Scott Howard

Managing Editor @newguardpress. Forever a Gator. Champion of conservatism’s first charge. Go West, young man, Go West. Tweets my own.

[Scott Howard @ConservaMuse]

“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition 1/

[Justin Turpin @JustinmTurpin]

Joe Mazzulla on how Jayson Tatum handled the emotions of tonight:

“They're just words. It’s not like his life's threatened. There's no weapons. No one is throwing anything at him. No one is attacking him. So like it's not really that big of a deal. He's probably been dealing with the spotlight since he was like 12 years old... He doesn’t get enough credit for his emotional stability.”

[Martin Skold @MartinSkold2]

Couple things:

—Domestically speaking, Democrats do more in office than they promise or telegraph during campaigns; Republicans do less

—Some of this is just the Hayekian Road to Serfdom: It’s easier electorally to implement a new system than to change it back once voters are dependent on it -and- unwilling to make short-run sacrifices

—Democrats are willing to take electoral casualties to implement policies; Republicans are not

—All of this -does- add up to Democrats thinking in multiple cycles and Republicans not

—This is a direct outgrowth of party cohesion/discipline/‘asabiyah, and in particular having an agenda everyone broadly agrees with; you can’t do this as an opposition party with an easily fracturable consensus

—To switch from a classical Arabic concept to a classical Chinese one, this is the difference between having the Dao and not - you know when the wind is blowing in your favor

—This has only really been true for the left since Obama and may cease to be true; if it follows history (and some visible current trends), there is a shift coming around about 2036

—But not before

[Luther R. Abel @lutherabel1]

Live look at the LRA and @jackbutler4815 text exchange

[Scott Howard @ConservaMuse]

Jupiter Rising and Heroes both come to mind

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

What TV show got canceled on a massive cliffhanger that still frustrates you to this day?

[Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman]

I have no idea why the freedom of 18 year olds to lose all their money on prediction markets is a freedom I should care about preserving.

I'd love to hear an explanation that is neither tautological nor a slippery slope fallacy.

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

Hispanic voters are primarily driven by economic issues (45%) rather than immigration (15%).

That led to a big Latino swing toward Trump in 2024, and a swing back to Democrats in 2026.

[Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman]

Remarkable to read George Will out of the movement in this way.

[Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman]

That new-right innovating lunatic, Robbie George

[Leah Libresco Sargeant @LeahLibresco]

"I don’t think that there is much evidence to suggest that when regulations on vices were repealed—as was the case when state governments legalized no-fault divorce and abortion in the early 1970s or when restrictions on obscenity were removed through the courts—individual moral behavior improved"

https://t.co/7Z5hxwblxm

[Scott Howard @ConservaMuse]

Explains the faint beeping I hear at night

[Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* @EsotericCD]

We already tag all interns at @NRO, like pigeons in a scientific study.

[Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman]

When he's right he's right

[Scott Howard @ConservaMuse]

About damn time!

A conservative record of note should lean into its history. @NRO is doing that.

[Phil Magness @PhilWMagness]

National Review is putting its full historical archive online for paid subscribers. I'm genuinely excited about this feature.

[Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 @lymanstoneky]

All great stuff, and I like DeSantis,

But the voters have been super clear in 2 elections in a row.

"I will make family life more affordable" must be the first principle. That's what the voters want. Everything else second fiddle to that.

[Hampton Prescott @HamptonPrezcott]

This post encapsulates why we have an affordability crisis/everyone is miserable (this is a dynamic present in almost every US city as well). When you confine the “livable areas” in a metro area to a small (and shrinking) sliver, it is impossible to avoid an Affordability Crisis.

[Scott Howard @ConservaMuse]

@haroonhafeez911 Huh? I’m mocking the person in the quoted tweet for believing that

[Scott Howard @ConservaMuse]

“Girls and boys are the same, and if you think boys prefer boy stuff you’re wrong and also if boys don’t want to read about unicorns they’re stupid”

[Katie Campione @katie_campione]

We are going to have a fundamental difference of opinion if you think the answer to boys not reading is to write about “boy stuff” and not rethink how we engage with boys in general let alone as readers. No specific interest or taste should be placed on a gender binary!!!

[Daniel Tenreiro (he/him) @TenreiroDaniel]

"Two Huangs don't make a right" is actually crazy

[Kyle Smith @rkylesmith]

It's almost like TV news personalities have been chosen mainly for their looks all of these years

[Hayduke ⏹️ (in Bay Area Nov 13-15) @GWHayduke97]

America's tech elite is completely unwilling to police their own. It's stunning the degree to which they think being a tech founder or investor is an excuse for basically unbounded bad behavior.

[David Biddle @davidebiddle]

Nobody wants this.
What made CFB the greatest sport was because it was unique, unlike other team sports and professional sports.
Every game was life and death. Regionaliam was awesome. Rivalries were awesome. Conference championships mattered.
But money & gambling spoke loudest

[champagneayatollah @champayatollah]

@foster_type I think it's also because Douthat does not go for cheap rhetorical gotchas, which is all most of the press seems to do anymore. Trump senses that Douthat is genuinely interested in his answers.