1. Really interesting piece imagining what a reborn, non-Trumpian Republican party might look like. #twitterstorians will be particularly interested in how the author draws on 18th century, Classical Republican ideals. nationalaffairs.com/publications/d…
2. Many points stand out to me. This, for example, is one of the more honest, conservative reckonings with that tradition's support for historical forms of oppression and exclusion that I've seen. 
3. I'm struck by this disavowal of the simplistic, Buckley-ite formulation that American conservatism must be the negation of a straw figure caricature of "liberalism."
4. When's the last time you heard a self-described "conservative" or a Republican describe laissez-faire ideology as "a dead end," and talk about fostering greater economic equality by using federal policy as a meaningful lever to eliminate extremes of wealth and poverty?
5. I'm also struck by the author's sober (and accurate, IMO) recognition that the @gop, as it currently exists, is not capable of functioning as a home for such ideas.
6. So who knows where all of this will go. All I can say is, if statements like this embody what the @gop and the right edge of American politics will look like in the future, then I'd be very happy to live in that future.
7. As long as Fox holds the GOP base in its thrall, there's zero chance this future GOP materializes. As long as the GOP tolerates freedom caucus types, climate deniers, & outright racists in its midst, there's little chance of this future GOP materializing. But I wish 'em luck.
