One Year of The Conservatory

One year ago today, The Conservatory was launched. It was an interesting time in politics, to say the least. Donald Trump had recently clinched the Republican presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton was in the process of putting away her own party’s nomination, on the brink of defeating Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, and was leading Trump in national polls by double digits. Some state-level polls suggested that Trump could be vulnerable in states as reliably Republican as Kansas and South Carolina. And nobody was talking about Russian interference in the election.

How times have changed in the past year. The only thing that hasn’t changed is that the political world is just as strange as a year ago, maybe even stranger. Uncertainty has become the new normal, even more so than in the past.

Another thing that hasn’t changed is The Conservatory. This is still a conservative site, offering conservative opinions on the events of the day. The posts may not always seem consistent—criticizing Trump one day, praising him the next. But that is the nature of the world we live in. When Donald Trump, or the Republican Party, or anyone else does something in line with conservative values, I will praise them. When I disagree, I will make it known. It’s true for every single person on this Earth, that there is only one person you will agree with 100% of the time, and you see that person in the mirror every day.

Thanks to everyone who takes the time to read my thoughts on the events of the day, even if you disagree with every word. May year two of The Conservatory be even better than the first.