After Nationalism: What Next for American Conservatism?

January 12th, 2026 | 18 min read

This is a lightly edited transcript of my remarks given at a recent Faith and Law forum held in Washington DC.

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Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

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