayed from its original founding vision, and the two greatest threats that America faces today. Subscribe to…


Yoram Hazony: How Hitler and Marxists Defiled the Idea of Nationalism

Adolf Hitler “detested the idea that nations should be independent. His worldview was to eliminate independent nations. … He stole our word [nationalism] and applied it to this evil-doing, to his imperialism.” At the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida, we sat down with Yoram Hazony, chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation and author of…


‘No Chance’ of Net Zero by 2050: Oil Exec Chris Wright Weighs in on COP26

Chris Wright, CEO of the frac firm Liberty Oilfield Services, dislikes the term “climate denier.” The label is both pejorative and, in Wright’s case, inaccurate. “Climate change is a real thing,” Wright told The Epoch Times in a conversation at the National Conservatism Conference II. “Humans have increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” Much of…


Conservatives Clash Over Whether to Defend Taiwan

ORLANDO, Florida—Influential conservative thinkers were in stiff disagreement over whether the United States should defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by China, at the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando on Oct. 31. Michael Anton, a former Trump national security communications official and Hillsdale College lecturer, argued that China would seek to conquer Taiwan…